Remote Work: Full Time WordPress Web Developer based in Malaysia

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Matthew Chung

Position Title: WordPress Web Developer

Employment Type: Full time (Remote) based in Malaysia

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Jobs Interest

Summary:

High-potential opportunity to build intelligent and creative websites for high-value brands in a multi- award-winning environment.

About:

Our client is a multi-award-winning digital marketing agency based in Subiaco, Western Australia, powered by some of the brightest minds in the country. For the past 15 years we’ve pushed the boundaries of digital marketing to create some of themost creative campaigns Australia has ever seen.

Some greatest hits:

  • Designing and developing websites that power some of Australia’s most popular websites (and winning a bevy of awards for this work).
  • Delivering more than 30 million extra visits per year through SEO for one client alone, equating to 470% growth in a little over three years.
  • Being trusted with one of the largest Facebook Ad campaigns in Australia for six years running for one of Australia’s best-known and fastest-growing brands.
  • Generating millions of dollars in yearly Google Ads savings for leading companies, often eclipsing 80% improvements in ROAS.
  • Growing multiple publishers and SaaS players through to $100m+ acquisitions and public listings.
  • Launching our own startup from ground zero to more than 300,000 visitors per month in less than 2 ½ years.

About the role:

The team is growing fast and embracing new challenges, so we’re looking to hire a new WordPress Web Developer to join the Design & Development team.

This is a fast-paced, fast-learning position where you’ll be focused on building websites for a diverse group of clients, as well as supporting existing customers.

As both a building and a maintenance role, you’ll typically find yourself:

  • Developing custom WordPress websites from designs provided by a Web Designer.
  • Creating custom theme WordPress (& WooCommerce) PHP templates using advanced custom fields.
  • Making changes to existing website templates (styling and functionality) across various content management systems (mostly WordPress but including Shopify and others)
  • Managing web servers, including setup, configuration, and administration across a diverse set of server and technology stacks.
  • Conducting ad-hoc troubleshooting and bug fixing of websites, web servers, and domain hosts.
  • Performing website migrations, website updates, performance optimisation, security assessments, and malware removals.
  • Developing API integrations, payment gateway integrations, and SMTP relay integrations.
  • Utilising workflow and collaboration systems for version control.
  • Implementing technical SEO specifications, including schema / structured data, and Apache .htaccess configuration.
  • Implementing web analytics and data visualisation setups, including conversion tracking, event tracking, and cross-domain tracking (mostly Google Tag Manager, GA4, Looker Studio, and native platform analytics).

What we’re looking for:

We’re seeking someone with a minimum of 4 years of professional web development experience in a team environment. You will have experience with the following technologies:

  • WordPress / WooCommerce.
  • JavaScript, CSS / Sass, HTML.
  • PHP, MySQL, NGINX, cPanel.
  • Git / SVN.

You will have hands-on experience building WordPress websites and can demonstrate your abilities through your impressive track record of completed projects. You will have a working knowledge of functions.php and possess the ability to achieve desired outcomes with minimal use of plugins.

Demonstrated experience with the following is also desirable:

  • Shopify, Drupal, Joomla, Squarespace, Webflow, and other CMS.
  • Gutenberg.
  • Bootstrap and other frontend frameworks.

Bonus points if you can also demonstrate experience and capabilities with:

  • UX, UI, and web design.
  • Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, or other design & prototyping tools.
  • Digital marketing tools and platforms.

If you have agency experience and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, then this will be looked upon highly favourably.

Most importantly, you will demonstrate an understanding and enthusiasm that goes beyond your professional experience. At the same time, you will be hungry to learn and develop in areas where you don’t yet have capability.

As the successful candidate, you will be an individual who thrives in a small business, possessing the ability to collaborate with team members, whilst enjoying a level of autonomy to immerse yourself in your work.

What’s on offer:

When we invite you to join the team, we’ll be offering you:

  • A competitive salary and upwards career mobility.
  • An unparalleled commitment to your fast-tracked learning and growth.
  • High-calibre mentorship and access to an industry-leading peer group.
  • A remote working environment that includes travel perks.
  • Weekly online team events, monthly team socials, and a great culture.

Your application:

To apply, please provide your resume with an accompanying cover letter that describes how your experience matches the role and why you think you’re a great fit for the team.

Recruiter: Sue

Detailed Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of the position will include, but are not limited to:

  • Build custom WordPress websites with designs provided by Web Designer, including export of design components, styles, and assets (images, SVG), responsive web development, styling using CSS (Sass), advanced JavaScript, and use ofweb fonts, ensuring cross-device, cross-platform, and cross-browser compatibility and accessibility.
  • Creating custom theme WordPress (& WooCommerce) PHP templates using advanced custom fields, including complexdatabase queries, complex sorting/filtering features, custom post types, and custom taxonomies.
  • Make changes to existing website template styling and functionality as per briefs across various CMS (WordPress largely, but also occasionally Shopify, Drupal, Joomla, Squarespace, Webflow, etc).
  • Web server setup, configuration, and administration across a diverse set of website servers and technology stacks (LAMP,cPanel, Plesk, Cloudflare, etc).
  • Conduct ad-hoc troubleshooting and bug fixing across various websites, web servers, and domain hosts, includingtroubleshooting of DNS and email deliverability.
  • Website migrations, updates (themes, plugins, servers), loading speed and performance optimisation, security assessments,and malware removals.
  • Technical SEO implementation, including schema / structured data, Apache .htaccess configuration (301 redirects,mod_rewrite, etc), custom XML sitemap development, and web crawler optimisation (robots.txt, meta tags, etc); SEO specifications will be provided.
  • API integrations across diverse platforms, which may include websites, CRM systems, email marketing systems, ERPsystems, accounting systems, and other SaaS platforms.
  • Utilisation and management of workflow and collaboration systems for version control (Git, SVN).
  • SSL configuration, payment gateway integrations, and SMTP relay integrations.
  • Web Analytics, Dynamic Remarketing, and product data feed integration, including Google Tag Manager, GA4, EnhancedEcommerce, Data Layer, Looker Studio, Facebook Dynamic Ads, Google Merchant Centre, conversion tracking, eventtracking, cross-domain tracking, and custom dimensions.