Web Developer, Senior, Open Source

Crowd Favorite, a leading enterprise Open Source agency, is looking for a senior US-based developer to join our team, helping to build digital solutions of all sizes and levels of complexity using PHP, Laravel, and WordPress. Our projects may also involve React or Vue with Tailwind as well. Most are complex projects containing custom integrations between multiple systems. The ideal candidate will have experience developing sustainable, scalable PHP and JavaScript code for Laravel and WordPress, along with React or Vue components and front-ends.

This is a remote US-based job where you must be legally able to work in the United States and be physically located in the US. We're looking for a creative, flexible thinker who has a proven track record of finding, developing, and communicating the right solution for the job, be it a custom-built Laravel web application or custom plugins for WordPress. Internal and client-facing communication are both critical, so an ability to communicate clearly, especially written, is required. If you are a developer who meets these requirements, who is able to translate client needs and designs into clear requirements & elegant visitor experiences, and are eager to collaborate in close-knit teams creating solutions that push boundaries, then we would love to hear from you.

This is a development position, so code is involved

• Be ready to review some code examples of solutions that you created. A link to a Git repo or Bitbucket repo gives us something to look at together.
• Be ready to discuss your code, to talk about it, walking us through your thinking and reasoning why you wrote it the way you did. What worked, what didn't work, etc.
• Be ready to talk about how long it took to create the solutions. How off was the time it took from the original estimate? Did you give input on the estimate, or was it decided by others and simply imparted to you?

Requirements

• At least 3 years of full-stack high-performing WordPress development
• At least 3 years of full-stack custom Laravel development, not just the back-end architecture, but also front-end views
• At least 2 years of React or Vue development, particularly front-end websites interfacing with REST APIs or GraphQL connections
• Demonstrable experience in PHP and JavaScript software development best practices, including test development, MVC architecture, and SOLID principles
• Deep experience building cross-browser/cross-platform responsive websites
• Thorough understanding of WordPress plugin development
• Experience with SQL schema and database architecture and optimization
• Excellent knowledge of collaborative team development workflows using git and deployment pipelines
• Strong experience with content migrations from existing websites
• Experience integrating with common 3rd-party CRM, email marketing, and payment platforms
• Clear understanding of accessibility principles including WCAG requirements
• Experience breaking down requirements into clear development plans and budgets
• This position requires a B2 CEFR level of spoken and written English language proficiency
• Comfortable working productively with a distributed team
• At ease communicating clearly with clients
• Experience setting up the infrastructure necessary to run a Laravel or WordPress sites (web hosting, CDN, DNS, SSL, etc)
• Has an understanding of virtualization and experience with some flavor of virtual environments such as Docker or Vagrant
• Experience creating task runners using Node, such as Webpack and Gulp

Benefits

Crowd Favorite has a package of benefits that demonstrates our commitment to our team. Our time off policy is permissive, and covers holidays specific to your location, illness and professional development. We believe that a truly quality work-life balance requires a flexible and thoughtful approach to time away from work.

We respect the life our team leads, and even though we are not subject to FMLA or other requirements, we provide a family leave policy that is quite generous.

For our full-time US based employees we provide a 3 tier insurance option with United Healthcare and we provide a contribution to the cost of your monthly premium, which increases after a year if you are covering a family member (spouse or child). We also cover the cost completely for dental, vision and a small life insurance policy through Guardian Insurance. Finally, we also cover the cost for a telemedicine option through Healthiest You, which has the benefit of no copays for visits.

For US based team members, we have a competitive 401(k) retirement plan with Human Interest, and we match your contribution up to 4%. We offer a profit sharing type bonus program (as a discretionary benefit.)

We support you with provision of company hardware if needed, additional work space items upon request, all tools and subscriptions at company cost, educational accounts for training, and even travel and other costs related to professional development.

Crowd Favorite is committed to building an inclusive experience for all our employees. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you're parenting those future problem solvers, we firmly believe our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be who they are. #LI-Remote