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Job Posting - Web Developer 

Our ideal candidate will be an experienced, detail-oriented Web Developer that is hardworking, and diligent in completing tasks. This candidate will be well-versed in many programming languages and have a good understanding of many CMS including Drupal and WordPress. We are seeking someone who is self-motivated when necessary but can adapt and collaborate on various projects. In order to be successful in this position, applicants should be able to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Good understanding of web-based applications and current technologies.
  • Good organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills.
  • Results-focused - able to understand and act based on requirements & needs.
  • Ensure that solutions meet both business and technical requirements, including performance,
  • maintainability and stability.
  • Execute development tasks that support product deliverables
  • Collaborate with other team members on product concepts by providing wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes.
  • Prepare QA tests and documentation as part of an agile development workflow prior to deployment.
  • Report progress on projects, milestones, and individual tasks via the online group management tools.
  • When necessary, research, test, and implement new tools, technologies, and vendors.
  • Plan and create content types and data structures in Drupal.
  • Work in a local environment, deploy to staging for review and deploy work to production.
  • Review code from others and provide helpful feedback.
  • Stay on top of industry trends and techniques and share them with your colleagues.
  • Think through and build to performance and accessibility challenges.

Required Skills and Experiences:

  • PHP (Drupal & WordPress):
  • Experience implementing plugins/modules and themes.
  • Understanding of CMS APIs and standard methodologies
  • CSS: Must have experience with CSS-based animations and using processors such as SCSS and SASS.
  • Javascript: Must be able to integrate and customize pre-made JavaScript plug-ins and write custom JavaScript functions
  • MySQL: Must be able to write and optimize MySQL queries
  • Use Command Line: for Drupal (drush) and WordPress (wp-cli)

 

Have experience with:

Git (branching, merging, rebasing)

Bonus Points for Experience with:

  • Website Usability
  • User Experience
  • Website Accessibility
  • SEO best practices
  • Integration to 3rd party services/software
  • E-commerce (specifically Shopify)
  • Twig
  • Python
  • AWS (EC2 & Lamda)
  • Linux Server
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator

 

Tell us about yourself:

  • We want to get to know more about you:
  • What projects have you done?
  • Who have you worked with?
  • Why do you want to work with us?
  • Where do you want your career to go?
  • How does this job fit in with those goals?

 

Hiring Process:

Send your resume along with the answers to our questions above to info@pixelarchitect.ca

with the subject line of “Pixel Architect – Web Developer application”. Unfortunately, we can’t reply to everyone.

Only qualified applicants will be contacted.