SoBold Greater London, England, United Kingdom
About SoBold
SoBold is a high-performance website design and development agency based in London. We are a dedicated team that shares the same values in the production and delivery of our work: kindness, accountability, creative thinking, awareness, and teamwork.
Position Overview
We are looking for an ambitious Front End Developer with WordPress experience to join our growing team. You will play a key role in re-architecting one of our key clients’ websites using NextJS and Gutenberg.
In this role, you will work closely with other Front End and Back End WordPress Developers and report directly to our Technical Director. You must be confident and willing to bring innovative ideas to the table.
Key Responsibilities
* Utilising a variety of markup languages to develop pixel-perfect, responsive web pages.
* Working with React/Next.js/GraphQL to build decoupled sites that pull content from a headless WordPress CMS.
* Ensuring web development is optimised for smartphones.
* Optimising web pages for maximum speed and scalability.
* Creating documentation outlining processes and/or offering advice on how to tackle certain issues for clients and team members.
* Developing more technically challenging functionality, including AJAX-loaded content.
* Snagging and testing websites to ensure they adhere to our high standards.
* Taking the lead on front-end aspects of projects when necessary.
* Assisting more junior members of the front-end development team.
Key Requirements
* Experience using React/NextJS/GraphQL to create headless WordPress websites.
* A minimum of 2 years experience in using PHP to render WordPress websites.
* Experience with custom post types, Gutenberg, and the Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
* Very good knowledge of GIT-based workflows.
* Experience with responsive and adaptive design.
* High level of understanding of SEO principles.
* Good planning and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Our Hiring Process
* We review your application and portfolio.
* A 15-minute phone call with our Technical Director.
* A small WordPress-related task (if you don’t have a portfolio that showcases the types of experience we’re expecting to see).
* A face-to-face meeting with our Technical Director, Managing Director, and Lead Developer.
* Get an offer!
Additional Information
* Annual discretionary bonus.
* A hybrid working environment, with up to two days working from home per week after your probationary period.
* Seniority level: Entry level.
* Employment type: Full-time.
* Job function: Engineering and Information Technology.
* Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting.
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