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Senior PHP, SASS, Javascript Developer, mission-driven clients

Opus Design

Boston, MA | Posted: 4 years ago

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We have a ton of exciting website projects with many amazing clients in our pipeline and we need a passionate and talented developer to help us bring them to life.


WHY JOIN?


Meaningful work 


Opus exists to promote good through purposeful design and development. As such, our clients are truly amazing. We are proud to support mission-driven organizations in the education, nonprofit, and food and beverage sectors and beyond. This means that we carefully select our clients and we partner with organizations that are inspiring, well-intentioned, and passionate about making the world better in some way – big or small.


Lead the team


We are a small team which means you have all the opportunity and authority to lead. We are also nimble so your suggestions and ideas will be implemented quickly. We are growing and we need someone with vision, skills, and drive to take our website development work to the next level. Have ideas for improving efficiency, design workflow, or DevOps processes? We are all ears.


Continued learning & development


We are big on professional development. In order to deliver the needs of our diverse and ever-changing website projects, we need to continue developing skills. You need to be resourceful and nimble, able to wear multiple hats, and multi-task. And, we will support you with a professional development budget to take courses and attend conferences or tuition reimbursement to pursue a degree or certificate.


We are a B Corporation


This means we believe in using business as a force for good. It means that we consistently act in support of our sincere care for the well being of our employees, clients, suppliers, community, and the environment. Accordingly, we offer great benefits, a great team culture, and generous compensation. As B Lab puts it “Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit.”  Read about the B corporation certification.


Diversity


We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are a certified women-owned business and strongly encourage women, gender diverse people, and minority candidates to apply.


RESPONSIBILITIES



  • Front- and back-end development related to custom theming for WordPress and Drupal Themes (90% WordPress)

  • Implement design mockups to fully functional themes

  • Maintaining and implementing excellent coding standards

  • Produce 100% valid, bug-free HTML

  • Collaborate with/advise design and UX team

  • Collaborate and coordinate with freelance developers, conduct code reviews

  • Act as the release engineer using Git

  • Deploy websites when ready for launch, coordinate hosting as needed

  • Obsessive attention to detail

  • Manage all aspects of the development lifecycle

  • Manage time and stakeholder expectations by setting and consistently meeting deadlines


REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS



  • Experience developing themes, plugins/modules

  • Fluency in HTML5, CSS3, SCSS/SASS, PHP, JavaScript (JQuery)

  • Min. of 3  years of experience with custom WordPress theming

  • BS in Computer Science or related field

  • Experience with developing accessible websites

  • Advanced Git skills and respective branching strategies

  • Ability to customize WordPress with minimal use of plugins

  • Knowledge of relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), data manipulation with SQL-queries

  • Superior project management skills, familiarity with Basecamp or similar

  • Natural curiosity for emerging trends and technologies, and willingness to learn and share

  • Motivated, reliable self-starter

  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, action-oriented environment

  • Smart problem-solver, strategic thinker with an ability to “figure stuff out”


Nice-to-haves



  • Interest in good design and learning about design

  • Knowledge of Adobe XD

  • Experience working with education, nonprofit, or food industry

  • Experience working with/leading a team of freelance developers


BENEFITS



  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance

  • Profit-driven bonus biannually

  • 401K matching

  • Professional development budget and tuition reimbursement

  • Summer and Winter Team Offsites

  • Office snacks & treats

  • Competitive vacation and holidays

  • Christmas holiday break – approx. 1 week in addition to standard vacation time


Interested?


We can’t wait to hear from you!
Please apply with a cover letter, resume and portfolio sites.

This job was sourced from StackOverflow Jobs.