Plan B, Inc. - SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER

Back-End Developer is needed in Chicago, United States.

Client: Plan B, Inc.

Location: Chicago, IL

Contract: Contractor, Full-time and Contractor

Job Description

Supercharge your coding career in a dynamic urban setting at a thriving independent ad agency known for high-powered digital thinking and award-winning creative. Our recently renovated loft space is a highly collaborative work environment in the heart of Chicago’s buzzing River North entertainment district. Team up with talented marketing specialists and gifted creative minds to bring to life a world of web-based solutions. As a Back-end Developer, you will be responsible for the server-side web application logic as well as for the integration of the front-end part to help us manage a growing variety of digital development needs—coding responsive and mobile-friendly emails, landing pages, and full-fledged websites. Get started on a freelance basis and –– who knows –– you may just fall in love with agency life!

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on web development experience.
• Ability to multi-task and comfortable juggling several projects at once.
• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Flexibility to adapt to design requirement changes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple, ongoing timelines, as well as daily rush asks.
• A core understanding of industry best practices across digital channels.
• Experience working in a fast-paced agency environment strongly preferred.

Required Skills:

• PHP/MySQL
• Javascript
• Custom APIs (CRM platforms, cloud-based media management)
• MAMP or local setup preference (must be able to set up local environments for all projects with multiple versions of PHP installed to work on sites with older versions).
• WordPress development (custom templates/post types/modifying custom plugins)
• WP Woocommerce/Payment Processing Platforms such as Paypal/Stripe
• Experience building responsive, cross-browser compatible websites.
• Experience with WordPress backend/theme development.
• Experience with PHP dependency/packaging managers (Composer).
• Experience with SASS and CSS/JS compiling tools (such as gulp.js or a GUI application of your choice).
• Experience with version control (GIT, Subversion).
• Familiarity with Photoshop and/or Sketch to export assets from creative layouts.
• Experience with setting up custom tags in Google Tag Manager via javascript functions.

Additional Skills (a plus):

• Custom WordPress plugin development.
• Experience with Cordova/PhoneGap/Ionic iPad App Development.
• Experience with Magento (editing template files/stylesheets, etc).
• Experience with CRM tools such as Hubspot, Pardot, Salesforce, etc.
• Custom HTML email development.

Benefits

Pay: $86,790.15 - $104,521.47 per year

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off