Position: WordPress Engineer
Company: N-iX
Experience required: 1y
Category: PHP
English level: intermediate
Published: 2022-06-01T00:00:00+03:00

Founded in 2012, N-iX Game & VR Studio is one of the biggest game development and art production vendors in Ukraine, working with leading publishers and media enterprises around the globe. The team of 240+ professionals focuses on full-cycle game development, VR solutions, and content creation for all the most popular platforms. The studio has successfully collaborated with over 40 clients, including Paradox Interactive, Tempo Storm, Supermassive Games, and VRChat. 
At N-iX Game & VR Studio, we strive to deliver AAA quality of our work and looking for exceptional talent to join us. If you are excited about the opportunity to collaborate and grow among passionate experts — we invite you to our team!
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**Responsibilities:**

- Designing and building the website front-end.
- Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and integrate it into WordPress.
- Maintain the website: performance optimization, CSS/HTML, implement new features etc.

**Requirements:**

- Proven work experience as a WordPress developer (Theme development / API / Configuration).
- Excellent front-end skills including experience with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript libraries such as Bootstrap, jQuery, AJAX, Flexbox, etc.
- Good PHP development skills and MySQL database knowledge.
- Expertise in developing and implementing custom Themes.
- Proficiency with Git/Github.
- Experience with responsive and adaptive design.
- Knowledge of WordPress site optimization according to GTMetrix & Google PageSpeed Insights — nice to have. 

**The ideal candidate is also:**

- Has experience in connecting WordPress to third-party services using RESTful API, JSON/XML, and plugins.
- Has an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, testing, and deployment
- Shows a good understanding of website architecture and aesthetics.
- Has an agile mindset and is a good team player.
- Is able to plan and analyze the scope of work as well as identify risks involved and provide solutions to them.