Human Made

Senior Web Engineer

Human Made

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

JavaScriptMySQLPHPWordPress

About the role

  • Take ownership at a project level for not only your own work, but work that interacts or impacts your own
  • Assist other developers on your projects
  • Architect projects and complex subsystems
  • Assess the pros and cons of different approaches to software architecture, even when there is limited information
  • Carry out bug fixes and debugging not only in your own work, but others on your projects; no bug should be too obscure!
  • Take an active role in improving tooling, code, and communication whether directly on a current project or assisting others on their projects
  • Remain informed on development best practices within the industry
  • Proactively address technical issues as they arise
  • Consistently be pushing for performance and security considerations and improvements
  • Provide useful architectural input and feedback for whole systems, drawing on knowledge of CS fundamentals, other programming paradigms or frameworks
  • Write technical documentation for project architecture and decisions

Requirements

  • In-depth understanding of engineering with JavaScript and/or PHP
  • Expert WordPress knowledge
  • Ability to debug your own code and that of others
  • Experience in using debugging tools
  • Expert HTML5 & CSS
  • Experience in versioning technologies such as Git
  • Solid understanding of MySQL and the considerations of database-driven applications
  • Extensive experience using RESTful APIs
  • Ability to set up local development environments
  • Proficiency in written and oral communication in English, and ability to utilise and parse through technical terminology comfortably
  • Ability to manage your workload and juggle multiple tasks
  • In-depth understanding of performance considerations
  • In-depth understanding of security considerations
  • Ability to architect complex subsystems
  • Comprehensive understanding of WordPress
  • Proven experience working on large enterprise WordPress development projects
Benefits
  • Gain experience working in an agency, without a long term commitment
  • Work alongside some of the WordPress industry’s top engineers
  • Access to watercooler channels which will open up plenty of opportunities to network with other WordPress peers at Human Made
  • The opportunity to explore Human Made with the potential of becoming a full-time employee
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaScriptPHPWordPressHTML5CSSMySQLRESTful APIsdebuggingversioning technologieslocal development environments
Soft Skills
communicationworkload managementtask jugglingarchitectural inputproactive problem solvingcollaborationtechnical documentationperformance considerationsecurity considerationassisting others