WordPress Developer

About the company:
Media Holding, which includes the following well-known media-services: Delo.ua - a business online publication, Glavсom - a political site, MMR - online media about marketing and creativity, Womo - a publication about amazing women: business, volunteering, caring for the family and raising children.

The company annually holds almost 20 business events, including: a large festival for small and medium-sized businesses Get Business Festival, a summit of top managers Business Wisdom Summit, an exchange of experiences of leading HR leaders HR Wisdom Summit, a review of trends in the PR industry, a PR marathon, experience business women She Congress. Implements educational and consulting projects that help businesses grow and inspire innovation.

We are looking for a skilled WordPress Developer with a strong emphasis on SEO optimization to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for updating WordPress core and plugins, developing new features, bug fixing, and actively participating in SEO optimization efforts, with a particular focus on frontend performance optimization for media resources.

As WordPress Developer, you will be responsible for:
1.WordPress and Plugin Updates:
- Execute timely updates for WordPress core and plugins to ensure optimal security, performance, and compatibility.
2.Feature Development:
- Collaborate with the team to develop new features that enhance the functionality of media resources.
3.Bug Fixing:
- Investigate, identify, and resolve any bugs or issues reported by users to maintain a seamless user experience.
4.SEO Optimization:
- Conduct SEO audits and implement strategies to improve website visibility and ranking on search engines.
- Collaborate with content creators to optimize content for search engines.
- Implement SEO best practices, including meta tags, schema markup, and XML sitemaps.
5.Frontend performance Optimization:
- Analyze and optimize frontend performance to enhance website speed and user experience.
- Implement caching mechanisms, image optimization, and other techniques to improve page load times.
6.Customization:
- Implement customizations and modifications to meet the specific SEO and performance requirements of the media resources.
7.Code Review:
- Conduct regular code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, SEO best practices, and maintainable codebase.
8.Collaboration:
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including designers and content creators, to integrate design elements and SEO-optimized content seamlessly.
9.Security:
Implement and maintain security best practices to safeguard against potential vulnerabilities.
10.Documentation:
Maintain comprehensive documentation for code, configurations, SEO strategies, and procedures.

We’re looking for someone with:
- Proven experience as a WordPress Developer with a focus on SEO.
- Good knowledge of OOP, OOD and design patterns.
- Strong understanding of SEO principles and best practices.
- Proficiency in PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL.
- Experience with Git, understanding GitFlow.
- Experience with frontend performance optimization techniques.
- Familiarity with SEO tools and analytics platforms.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Will be a plus:
- Previous experience with media-related plugins and features.
- Experience with Docker
- Knowledge of advanced SEO strategies, including technical SEO.
- Experience with performance testing tools.
- Understanding of web security principles.

Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred).
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience as a WordPress Developer with a focus on SEO.

Hiring process:
- HR Prescreen call (~30 min)
- Technical Interview with CTO (~1:30 hour)

About EvoTalents

EvoTalents is a fully remote technical recruitment agency with 10+ professional and creative recruiters in the team. We were founded by Elena Volk (a person who is truly passionate about technical recruitment) in 2016 and we have already filled more than 250+ vacancies. 90% of people we have found in the last 2 years pass a trial period.

We mostly work with product companies having the values which are the same as ours. We help companies such as iDeals, Erbis, YouScan, Sitecore, Reface, Sparkybit. We have technical expertise and experience in filling various vacancies even the most difficult ones (for example, Clojure Engineer or Senior Java Developer from Europe who relocated to Ukraine). Last but not least, we’re source geeks! If you have already reviewed all profiles on Linkedin, we know how to find anyone in other sources (even on Instagram or Meetup).

Company website:
https://evotalents.com/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/evotalents/