Magento Developer

Position: Magento Developer
Experience: 2+ years within agency or similar commercial environments
Salary: Very competitive salary for the right person, email [email protected] for details
Hours: Full-time

Overview

We are looking for a skilful, forward-thinking Magento developer to join our digital team and help us deliver exceptional work for our clients.

Please supply your CV and URL/code examples to demonstrate your current experience and skill set.

Essential Skills

End-to-end build experience in either Magento 1 or 2.
Excellent working knowledge of PHP and MySQL.
HTML, HTML5, CSS and SASS or LESS, and knowledge of popular Javascript libraries/frameworks.
Working knowledge of Bootstrap or Foundation.
Tools and frameworks such as NPM, Composer, Grunt, Gulp or Compass.
Able to write standards-compliant code and contribute to code written by others.
Experience with version control and deployment.
Debugging code as part of the development process.

Advantageous Skills

Working knowledge setting up or configuring a LEMP stack.
Implementation of bespoke speed optimisation techniques such as caching, profiling, asset optimisation, database optimisation and load balancing.
Build principles and optimisation for SEO and/or accessibility.
Advanced implementation of tracking technologies such as Google Analytics, Adwords and Optimiser.
Experience of using configuration management tools such as Vagrant and Ansible.
Working knowledge and experience in WordPress.

Key Responsibilities

Write clean, standards compliant code to produce and evolve web-hosted Magento sites.
Execute briefed projects, advancing personal skills as required to deliver the work.
Deliver projects within agreed timescales and quoted hours.
Liaise with colleagues and clients to fully understand build objectives, and translate them into deliverable requirements.
When available, work to technical documentation, eg. wire frames and functional specs.
Work within Hub’s preferred platforms/frameworks, and keep skills updated with new technologies as appropriate.
Optimise build for performance and speed according to Google’s current insights and protocols.

Team Fit

A team player – friendly and approachable with a can-do work ethic.
Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to error-free code.
Keen to learn and embrace new technologies.
Organised yet flexible, able to prioritise own workload to deliver within agreed deadlines for multiple clients and projects.
Receptive to feedback and working within company processes.
Able to listen and communicate effectively with all connected teams such as design, SEO, analytics and account management.