WordPress Front End Developer

**WordPress Front End Developer**

Key Responsibilities:

- Converting ideas and designs into technical specifications with novel implementations - Coding new WordPress themes and plugins from scratch and modifying existing themes and plugins - Maintaining and administering WordPress installations - Working with professionally layered Photoshop/Sketch documents to create web optimized images - Creating responsive layouts in HTML5 and the Twitter Bootstrap CSS framework - Performing SEO optimizations and implementing website statistic tracking and analytics - Utilizing JavaScript frameworks to implement website functionality (AJAX searching, maps, sliders, etc)

What we are looking for:

- A team player - who is excited by unique challenges and ready to learn - Self starter who can work with ambiguity - Excellent organizational skills - Project estimation/planning skills - Coders experienced with WordPress theme and plugin development process - Fluency in JavaScript and experience with DOM manipulation libraries, experience with JavaScript MVC frameworks like AngularJS or React is a plus - High self QA standards, ability to craft code that is not only functional but also clean and maintainable

Requirements:

- Strong WordPress Development experience (thorough understanding of WordPress APIs, particularly the Plugin API) - Familiarity with Server Administration fundamentals, comfortable interacting with Linux servers - Ability to create well-formatted HTML5 layouts, understanding of web standards and Schema.org markup - Excellent CSS Fundamentals, experience with preprocessor languages like SASS or LESS, experience with CSS Frameworks like Twitter Bootstrap - Excellent JavaScript, experience with MVC frameworks like AngularJS or React - Excellent PHP Fundamentals, experience with implementing new features and applications from scratch utilizing PHP Frameworks - Functional Photoshop and basic image manipulation skills - Familiarity with Responsive Design techniques and tools - Fluency in JavaScript and experience with DOM manipulation libraries, experience with JavaScript MVC frameworks like AngularJS or React is a plus - Familiarity with SEO techniques and tools - Knowledge of QA best practices

As a Web Developer, you'll collaborate closely with the project manager and the entire cross functional team on a variety of website. You will be translating the designs our designers create into living works of art.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Sherman Oaks, CA