Product Owner - WordPress Optimization
August 7
Description
• Define the main strategy, product vision, roadmap, and backlog for optimizing PHP/WordPress sites • Develop and evolve the existing optimization and diagnostic features • Make an active comparison with analogs and search for the best website optimization solutions in the market • Generate and explore ideas for optimization • Implement necessary metrics to monitor product success and provide ongoing oversight of these metrics • Lead and manage a team of web developers and designers, ensuring effective collaboration and high-quality output • Lead and support technical escalations with global customers, presenting analysis, reports, insights, and findings • Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations, translating these into actionable tasks for the team • Ensure the product meets user needs and provides an excellent user experience, with a particular focus on website performance and speed • Identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring the smooth delivery of the product • Develop and maintain strong and healthy relationships with peers from the other development units, customer success, presales, and other stakeholders at Imunify
Requirements
• Minimum 5 years of experience in site optimization and web technologies • Active engagement in the WordPress community • Proficiency with programming languages such as PHP and JavaScript, and in web technologies such as HTML and CSS • Strong knowledge of WordPress, including themes, plugins, optimization techniques, and explicit development of plugins • Understanding and applying different existing solutions/plugins for performance improvement; understanding the variances between different optimization features • Experience with tools that measure web page performance and a strong understanding of the most important evaluating performance metrics • Good understanding of caching mechanisms • Understanding of the most important and popular paint points in WordPress • Knowledge of popular frameworks and libraries such as AngularJS, ReactJS, or Vue.js. • Strong understanding of web servers such as Apache, Nginx, Litespeed and their advantages/disadvantages • Familiarity with web design principles, user experience (UX) design, and accessibility standards • Knowledge of SEO practices and web analytics to improve a website’s visibility and performance • Understanding of how to create websites that work well on a variety of devices and screen sizes • Knowledge of web security practices to protect websites from threats and vulnerabilities • Understanding of how to ensure websites function and display correctly across different web browsers • Knowledge of web services like REST or SOAP, which allow different software applications to communicate with each other • Proficiency in database management and optimization, with knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases • Experience with e-commerce platforms, which are used to create online stores • Hands-on experience in Linux (experience with popular distributions such as CentOS, Almalinux, CloudLinux, and Debian)
Benefits
• A focus on professional development • Interesting and challenging projects • Fully remote work with flexible working hours, that allows you to schedule your day and work from any location worldwide • Paid 24 days of vacation per year, 10 days of national holidays, and unlimited sick leaves • Compensation for private medical insurance • Co-working and gym/sports reimbursement • Budget for education • The opportunity to receive a reward for the most innovative idea that the company can patent
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