PHP WordPress Developer
Are you a web developer that gets geeked out about logic, data structure, and data gathering? Then we have the position for you at ddm!
ddm is a mid-sized marketing + communications firm based in Grand Rapids full of people who love what they do and take their clients’ and team’s success personally. We are looking for an enthusiastic and confident PHP WordPress Developer that gets geeked out about logic, data structure, and data gathering. This full-time development position demands a high level of teamwork and collaboration with internal resources. Communication about your process, strategy, and deliverables is key to maintaining the highly responsive solutions and service levels that our clients expect.
Functionally, the PHP WordPress Developer is responsible for supporting interactive client teams on a daily basis, providing insights into logic, workflow, functionality, and interactivity. Working within a cross-functional team to manage deadlines and workload, this developer will need to research and implement third party software integrations, help train support staff and clients on software built by our team, identify problems, and suggest solutions.
If you're interested in this position, talk to Kristin and find out more.
moc.mddmaet@pnitsirk
616 583 2035
Some important considerations:
What does a PHP WordPress Developer do?
Your roles:
- Own your code
- Develop and meet budgets and timelines on multiple projects
- Communicate clearly and often
- Test your code
- Know PHP, MySQL, JavaScript
- Be curious, creative, and proactive
- Work well with marketing teams and clients
- Team up well with front-enders
- Identify and help resolve roadblocks for the client team
- Develop and use best practices for data and code management
Professional skills + qualifications needed for consideration:
- Bachelors (or equivalent experience) in Web Development, Computer Programming, or Computer Science
- REQUIRED – PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript experience
- BIG PLUS – Knowledge of any of the following:
- - WordPress
- - JavaScript build/task runner tools (i.e., Grunt / Gulp / Webpack)
- - SASS, SCSS, or Less
- - Vue
- - Laravel or Symphony
- Proficient with Microsoft Office software suite
Specific duties and responsibilities to support your roles:
- Assist teams with project estimates and timelines
- Demonstrate awareness of client requirements, culture, values, and diversity
- Research and implement third party software integration and libraries
- Break down a project into small, testable deliverables
- Think proactively and identify potential red flags and roadblocks; suggest solutions
- Effectively manage details and work collaboratively
- Identify inefficiencies in process and take steps to mitigate
- Communicate needs to complete work effectively
- Communicate project status in internal production meetings
- Feel comfortable dealing with client inquiries and interaction
- Feel comfortable asking questions (admit you need help) before taking action
- Use a variety of project management tools to keep the team up to date
- Provide programming back-up support to other implementation teams as needed
- Support other developers in improving their projects and deliverables as needed
- Support teams with project reviews, including general reporting documents
- Program and write tests as needed to ensure quality of software
- Help train internal support staff and clients on software built by our team
- Have a personal sense of ownership for all aspects of projects the team is producing
- Show initiative and a strong sense of responsibility
About working at ddm
Some specifics that guide expectations of all team members:
Embrace our passion: Amaze our clients
Understand our niche: Delivering extraordinary service and amazing solutions to highly complex or regulated industries.
Exhibit our core values:
- Serve our clients tenaciously
- Respect the team
- Be curious – first ask why then tackle how
- Run through the wall attitude
- Deliver excellence, not excuses
- Play up a level
