Full Stack WordPress Developer Job at Fastspot, Baltimore, MD

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  • Fastspot
  • Baltimore, MD

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

We are seeking an experienced full-stack WordPress developer to join our team in building large, complex websites. If you want to work closely with a team who shares your passion for innovation, craftsmanship, and problem-solving, please get in touch.

 

About the Job

Your job as a developer at Fastspot will be to work with a team of strategists, designers, and developers to tackle difficult challenges with an eye toward delivering high quality, creative solutions. We are a team full of interdisciplinary creators. No one at Fastspot has just one responsibility. We all have our specialties, but our true strength comes from involving the whole team in all phases of our work. By combining our talents, our clients get the best of everything we have to offer.

You will be responsible for: Working with designers and strategists to convert designs and functional requirements into beautiful, highly performant sites; producing well-organized code and elegant CMS architecture solutions; reviewing your team members' code for standards and quality assurance; and making decisions based on best practices and user experience, both from a front-end and back-end focus.

The ideal candidate will have talent and creativity, a discerning eye, a strategic mind, a good attitude, and a passion for what we do. We are looking for someone who can speak intelligently about their ideas and decisions and who excels at making those ideas into real, usable, and innovative solutions.

This position is full-time and open to remote candidates although the Baltimore City office is open to everyone. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider applications from international applicants. 

You should be:

  • an excellent communicator
  • a good teammate
  • experienced with client-facing communication
  • proficient at technical writing and project planning
  • excited and knowledgeable about emerging technologies
  • motivated to learn new software, methods, and technology
  • able to prioritize tasks and hit deadlines
  • willing to learn from mistakes and ask for help

 

Required skills and experience:

  • Must have 2+ years of relevant experience (e.g. past or current positions at interactive agencies, work on large websites with complex systems)
  • Skilled at PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Skilled at WordPress implementation and custom development
  • Strong understanding of concepts like responsive web design, grid systems, and accessibility
  • Strong knowledge of design principles, typography, and standard user interface patterns
  • Portfolio demonstrating your ability to produce well-organized, standards-compliant code

Nice to have:

  • Experience integrating third-party services via API
  • Proficiency with animation libraries, such as GSAP
  • Web Core Vitals optimization expertise
  • Familiarity with the WordPress REST API
  • Experience with Craft CMS/desire to learn

This is a full-time position. Fastspot is a hybrid workplace, we maintain an office in Baltimore but do not require employees to live or work from this location, it is purely optional, however many Baltimore-based employees choose to go in on certain days to be together. Travel is required, to one- or two-day client visits as well as attending quarterly team meetings, annual all-company retreats, and fun events. 

Benefits

Fastspot offers a full benefits package including: 

  • minimum 120 hours of paid time off
  • flexible schedule
  • company supplied Mac laptop, second monitor, keyboard, mouse, laptop stand. 
  • equipment policy, we recycle our machines and keep everyone running newer machines
  • generous office closure days around the fall/winter holidays
  • 401(k) with company match
  • profit sharing program
  • annual home office stipend 
  • annual travel stipend
  • company paid lunch once a week for in-office crew, once a month for remote employees 
  • healthcare with vision and dental options at little to no cost to the employee (depending on age)
  • company HSA
  • employer-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance policies
  • support for preferred pronouns in HR software and in public-facing communications

Office Perks

  • free pool and gym at the office campus at Mill No. 1
  • fully-paid Fastspot fun events throughout the year including the annual company baseball outing, family barbecue, and holiday party
  • cute dogs in the office
  • complimentary coffee and soft drinks
  • pool table, virtual reality, and full bar
  • all-gender bathroom
  • privacy room for nursing mothers

Fastspot is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of factors such as sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, culture, class, age, or faith.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this full-time position with Fastspot, please fill out our application form and be sure to include your resume and a link to portfolio pieces. We require a cover letter because we would love to hear more about why you want the job and why you're the perfect match for us.

We will be unable to respond to everyone due to the volume of applicants. If we think there's a good potential match, we will be in touch!

All communications regarding open positions at Fastspot are sent via an HR software application. Please whitelist notifications@app.bamboohr.com to help us avoid your spam filter! 

We don’t respond to headhunters. We aren’t interested in freelance help. No phone calls, please.

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