At The Motley Fool, when we say our mission is to help the world invest better, we really mean THE WORLD. And behind the renowned financial advice that advances that mission, you’ll find us- the tech team supporting all of our international businesses across the globe.
We are a small team that is accomplishing big goals. To keep up, we’re looking for a collaborative developer with an eye to agile/lean methodologies. Together, we’ll sustainably build out our global content management/financial advice platform well into the future. You’ll be innovating around new features and helping us figure out what to work on next, as well as being involved with day-to-day maintenance and upgrades to our current platform. We are continuously challenged to deliver higher quality code and more efficient solutions for frontend experiences.
It’s exciting, rewarding, and challenging work. And in return, we’ll give you unlimited vacation (seriously, unlimited), a standing or sitting desk, a shiny new Macbook, a jester cap, an open & fun office environment chock full of brilliant colleagues, and the autonomy to thrive and define your own career path. (We’ll pay you, too.)
Requirements:
Highly skilled, detail oriented PHP Developer well versed in Object Oriented Programming & best practices.
Experience and a strong ability for writing code for WordPress as a CMS, especially if you have developed custom plugins or theme functions that make use of WP core actions and filters.
Comfortable blurring the line between traditional backend & frontend development, often integrating PHP with Javascript frameworks and Ajax.
A belief in choosing tools that are appropriate to solving the problem, not because of fashionable trends.
Familiarity with our company, our purpose and fool.com.
You also have:
A history of work on a large development project where you collaborated with other developers, designers and product owners.
Good communication skills.
Familiarity & experience with other programming languages besides PHP–we don’t mind which–so long as you learned that language’s rules, syntax & design patterns, making you a well-rounded developer.
It’s not required, but it sure would be great if you also had:
Experience working in a publishing company or financial services company.
Examples of opensource projects you have started or contributed to.
Ecommerce experience: writing code or utilizing systems for processing online payments, either in or outside of WordPress.
Experience as an investor. A self-managed 401k totally counts.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.