At tronc we are growing data and engineering teams in our Los Angeles offices to power the future of digital news and promote quality journalism.  We’re looking for a smart and talented software engineer who wants to contribute to the future of journalism and fit into our culture of collaboration and innovation.

Responsibilities:

• 3-5 years experience with minimum of two years WordPress development experience
• Excellent knowledge of WordPress, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
• Experience creating custom WordPress plugins
• Experience coding WordPress themes
• Experience designing and developing responsive and adaptive websites
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
• Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning utilizing Git
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
• Strong understanding of MySQL database programming

Qualifications 

• 3-5 years experience with minimum of two years WordPress development experience
• Excellent knowledge of WordPress, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
• Experience creating custom WordPress plugins
• Experience coding WordPress themes
• Experience designing and developing responsive and adaptive websites
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
• Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning utilizing Git
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
• Strong understanding of MySQL database programming