Junior Website Developer

About the role

At Rotate Digital, a Website Developer will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing websites to maximize their visibility and ranking on search engines. This role combines web development skills with the ability to work closely with SEO specialists to create websites that drive organic traffic and deliver superior user experiences. The website developer will also be responsible for continual updates and optimization of client websites. This is a remote position and will require a website developer that is disciplined in time management and self-driven!

This is a remote role with flexible working hours. You are free to work when you choose but we ask all employees outside of the USA to be available for communication and ready for last-minute urgent requests/ meetings when necessary at anytime between 9 am - 3 pm US Eastern time.

People who are a good fit for this role...

• Are fully comfortable with custom development in the Wordpress ecosystem (aka not dependent on pagebuilders)
• Have experience with Twig Template Engine & Timber engines
• Able to integrate various CRMs, chat features, and other tools into clients' websites without jeopardizing the performance and loading speed of the website

Capabilities that you should possess:Technically Proficient

• Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, PHP, etc.
• Ability to develop websites that translate well on various devices and screen sizes
• Able to integrate various CRMs, chat features, and other tools into clients' websites for enhancing functionality, improving user engagement, and streamlining business operations

Initiative

• Exploring new technologies and practices that would enhance our websites and sharing with the team
• Ability to ask for help if roadblocks arise, or when something is unclear or unknown
• Ability to foresee and then execute on potential problems during a build or QA

Time-Management

• Ability to balance website builds, ad-hoc tickets and other special projects for on-time delivery

Drive

• To do whatever it takes to accomplish the desired outcome. Whether it’s a crunch of a timeline, or an additional mile that you can go to make a difference, this is a welcomed opportunity for you
• To take ownership of websites as our department’s product and continuously making our product better for our clients

Strong Problem-Solving Skills

• Ability to analyze complex problems, identify the root cause, and come up with effective solutions quickly. We work collaboratively, but you are expected to be able to work autonomously and not need hand-holding on non-critical issues

Code Review and Quality Assurance

• Ensure high-quality code through rigorous code reviews, manual testing, and development best practices

Documentation

• Ability to create and maintain comprehensive documentation for code, APIs, and systems to ensure knowledge sharing and ease of maintenance in a remote and asynchronous team

Understanding of Systems Architecture

• You have a strong understanding of systems architecture and WordPress design. You participate in preserving the quality of existing websites and writing quality code and structure for website improvements and new websites

Duties

Core activities or tasks to be performed daily, weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly

• Website Development: Develop, maintain, and enhance websites and web applications, ensuring they are responsive, user-friendly, and aligned with Rotate Digital website development standards and best practices.
• Website Maintenance: Complete ad-hoc requests and optimizations for live websites to ensure client satisfaction and quality website performance.
• Quality Assurance: Implement and enforce testing processes, including unit testing and code reviews, to maintain code quality and security.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with emerging web technologies and trends, and share knowledge with the team to drive innovation.
• Collaborative Department Development: We have a strong team of developers who like to tackle projects, improve processes, and better the quality of our websites together.
• Time-Tracking: Time spent on all tasks, projects, and builds needs to be tracked in order to help provide clarity to resources spent on projects/clients and to help management better understand project workload and capacity.
• Cross-Department Communication: Clearly communicate with fellow team members from other departments. Questions are responded to within 24 hours, and any tasks assigned are acknowledged within 24 hours and if there is a conflict of time constraint, then this is communicated upfront.

What's in it for you?Salary

This role will be salaried at $800-$1,400 (depending on experience) with a review of the salary structure, bonus opportunities, and all other pay factors after 6 months.