WordPress developer | BCIT

 BCIT’s Information Technology Services ( ITS ) Department is currently seeking a regular full-time Back-end Web Developer (Intermediate Systems Analyst). As part of the Solution Delivery Team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by contributing to an inclusive, knowledgeable, and highly motivated team, using Agile practices to frequently deliver web solutions on our enterprise WordPress platform. You have a strong understanding of backend website development and where the lines are between backend and frontend responsibilities, and experience collaborating with design, strategy, and customer support teams to brainstorm and design solutions for client projects, products, and other software needs.

As a Back-end Web Developer, you have the skills to develop and implement large, responsive, website projects in WordPress. You’ll consult on development during all phases of projects, and work with other developers to maintain and extend the WordPress platform. You are customer focused, enjoy creating features that improve the lives of your users, and stay on the lookout for tools that improve development processes. You are detail-oriented, well-versed in software development best practices, and enjoy collaborating with team members.

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Participate in architectural and design discussions and collaborate with other developers, systems analysts, and the product team to define clear deliverables and establish project milestones.
• Take ownership of features from end to end as they go through development, implementation, testing and maintenance phases.
• Code and implement custom WordPress sites, features, and enhancements from design requirements, or plugins.
• Develop, debug, and performance tune applications, themes, and contributed modules.
• Identify opportunities to improve/enhance existing code or architecture for maximum speed and scalability.
• Create and update reusable code libraries to streamline the WordPress development cycle and facilitate site documentation and maintenance.
• Participate in code reviews and enforce coding standards.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum two-year diploma in Computer Systems/Web Development or bachelor’s degree in communications, science, or business; and minimum six (4) years of current, practical experience, of which at least four (2) demonstrate web application development expertise.
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Must have demonstrated specific current IT knowledge.
• Proven commitment to providing and maintaining the highest level of customer service.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to meet changing priorities and multi-task while meeting strict deadlines.
• Must be a team player and work well with cross-departmental teams.
• Ability to learn quickly and apply new knowledge and techniques.
• Commitment to regular ongoing professional development (including specific IT skills, professional associations, and current industry trends).
• High level of professionalism and ethics.

Qualification Specifics:

• Good knowledge of WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL.
• Experience implementing complex, scaled WordPress sites, including theming and custom module/plugin development, and administration/configuration of CMS core, plugins, and modules.
• Experience working with containerized environments such as Docker, Kubernetes or equivalent.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies, requirements gathering, sprint processes and ceremonies.
• Experience with Atlassian product suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence) or similar workflow management systems.
• Understanding of backend performance best practices.
• Ability to write quality, well-organized code and employ debugging and testing skills, including the application of coding standards.
• Experience developing and maintaining REST APIs.
• Understanding of, and adherence to, both code and process documentation.
• Ability to troubleshoot problems and apply creative problem-solving skills.

Experience in the following would be an asset:

• Building websites using Gutenberg blocks and themes
• Unit testing
• Continuous integration/continuous deployment
• General understanding of DNS, edge networks, and HTTP protocol
• Linux command line
• Redis
• Jenkins

Attributes:

• Strong attention to detail, customer focused, ability to learn and adapt quickly and with ease.
• A team player who enjoys working with people.
• Well-organized with a methodical approach to work.
• Keen interest in web technologies and tools.
• Good sense of humour and an ability to prevent absurdity from affecting a commitment to results.
• Energetic, motivated self-starter with the ability to learn quickly.
• Fierce desire to meet deadlines.

Additional Information

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT BCIT:

• Being a part of BC’s Top 100 Employers, and a member of the CCDI.
• A generous Total Compensation package which includes extended health and dental benefits and a superb pension plan.
• Flexible hybrid work arrangements available
• A 35 hour work week with twenty-five days of paid vacation prorated per year
• Access to Professional Development Funds and opportunities for career development.
• Increase your knowledge with Tuition waivers for BCIT courses.
• Enjoy discounted access to our fitness facilities (including classes like Yoga and Zumba).
• Additional Wellness and Employee Assistance programs.