Website UI/UX Designer/ WordPress Developer Job at Jobs via Dice in Downey

Website UI/UX Designer/ WordPress Developer

The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) works under the direction of an IT Manager or user agency personnel. This classification specializes in the WordPress website platform and will work as part of a team to provide customers with WordPress hosting and professional services business.

The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will work with developers, designers, testers, and project managers interfacing with multi-functional IT support groups and will interface with both internal and external customers from various County departments. The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will provide WordPress application development, website onboarding and operational support on WPEngine and AWS Openshift platform; participate in new development, onboarding, and operational support of WordPress websites, PHP and Java applications, hybrid mobile apps, and kiosks; support and maintain multiple websites and be responsible for upgrading and patching WordPress core, themes, and plugins.

The WordPress hosting line of business is with a 24/7 operation and must meet a service level agreement of 99.5% up time. The Website UI/UX Designer/Developer (WordPress) will work from a primary County office but will also connect remotely into the County network to support this operation and adhere to the service level agreement up time.

Skills Required:

• WordPress website design, development, and implementation
• Various coding languages, frameworks, operating systems, and platforms including PHP, NodeJS, React, JavaScript, CSS, CLI, BASH scripting, GitHub, Linux, Windows, WP Engine (WPE)
• Open-Source Content Management System (CMS)
• Technology and methodology of API
• WordPress
• Document search tools such as Elastic or Algolia
• Documentum

Experience Required:

• A minimum of five (5) years performing all of the building and customizing of WordPress websites, themes and plugins
• A minimum of two (2) years working with ADA and accessibility tooling / remediation
• Using REST or GRAPHQL API
• Hardening WordPress websites and remediating security vulnerabilities
• Perform performance tuning PHP, Apache and MySQL and scripting and running load testing tool
• Programming in PHP and JavaScript
• A minimum of three (3) years installing, configuring and using Open-Source development tools, IDEs, and GIT source control

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Software Development