Senior WordPress Developer

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency with a passionate belief in the power of technology to positively transform business practices. Our focus is on helping customers grow and achieve success in the digital space. We cover a variety of different industries, including eCommerce, associations & nonprofits, government, healthcare, sports & entertainment, transportation, and more. The company was recently named by Built in Chicago as one of the best places to work and to Inc.com’s list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies for the past eight years.

Responsibilities:

• Architecting complex custom WordPress solutions
• Adhering to WordPress coding standards & best practices
• Creating custom blocks
• Aiming to solve complex problems and troubleshooting urgent issues
• Collaborating with project managers and development team
• Providing actionable feedback to managers and teammates
• Estimating level of effort for project tasks

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience of hands on WordPress development at an agency level
• Use of Git (GitHub, Azure, GitLab) as well as dev ops tools such as GitHub Actions, Composer, or Buddy Works
• Knowledge of hosting providers such as WP Engine, WP VIP, Pantheon
• Strong communicator to technical & non-technical stakeholders including clients and 3rd party vendors
• Knowledge and interest in newest practices within WordPress
• Performing code reviews for peers and giving constructive feedback
• Integrating external services including payment processors, membership software, CRMs

Nice to Haves:

• Agile & scrum experience
• Creating headless WordPress – including Next.JS or React
• Experience with unit testing – including Cypress or Husky
• Contributing to Open-Source projects – including WordPress
• Working with Gutenberg & custom blocks
• Experience mentoring and leading a team

We offer:

• Innovative and dynamic projects for worldwide top brands
• Working with more recent technologies
• Sharpen your skills in instructor-led trainings and lunch and learns
• We cover costs for certifications and participations in events
• Generous compensation package
• Additional health insurance that guarantees fast access to contracted health services
• Multisport card
• 25 days paid holidays
• Campus X membership benefits

Americaneagle.com provides its employees with an energetic work environment and opportunities to further develop their skills. Our dedication to growing our development team is how we can produce excellent sites and applications for our clients. We do all of this while maintaining a family value focus and pushing for a good work-life balance. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package.