Senior Web Developer

About the job

Most of our subscribers have taken the paper for decades. We're looking for a developer who can turn Figma designs into fast, accessible pages and keep the site from breaking during plugin updates. The San Diego Times needs another Senior Web Developer to own our Shopify theme, apps and checkout customizations. Remote position. Most of the team is in San Diego, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Optimize page speed, image sizes and Core Web Vitals
Train marketing staff to edit content without breaking layouts
Build custom WordPress themes and blocks using PHP, ACF and the block editor
Maintain hosting, DNS, SSL certificates and backups on WP Engine, Kinsta or AWS

Who you are:

5-7 years of professional web development experience
Familiarity with SEO fundamentals and analytics tagging
Able to manage several small requests alongside larger projects
Strong HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Salary: $106,000 to $125,000 a year

We offer employee assistance program, paid sick leave, life insurance and 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at The San Diego Times.