WordPress Development Project

Overview

WareIQ is initiating a short-term WordPress Development Project. We are looking for candidates who would be responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress pages, themes and plugins.

The candidate should have a strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems. Experience with responsive and adaptive design is strongly preferred.

Note: This opportunity is for a short-term, contract-based project with a duration of two months. Throughout the project, the candidate’s performance will be closely monitored and evaluated. Based on exemplary performance during this period, there is a possibility for the role to transition into a full-time position.

Role & Responsibilities

• Optimize website performance and ensure responsive design
• Create new pages from scratch in our custom WordPress theme as per UI/UX design shared
• Customize WordPress theme as required
• Troubleshoot and debug issues, perform updates and maintenance
• Manage WordPress plugins and WordPress updates
• Manage website integrations with other 3rd party systems
• Build out responsive layouts
• Implementing new features and sections on the website
• Updating existing pages as and when required
• Optimize website as per SEO principles
• Manage server configurations, hosting environments and server-side scripting

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in CS or similar field preferred
• Proven experience in WordPress development
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript
• Familiarity with WordPress plugins and themes
• Knowledge of responsive web design principles
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• A current undergraduate or graduate with 0-1 years of development experience with WordPress
• Good Communications skills
• Ability to analyse and interpret issues and identifying solutions
• Ready to join immediately or on short notice

Preferred Qualifications & Experience:

• Advanced knowledge of WordPress includes customization, Plug-in editing and Development
• Strong knowledge on WordPress custom theme creation
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
• Familiarity with SEO principles and techniques to optimize websites for search engines
• Ability to diagnose and fix common WordPress issues and errors
• Knowledge of Elementor’s interface, modules, and capabilities
• Ability to achieve a good website score on LightHouse
• Knowledge of connecting to SSH, FTP, Cpanel etc. servers