WordPress Architect

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency with a passionate belief in the power of technology to positively transform business practices. Our focus is on helping customers grow and achieve success in the digital space. We cover a variety of different industries, including eCommerce, associations and nonprofits, government, healthcare, sports and entertainment, transportation, and more. The company was recently named by Built in Chicago as one of the best places to work and to Inc.com's list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies for the past eight years.

As a WordPress Architect:

• You have experience working on large, scalable projects
• You are able to communicate clearly with clients and colleagues about technical and non-technical issues
• You provide strategic advice to project stakeholders and work collaboratively with other departments and teams
• You can translate client requirements into technical approaches while considering scope and budget
• You are a keen problem-solver and an active participant in strategic discussions within the team
• You take pride in your work, delivering successful projects through clear communication, organization, and high-quality code

Responsibilities:

• Architecting complex custom WordPress solutions
• Adhering and implementing WordPress coding standards and best practices
• Troubleshooting urgent issues
• Collaborating with project managers and development team
• Providing actionable feedback to managers and teammates
• Estimating level of effort for project tasks
• Communicate with clients to gather requirements and the best way to implement

Requirements:

• 5+ years hands on WordPress development at an agency level
• 3+ years working with WooCommerce
• Knowledge of dev ops tools such as GitHub Actions, Composer, or Buddy Works
• Experience hosting providers such as WP Engine, WP VIP, Pantheon, AWS
• Ability to communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders including clients and 3rd party vendors
• Performing code reviews for peers and giving constructive feedback
• Integrating external services including payment processors, membership software, CRMs, Single Sign On
• Ability to manage development budget on a project

Nice to Have:

• Agile and scrum experience
• Creating headless WordPress - including Next.JS or React
• Contributing to Open-Source projects - including WordPress
• Working with Gutenberg and custom blocks
• Experience mentoring and leading a team
• Experience working within an agency
• Experience using Composer
• Experience using AI tools

Americaneagle.com provides its employees with an energetic work environment and opportunities to further develop their skills. Our dedication to growing our development team is how we can produce excellent sites and applications for our clients. We do all of this while maintaining a family value focus and pushing for a good work-life balance. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package.

All documents will be kept in strict confidentiality.