Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster
Fictiv, coined the “AWS of manufacturing,” is a leading technology company transforming the $350 billion manufacturing industry. Our cutting-edge cloud platform uses AI and machine learning algorithms to help companies build hardware at the speed of software. Come join our growing team!
Impact in this Role
We’re looking for a Sr. Wordpress Developer to support the marketing team in building and maintaining a dynamic, mobile-responsive website hosted in the Wordpress environment.
This role will be responsible for building and maintaining a best-in-class website experience to drive user acquisition and customer engagement. An ideal candidate not only knows which tool is right for the job, but has an expansive toolbox of go-to solutions, so they can hit the ground running, whatever the challenge.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high-velocity environment and take the Fictiv website to the next level by helping us reach the right prospects with the right content and message at the right time.
We are looking for someone with a deep understanding of WordPress and digital marketing. You’ve built your own themes and plugins before and you’re up-to-date with the latest and greatest trends and technologies. You must be able to code custom modules according to coding standards and best practices. In addition to being a front-end wizard, you should be able to handle more complex back-end tasks like building dynamic content, SEO optimization and web service programming. You enjoy exploring and building web experiences that push the envelope.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Build, extend, maintain, and optimize our marketing website using the WordPress CMS.
- Develop page types, taxonomy language, menu systems, and other WordPress CMS data structures based on wireframes and project requirements
- Manage a junior WordPress developer
- Configuring goals, triggers, tracking snippets, etc. in our A/B testing tool VWO.
- Converting designs into component-based HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Strong knowledge of technical SEO best practices
- Experienced understanding of UI/UX standards for high-velocity transactions, and the value of a good UX.
- Participate in all stages of development, testing, implementation and maintenance
- Daily workload includes, but not limited to updates to CMS templates, creation of new custom templates, WP maintenance, and support
- Create and manage the website back-end including database and integrations, particularly with Marketo and Salesforce.
- Conferring with teams to resolve issues/bugs, prioritize needs, identify solution(s) and implement.
- Patching Wordpress, WP Plugins (e.g. Advanced Custom Fields Pro), PHP and other CMS components on a monthly basis or sooner if any highly critical, actively exploited, vulnerabilities are announced
- Setup periodic vulnerability scans and action on alerts and results
Desired Traits:
- 10+ years of experience building websites as a front-end developer in a fast-paced environment using front-end technologies, including WordPress, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Node/NPM, Webpack, and Tailwind CSS.
- Excellent verbal and written skills, with proven ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear and concise way.
- Working knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
- Attention to detail with the ability to deliver projects on-time and on budget
- Experience designing, developing, testing, and optimizing responsive websites
- Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
Additional Qualifications:
- Wordpress
- HTML/CSS
- Javascript
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Cloud Apps
- Asana and/or Jira
- Google Suite
- Slack
- Zoom
- Hotjar
- VWO
- GSC, GTM, GA4
Our Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed and delivered to customers around the world.
This transformation is made possible through our technology-backed platform, our global network of manufacturing partners, and our people with deep expertise in hardware and software development.
We’re actively seeking potential teammates who can bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company. We believe inclusion is the best way to create a strong, empathetic team. Our belief is that the best team is born from an environment that emphasizes respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.
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