Affinity Global Advertising Hiring for WordPress Developer at Mumbai, Maharashtra Full Time

Established in 2006, Affinity.com is an advertising technology holding company which ideates, invests and develops businesses around the intersection of technology, media and advertising. It today operates 5 different business units – mCanvas, Siteplug, VEVE, OneDash.ai and Yield Solutions. We solve unique digital advertising and media problems globally by building scalable technology and creating proprietary and thrilling ad/media experiences for brands with its key focus on User Experience.

At Affinity, we believe that our employees are its most important assets & hence we strive towards providing a conducive work environment, which is flexible, professional, prospering, stable, innovative, and truly international in scope. If you wish to build a career with a thriving, fast-paced, and cutting-edge technology company that offers personal & professional growth, we sure do want to hear from you.

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Good Guilt is a sustainable force to reckon with. The conscious nudge one needs to choose a greener, more sustainable life. We are here to learn, educate, inform, support, and promote all things sustainable.

We are new, but we are growing fast! We are a well-knit team of creative ‘Internet Explorers’, (just a lot faster, a lot!), who love to dig the good stuff out there!

Culture is at heart, so we would like to work with someone who is a curious cat. If you think you would like to join the gang, we’ve some good news for you- We’re hiring!

Job Overview

We are looking for a WordPress Developer to join our team. You will be responsible for WordPress development & customization, including creating WordPress plugins & modifying themes. This role requires:

Programming skills in PHP, JavaScript, and knowledge of HTML5, CSS3

A strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems

Basic understanding of Digital Advertising(Google Adsense, 3rd party Ad-Banners), Ad-Tech, Affiliate Marketing

Experience with responsive and adaptive design, with an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development, testing, and deployment is preferred.

Responsibilities

Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture

Working on setup, install and configure WordPress CMS & Plugins

Designing and implementing new features and functionality

Developing templates and plugins from scratch

Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS

Implementing effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin.

Finding, developing & customizing templates/plugins based on the requirements

Skills and Qualifications:
Solid understanding of WordPress and CMS technologies

Understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery

Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc

Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GIT

4+ years of industry experience building websites and having programming experience using PHP, with knowledge of Linux, Nginx, Redis, Memcache, MySQL.

4+ years of experience with SQL and relational databases, the experience of writing complex queries, stored procedures, triggers, experience in MySQL is a must.

Strong knowledge of HTML5, DOM Scripting, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, browsers, Sessions, Cookies, JSON, XML, etc.

Ability to understand and write high-performance production quality code with solid engineering skills to build cloud applications and API’s.

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science with skills in website development and the internet.

Strong understanding of design integration, understanding website performance, etc.

Working knowledge of Linux based software development environments.

Excellent communication skills, ability to tailor technical information for different audiences.

Excellent teamwork skills, ability to self-start, share insights, ask questions, and report progress.

Additional Desired Skills:
Fair understanding of data, data analytics, and user experience.

Strong programming, analysis, and design skills including OOP, Algorithms, Data Structures, Networking, strong HTTP fundamentals, and good OS Concepts.

Added advantage if you have exposure to advanced technology components like – caching techniques, load balancers, distributed logging, distributed queries, queueing engines, containerization, HTML/CSS optimization, web server optimization, AWS/Google Cloud.

Awareness of distributed computing platforms like MapReduce/Hadoop, Hive, Impala for handling distributed data is an advantage.

Working experience on scalable interactive web applications, preferably at a major internet property and ability to grasp emerging technical standards.

Experience in Java, Python or similar languages is a plus.

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