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CMS Maintenance Developer
Find joy supporting and improving sites for great people?
Overview
Foster Made is looking to hire a talented PHP CMS Developer to support our ongoing retained services relationships. We're a small, tight-knit group committed to superior development, excellent service, and personal and collective growth. The question, "how can we build it better?" is standard around here.
This is a full-time position for an advanced developer ready to jump in and provide thoughtful support, updates, and site enhancements that exceed the status quo. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, an excellent communicator, and thrives when working in other people's code.
Collaboration, Community, Growth
What you can expect from us
An open, creative, and friendly work environment
A dynamic, supportive company culture
New challenges and a wide range of projects
Opportunities to attend professional conferences
Competitive salaries, 401K, health, dental, and vision insurance
Access to a fully stocked kitchen
Flexible hours, parental leave, and paid time off
Communal appreciation for work, friendship, and family
What we can expect from you
Experience & Ability
- Experienced CMS developer who’s ready to provide thoughtful solutions to complex challenges. You’re experienced with php-based Content Management Systems and ideally have exposure to Craft CMS, ExpressionEngine and WordPress.
- Familiar with developing custom add-ons for your CMS of choice. You can bend the CMS to your will, and you know how to do so responsibly.
- Familiar with configuration and support of Linux-based hosting environments.
- Excited about contributing thoughtfully to the architecture and development of content managed sites with complex data models and hundreds and thousands of pages.
- Experienced with source control and Git in a team environment. Merge conflicts don't scare you, and you're as comfortable with git from the command line as you are from the GUI.
- Experienced in an agency environment where people, budgets, and results matter. You're confident in providing estimates and know how to stay on-schedule and on-budget.
Philosophy & Approach
- Passionate about staying current on the leading web development trends while maintaining respect for coding style guides. You always strive to follow best industry and internal practices.
- Willing to work on code created by others as well as craft beautiful code from scratch. You’re committed to the process and the product.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills. You're self-motivated, attentive to details, and accountable for your work.
- Excited and prepared to contribute, open to feedback, and capable of taking direction.
- Totally on board with our 8 company values (you can read them here).
- Local to Richmond, VA preferred, or remote and willing to occasionally travel for on-site visits and team activities.
