Senior Software Developer - PHP WordPress

ITP Media Group
www.itp.com
Location - BKC, Bandra East. We are looking for Mumbai living candidates only for this job.
We offer an exciting, fast-paced work environment, and we currently have an opportunity for
Senior Software Developer - PHP WordPress to make an immediate impact on our team. Foremost, we
are looking for someone who is positive, supportive, self-starting, and is ready for that next
big leap in their career!
Requirements
Mandatory Skills - Core WordPress Developer
Additional Advantage to have skills - Gutenberg , Newspack Theme
Comfortable with both object oriented and procedural programming methodologies.
Modifying existing code with new features available in current and future
deployments of PHP/MySQL
Efficiently handles tasks in a reasonable amount of time
Creative mind to develop innovative and unique solutions to complex problems on
high traffic websites
Experience with RESTful APIs and JSON.
Understanding of unit and functional testing best practices.
PHP 5 & 7
Know the history of PHP versioning, especially the migration path from 5 to 7
Know the differences between PHP CLI, PHP FPM and PHP NGINX
Capable of configuring a stable PHP application using php.ini on a variety of platforms
Capable of configuring and utilising debug in your programming workflow
Capable of writing code that is compliant with PSR2 Standards
Wordpress - Wordpress development is mandatory
Advise and consult on WordPress development best practices, including coding
standards, security, and performance.
Guide the team on architectural planning and decisions.
Providing code review and testing according to best practices.
Assist with theme and plugin development.
Design, develop, test, and refine internal tools to facilitate complex migrations of
content from non-WordPress sites into WordPress sites and that support the team's
work.
Participate in team-wide strategy and planning conversations.
Expert knowledge of WordPress development best practices, especially security and
performance.
Experience with developing and supporting high-profile, high-traffic WordPress websites
Familiarity with Advanced JavaScript and CSS.
ReactJs
MySQL
Can work directly with the MySQL data layer using either CLI or GUI tooling
Can import / export data sets
You should be able to setup indexes and foreign key constraints
Understand relational data setup and performance bottlenecks.
Other experience includes:
Dev Ops – AWS, Linux/Bash, Apache2, Nginx, Docker/Vagrant/Virtual Servers
PHP Core – PHP 5, PHP 7, MySQL
PHP Frameworks – Laravel, Symfony
PHP Tooling – Xdebug, Composer, PHP-CS, PSR2 Coding Standards
Front End – NPM/Yarn, Web-pack, React/Angular/Vue, Bootstrap/Reactive Design
Tooling – Version Control (git)
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