Junior WordPress Developer Stourbridge, West Midlands £20k - £22k (p.a)

Gambit Nash are a small, friendly team based in the village of Belbroughton, on the outskirts of south Birmingham. The village is small and quaint with plenty of pubs and easily accessible via car from M5 J4 or from surrounding areas including Stourbridge, Halesowen, Bromsgrove, and Kidderminster.

We're looking to welcome a motivated junior developer to our growing team in a full-time position, with a focus around WordPress websites. Day to day tasks will include developing and integrating user interfaces across a variety of new and existing projects, covering both front-end development using HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript as well as some back-end development using primarily PHP.

As a creative agency, web projects can vary greatly; from building small Wordpress websites for individuals and small businesses to development of large IT systems for government and private-sector organisations. The job will also present new opportunities to branch into other technologies and areas as desired, as the team also works with Vue.js, Java, NPM, Go, and server technologies including nginx, php-fpm, memcached, and redis. These skills are not necessary but advantageous and we also actively encourage training and learning.

Bonus Skills:

• Ability to use version control - Primarily git, but also subversion/svn.
• Some experience with *nix command-line - Most of our systems are running Linux and macOS.
• Knowledge of WordPress administration and theme/plugin development.
• Experience with Vue.js Javascript framework and/or Laravel PHP framework.
• Basic understanding of the importance of Information Security and best practices for developing secure applications and websites.
• Familiarity with both Scrum and Agile development methodologies.
• Small portfolio of previous work (screenshots, links, GitHub profile, or code samples).

Benefits:

• Company Pension Scheme
• Flexible working hours
• 25 Days minimum paid holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Office Snacks, Tea & Coffee Provided.
• Pool Table.
• Car Parking Space.
• Use cutting edge web and server technologies.
• Work with great hardware and tools.
• Be part of a Small, Friendly team of all ages.
• No specific dress code...... click apply for full job details