Web Developer Programmer

Web Intelligenz is a family-owned and operated digital marketing agency and web development company located in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.  Our clients include non-profits and businesses from sole trader start-ups to major public companies but predominantly we service small businesses.
We service a range of industries but have a strength in the services sectors – health, finance, education and business consulting.
Our services include new website development; existing website repair, and renovation; website hosting, management and maintenance; and digital marketing incorporating strategy, content creation, content publishing campaign management, SEO, social media, Google Ads, email marketing, remarketing and analytics.
We are seeking to employ a Web Developer Programmer with a minimum of five years’ experience and willing to work collaboratively with a small team that are very focused on servicing the immediate needs of our clients..
You will be expected to:
-Develop responsive designed WordPress web applications & websites using platforms and languages including WordPress (CMS), HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript
-Develop custom WordPress themes and sites including membership subscription systems, directories, multi-lingual and auto report generation applications.
-Develop software applications by creating detailed documentation covering the entire development process, utilization of platforms and programming languages, adherence to accredited quality standards, implementing microservices and edge functions, thorough analysis and research-driven design of table schemas, writing of SQL scripts and integrating and building third-party APIs.
-Inspect existing websites built by third parties on various platforms (e.g. Weebly, Wix, Shopify, WordPress) and implement technical solutions for repair, or renovation of these sites.
-Provide technical support to the digital marketing team including analytics, landing pages, website modifications and integrations (including API integrations).
-Manage the hosting of a portfolio of approximately 100 websites including implementation and on-going management of website management systems including back-ups, security monitoring, software upgrades, CDN, optimization and caching.
-Provide technical advice and propose solutions in the preparation of sales proposals and scope of work definitions.
-In collaboration with the sales/account management team liaise with clients and suppliers to develop solutions and implement projects and support requests.
-In collaboration with other team members plan and prioritise the work schedule.
This is a full-time on-going position which we expect to continue for at least the next four years.  The salary range will be $70,000 - $75,000.  Applications should clearly state that they have work rights in Australia and specify if they are a Citizen of Australia or Permanent Resident.
You will be required to have a Bachelor or post-graduate degree in a relevant discipline and experience in:
-Working in a digital marketing or web development agency delivering client projects for at least 5 years where your daily schedule has required working on multiple projects and providing technical support
-Personally designing, developing and delivering at least 50 WordPress websites and managing hosting of a portfolio of at least 50 WordPress sites including optimising for speed and SEO.
-Creating Themes for WordPress; working with Databases & SQL Queries; and API integration with systems such as Google Cloud API’s, Salesforce & Infusionsoft.
-Highly proficient with both front-end & back-end development of WordPress creating custom ACF Blocks & Gutenberg Blocks.
-Repairing and improving websites & web applications built by other parties across a range of different platforms and working with various WordPress page builders.
The successful applicant will be expected to have:
Intermediate to advanced capability in HTML5, CSS/SASS, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript languages, and Object-Oriented Programming using PHP & JavaScript
Intermediate to advanced capability to use Wordpress, Wordpress plug-ins, WooCommerce.
Experience with front end tooling (Webpack, Grunt, NPM/Yarn, SASS, Gulp & Bootstrap).
Experience with Advance Custom Fields & Gutenberg Block creation for WordPress.
Knowledge about REST / SOAP / API integrations & documentation.
Experience writing technical requirement documents and using version control (GIT/GitHub)
Automating Deploy and Testing using CI/CD Automation using Buddy.
A thorough understanding of HTTP request/response cycle, and SDLC development principles.
Proficiency in the use of Photoshop, Word, Excel
Ability to manage WordPress hosting platforms (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP Stack) & CDN services. (eg: Cloudflare)
Knowledge about Loading Balancing & Progressive Web Apps.
Experience using FTP/SSH to connect to hosting servers and troubleshooting issues.
Ablilty to self-learn to expand on your existing skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong organizational skills with an ability to set priorities so as to meet milestones and goals
A temperament that can stay focused and complete tasks with constant interruptions and competing demands.
Good time management and time recording skills.