Job Title: Web Master / Front-End Developer

About Graphem Solutions

Graphem Solutions is a Vancouver-based web and app design and development company offering a fully remote work environment that supports productivity, creativity, and well-being. We continuously expand our range of high-value services to better support our clients. Our Core Values – trustworthiness, responsiveness, exchanging in abundance, open communication, and integrity – guide everything we do.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a highly skilled WordPress and front-end developer capable of building, optimizing, and maintaining custom websites with strong technical accuracy and reliability. The ideal candidate excels in problem-solving, clear communication, and delivering high-quality work within scope and deadlines. Fluency in English and French is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Building, implementing, and launching new WordPress sites, themes, and custom functionalities based on design specifications.
• Performing regular updates, backups, security audits, and troubleshooting all site issues (e.g., broken plugins, theme conflicts, slow performance).
• Writing clean, optimized, and well-documented JavaScript and CSS to create seamless user experiences and interactive components.
• Conducting code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards, and minimizing technical debt.
• Monitoring site speed, implementing caching strategies, and optimizing assets to ensure high scores on Google PageSpeed Insights and Core Web Vitals.
• Working closely with graphic designers, marketing teams, and content creators to ensure project goals and deadlines are met.
• Maintaining plugin updates on a monthly basis for our VIP clients.
• Handling on-demand requests from customers, accurately scoping work, and respecting time estimates.
• Responsible for acknowledging customer issues and handling tasks within estimate and budget.
• Maintaining high communication skills and standards to internal stakeholders.
• Manage and maintain the company's customers' maintenance and VIP customers' high priority support on their websites.
• Crucial for ensuring optimal website performance, implementing new features, and translating design concepts into high-quality, responsive user interfaces.
• Handling SpinUp deployment and website backup, managing environment setup and optimization.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in front-end web development, focusing on Content Management Systems (CMS) and custom coding.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating successful WordPress projects, custom theme development, and responsive design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience building and maintaining WordPress plugins.
• Fluency in both English and French.

Core Technical Skill Set: WordPress Ecosystem

• Deep knowledge of the WordPress core, database structure, themes, and plugin architecture, and Web SEO.
• Proven ability to build, modify, and maintain custom WordPress themes and plugins from scratch (avoiding reliance on page builders where custom code is required).
• Experience with site migration, performance optimization (caching, asset loading), and implementing security best practices.
• Experience with building websites with client-facing features such as e-commerce stores (e.g., WooCommerce) or service providers.
• Proven experience with no code builders such as Elementor, WordPress Gutenberg, Divi, etc.

Core Technical Skill Set: Front-End Development

• Expert-level proficiency in HTML5, CSS3.
• Strong command of vanilla JavaScript (ES6+), including DOM manipulation and asynchronous programming (Promises, Async/Await).
• Flawless implementation of responsive and mobile-first design principles.

Core Technical Skill Set: Back-End Integration

• Proficient knowledge of PHP, specifically within the WordPress context (hooks, filters, object-oriented principles, and the WordPress REST API).
• Working knowledge of MySQL/MariaDB for database management and query optimization.
• Mandatory experience using Git for version control and collaboration.
• Expertise in using browser developer tools for efficient debugging, performance profiling, and ensuring cross-browser compatibility.

The schedule is full-time, Monday to Friday during regular business hours, in compliance with BC labor laws.

Salary to be discussed based on experience and qualifications.

If you’re passionate about web development and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you!