AltSchool Africa is an Edtech product, an alternative to school, launched with the sole motivation to increase employability and reduce unemployment by helping Talents in Africa jump-start a career in Tech. With AltSchool Africa, everyone can benefit from the myriad of opportunities available in Tech. At AltSchool Africa we pride ourselves on possessing a culture of execution that caters to wavemakers rather than wave riders. If you're interested in joining a diverse and dynamic team that values speed, continuous improvement, focus, accountability, and are on an impact mission, you'll feel right at home at AltSchool Africa.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: PHP / WordPress Developer
Location: Lagos
Job Function: Software Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time
Experience Level: Experienced
Workplace Type: Hybrid
About the Role
- We are looking for an experienced and passionate WordPress Developer to join our Product & Engineering team!
- We seek a WordPress Developer with a passion for finding solutions that allow customers to use our products intuitively. The ideal candidate plays an important role during all stages of product development.
- They must be skilled at translating the goal of the product into a functional user experience and nurturing that experience as the product matures through different stages of the product life cycle.
- As a WordPress Developer at AltSchool, you will be responsible for both back-end and front-end development, including creating WordPress themes and plugins.
- The expectation is that you are inquisitive with a growth-mindset, having a strong understanding of the latest industry trends and content management systems.
What You Will Be Doing
- Design and implement new product features and functionality.
- Establish and guide the website’s architecture.
- Manage all technical aspects of the CMS ensuring high-performance
- Formulate an effective, responsive design' turning it into a working theme and plugin.
Qualifications
- 3+ years experience as a PHP / Wordpress developer
- Strong understanding of PHP back-end development.
- Good understanding of front-end technologies, including PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery.
- Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications.
- Experience designing and developing responsive design websites.
- Understanding of code versioning tools {{such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial}}
- Comfortable working with debugging tools.
- Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers.
- Ability to convert comprehensive layouts and wireframes into working HTML pages
- Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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