WordPress/PHP Developer

Futuretheory is looking for a website developer to work full-time in our Canberra office, reporting to our Lead Developer and our Director. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of relevant experience with demonstrable results and a keen eye for detail.

Futuretheory is a full-service digital marketing agency based in Canberra. We work with clients big and small across a wide range of industries.

Our team is:

• small but mighty,
• close-knit,
• multidisiplinary,
• highly collaborative,
• and, most importantly, passionate about what they do.

• Develop WordPress child themes based on the supplied website design 
• Utilise WordPress functions, hooks, and filters to achieve the desired layout/functionality
• Develop Gutenberg Blocks with Advanced Custom Fields using HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript, or React (no page builders, i.e., WPBakery Page Builder, Divi, Elementor, Visual Composer, etc.)
• Set up and manage WordPress sites on cPanel hosting
• Familiar with modern CSS grid and flex layout
• Configure user-friendly WordPress backends
• Add functionality to existing WordPress sites
• Troubleshoot website issues
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud applications to export assets for website development

• Minimum 2 years of experience in WordPress or PHP
• Communicate with non-technical designers, team members, clients, and other stakeholders
• Write efficient, clean, low-maintenance PHP code and functions
• Comfortable communicating with clients to resolve issues 
• Be able to efficiently gauge project requirements in terms of time and resources
• Agency experience is a big plus!

• Comfortable modern office in Beard (5 minutes from Fyshwick)
• A small, friendly team who love what they do
• The chance to work on a wide variety of projects
• A strong emphasis on learning and upskilling

This is an on-site role. We’re not open to hybrid or remote work for this position. 

You must have full working rights in Australia. We’re not open to sponsoring candidates.

No recruitment consultants, please.

If this sounds like the role for you, please take a few minutes to fill out the form at https://futuretheory.co/wordpress-php-developer/

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

If you seem like a good fit, we’ll invite you for a short in-person interview at our office in Beard.