Position: WordPress / Timber Developer
Company: Xfive
Experience required: 2y
English level: fluent

We’ve been in the business since 2005 and constantly work on interesting WordPress projects for brands like Yanmar or Hypergiant.

We are also a part of a larger ecosystem of companies which includes XWP and X-Team.

Join our team to refresh your WordPress career and unlock exceptional future possibilities!

**What we offer**
- We engage the clients and win the projects so that you can focus on development.
- You can work the hours that best fit your schedule and from the comfort of your own home.
- You will get access to our welcoming, diverse and supporting community on Slack. Our company culture is based on virtual high-fives, which promotes a healthy work environment.
- You would start with an hourly rate of $25 USD / hour and can quickly work your way up to $35 USD / hour if you prove to be reliable, deliver high quality and communicate proactively.
- You will get an onboarding bonus $500 USD after 3 months since hiring.
- We will support you on learning new skills or acquiring professional certifications.
- You will have possibility to work on open-source projects like our custom - - - WordPress development framework Chisel.
- We organize a virtual Christmas party, non-virtual ski weekend and other team-building activities during the year.

**Requirements**
What skills you should have?

We are looking for talented mid-level to senior freelance developers that have both front-end and WordPress skills. You should be able to work independently on commercial projects so at least 2-3 years of experience with such projects is necessary.

**General skills**
- You are able to deliver projects on time and at a high-quality level
- You have a passion for development and continuous self-education
- You have a consistent coding style and passion for well-organized, clean code
- You have good verbal and written communication skills in English and you are not afraid to communicate with the clients directly during online meetings

**Development skills**
- Very good knowledge of modern front-end development: HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Web Design, Performance Optimization, Accessibility.
- Pixel precision and a basic aesthetics sense. Ability to convert UI in various formats like Figma, Sketch, Photoshop to a functional front-end
- Very good knowledge of JavaScript.
- Good knowledge of CSS preprocessors: SCSS is preferred.
- Good knowledge of scalable and maintainable CSS methodologies (BEM, ITCSS).
- Very good knowledge of WordPress. Timber knowledge is a plus.
- Ability to code WordPress themes and WordPress plugins from scratch.
- Very good programming skills and knowledge of general principles (DRY, abstraction, KISS, code refactoring and optimization, etc).
- Good knowledge of PHP and OOP principles.
- Good knowledge of Git version control system.
- Ability to work with the command line and modern web development tooling

**Recruitment process**
This is how our recruitment process works:

- We will check your application and screening questions to see if you would be a good fit to our team.
- If you pass the initial screening, we will invite you to do simple Front-end / WordPress test project.
- If you pass the test, we will invite you to an online interview focused on technical skills and knowledge and soft-skills.
- If you pass the interview, you will become a member of Xfive. Congratulations! :)