WEB DEVELOPER - REMOTE

Responsible for developing, enhancing, and maintaining website features and functionalities to meet current and future business needs, which perform well and are easy to maintain. Coordinate technical projects from inception to completion with responsibilities for day-to-day execution and workflow to deliver at the highest quality, on time and on budget. Partner and work closely with internal and external (agency) teams, both domestic and international.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned.)

• Develop and support high-quality websites and applications which are cross-device and cross-browser compatible; support developing site architecture, features, functionality, and strategies to support desired end-user experiences which directly impact business goals and KPIs.
• Align and work alongside Sr. Web Developers on project requirements and requests.
• Collaborate with team members, marketing management and agency team partners to assist in the execution of web development projects and campaigns, executing against the project requirements, while providing quality, consistency, and timeliness.
• Maintain regular communication with stakeholders and team members on project updates, requirements, and timing.
• Ensure and perform quality assurance and control on all technical deliverables.
• Support and facilitate communicating with internal team members and agency partners to execute projects pertaining to web information architecture, semantic markup, data structures, algorithm design, code standards and reviews, source control and processes.
• Develop and execute successful user experiences working with Web Development, UX and Creative team from wireframes, designs to prototype concepts.
  
  QUALIFICATIONS
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in Computer Science or 3-5 years relevant work experience developing consumer facing (B2B/B2C) websites, demonstrated competence in web development and experience working with agencies and/or cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding of digital mediums from a sociological, technological, and tactical perspective.
• Experience working on agile development projects strongly preferred.
  
  COMPETENCIES
• Possesses strong Core and Leadership competencies as they pertain to Watkins' performance criteria.
• Self-starter driven to stay ahead of technology trends and apply insights to relevant business contexts.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and sense of responsibility. Ability to prioritize and multi-task independently.
  
  LANGUAGE SKILLS
• The individual must be able to interface with co-workers, internal departments, service providers, and customers in a fast-paced environment that requires multi-tasking.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, owner's operating manual, and service procedure manuals. Strong verbal and written communications skills.
  
  MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
  
  REASONING ABILITY
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized
  
  
  CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS
• PHP Certification is strongly preferred.
  
  COMPUTER AND OTHER SKILLS
• Intermediate skill and experience in PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS required.
• Intermediate understanding in best practices for web information architecture, semantic markup, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, complexity analysis, website product lifecycle management, coding standards, code reviews, source control management,
  build processes and testing required.
• Basic skill or knowledge in one or more of the following: Adobe Creative Suite, Google Tag Manager, Google Optimize.

Direct experience working with website and form integrations/APIs for Google Analytics, Bazaar voice, CRM/Marketing Automation tools, Salesforce, Facebook, AdWords and related marketing and e-commerce platforms strongly preferred.