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NerdPress is seeking a WordPress site speed expert to help keep our clients’ sites up-to-speed. We’re looking for someone who pays attention to details, is proactive, gets excited and energized by solving problems, has a love of learning, and enjoys teaching.
There are two kinds of nerds…
1. There’s the nerd who fixes your computer, gives it back to you, and makes you feel awful because you don’t know what you’re doing.
2. Then there’s the other kind of nerd – the one that fixes your computer, and then goes out of their way to explain what they did, empowering you to help keep it from breaking again.
If you hadn’t already guessed, we’re that second kind of nerd. And if you are too, keep reading.
People rarely remember the details, but they always remember how you make them feel.
NerdPress has a reputation for phenomenal customer support, and we expect everyone on the team to help us expand upon that reputation. We want every interaction with our clients to leave them feeling good.
What’s a “Site Speed and Core Web Vitals Nerd?”
As part of our WordPress Support Plans, we perform various site speed optimization tasks on our clients’ sites.
You’ll be helping to improve site speed and Core Web Vitals metrics on a range of high-traffic sites — doing your best to make sure our clients’ sites are blazing fast.
Using a variety of tools and WordPress plugins, you’ll optimize site speed and fix layout shifts, and provide recommendations for additional changes that could help improve performance.
Your day will generally include evaluating site speed and Core Web Vitals issues on client sites, optimizing and improving those sites, and communicating about all of this with clients and the rest of team.
The Details
- You should have…
- Excellent WordPress Skills (at least “advanced,” if not “expert.”)
- A strong understanding of how WordPress themes and plugins are coded.
- Significant experience with site speed optimization for WordPress, including the WP Rocket and Perfmatters plugins.
- Intermediate CSS (CSS customization; comfort with identifying, troubleshooting, and editing existing CSS — especially as it relates to layout shifts)
- Experience with Browser Developer Tools, PageSpeed Insights, Web Page Test, and other testing tools to help identify and solve speed issues.
- Strong written communication skills (in American English).
Required Personality Traits:
- Self-starter, motivated, and fast learner
- Methodical, with a high attention to detail
- Enjoy helping others
- Team player
- Excited and energized by problem-solving
- Calm under pressure
- Patient
- Proactive
- Sense of responsibility for actions & inactions
- Reliable and Trustworthy
- Friendly and a good sense of humor
Bonus Points:
- Optimization and efficiency is second nature for you, always trying to see if there’s a better or faster way to accomplish a task.
- Experience with Cloudflare.
- JavaScript and jQuery skills.
- You’re an active contributor in the WordPress community.
- You’ve coded a plugin or theme.
- You have a blog (better yet, a food or lifestyle blog!), and understand blogging “best practices.”
- You love animals and/or beekeeping and/or kombucha-making. When you submit your application, include a photo of your favorite animal. Or your favorite kombucha.
Benefits
- 401(k) with 4% matching contributions.
- Two weeks paid vacation each year.
- Fourteen paid holidays.
- Health reimbursement agreement.
- Sick leave and short-term disability coverage.
- Family leave and bereavement leave.
- Technology/equipment budget — we want you to be able to do your job efficiently and effectively, so the right tools are a must!
- Internet reimbursement — we’ll cover the cost of your primary internet service each month.
- Flexible hours — though we’d prefer if you’re generally online at the same time we are (Monday through Friday, during the day).
- Year-end bonuses and 401(k) profit sharing.
- Bonus for speaking or volunteering at your local WordCamp (or we’ll cover your cost to attend).
- Educational expenses, such as books, courses, or training programs.
- We’re a small company, so you have room to grow and make your mark.
- We get to know our clients well, and it’s quite satisfying to help them grow and succeed.
- We’re nice people to work with (and are really good at posting awesome giphys on Slack).
Logistics & Timing
- This is a full-time employee position.
- Location: 100% Remote, but you must be based in the United States.
- Starting salary: $50,000 to $70,000 per year, depending on experience.
- Application Deadline: April 30, 2022.
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