At Rotate Digital, a Website Developer will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing websites to maximize their visibility and ranking on search engines. This role combines web development skills with the ability to work closely with SEO specialists to create websites that drive organic traffic and deliver superior user experiences. The website developer will also be responsible for continual updates and optimization of client websites. This is a remote position and will require a website developer that is disciplined in time management and self-driven!

This is a remote role with flexible working hours. You are free to work when you choose but we ask all employees outside of the USA to be available for communication and ready for last-minute urgent requests/meetings when necessary at anytime between 9 am - 3 pm US Eastern time.

Outcomes You Are Responsible For

Tangible, measurable results of the efforts to engage, support, and retain clients. These reflect the successful implementation of capabilities, duties, and skills, leading to the key achievements: client satisfaction, retention, referrals, upgrades, and overall business growth.

1. On-Time Delivery
   • Why
     • SEO clients, typically, won’t see results within the first 3 months so delivering an exceptional website that will accelerate their SEO game plan within the first 45 days is crucial
     • Websites are incredibly important to the performance of any SEO campaign, especially in the long-term! So the impact that the website build has on the client’s experience with RD is huge.
   • Metric
     • Projects completed on or before the specified deadline (barring client delay)
2. Website Performance
   • Why
     • Rotate Digital needs to ensure that we are producing top tier websites that load faster, look better and rank higher than our competitors. By measuring the website performance we will be able to continuously evolve to create better websites for our clients.
     • Metrics
       • Page load speed
       • Core web vitals
       • Edits needed in first 2 weeks post-launch that were edits we should have caught in QA

     • Capabilities

       A blend of personal and technical skills, knowledge, and behaviors that you apply in different situations to support your outcomes effectively.

     • Technically Proficient
       • Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, PHP, etc.
       • Ability to develop websites that translate well on various devices and screen sizes
       • Able to integrate various CRMs, chat features, and other tools into clients' websites for enhancing functionality, improving user engagement, and streamlining business operations
     • Initiative
       • Exploring new technologies and practices that would enhance our websites and sharing with the team
       • Ability to ask for help if roadblocks arise, or when something is unclear or unknown
       • Ability to foresee and then execute on potential problems during a build or QA
     • Time-Management
       • Ability to balance website builds, ad-hoc tickets and other special projects for on-time delivery
     • Drive
       • To do whatever it takes to accomplish the desired outcome. Whether it’s a crunch of a timeline, or an additional mile that you can go to make a difference, this is a welcomed opportunity for you
       • To take ownership of websites as our department’s product and continuously making our product better for our clients
     • Strong Problem-Solving Skills
       • Ability to analyze complex problems, identify the root cause, and come up with effective solutions quickly. We work collaboratively, but you are expected to be able to work autonomously and not need hand-holding on non-critical issues
     • Code Review and Quality Assurance
       • Ensure high-quality code through rigorous code reviews, manual testing, and development best practices
     • Documentation
       • Ability to create and maintain comprehensive documentation for code, APIs, and systems to ensure knowledge sharing and ease of maintenance in a remote and asynchronous team
     • Understanding of Systems Architecture
       • You have a strong understanding of systems architecture and WordPress design. You participate in preserving the quality of existing websites and writing quality code and structure for website improvements and new websites

     • Duties & Responsibilities

       These are some of the core activities/tasks to be performed daily, weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly that you will have on your plate. This is not an exhaustive list.

     • Website Development: Develop, maintain, and enhance websites and web applications, ensuring they are responsive, user-friendly, and aligned with Rotate Digital website development standards and best practices.
     • Website Maintenance: Complete ad-hoc requests and optimizations for live websites to ensure client satisfaction and quality website performance.
     • Quality Assurance: Implement and enforce testing processes, including unit testing and code reviews, to maintain code quality and security.
     • Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with emerging web technologies and trends, and share knowledge with the team to drive innovation.
     • Collaborative Department Development: We have a strong team of developers who like to tackle projects, improve processes, and better the quality of our websites together.
     • Time-Tracking: Time spent on all tasks, projects, and builds needs to be tracked in order to help provide clarity to resources spent on projects/clients and to help management better understand project workload and capacity.
     • ross-Department Communication: Clearly communicate with fellow team members from other departments. Questions are responded to within 24 hours, and any tasks assigned are acknowledged within 24 hours and if there is a conflict of time constraint, then this is communicated upfront

     • Compensation

       We pay you for the value you have and create at Rotate Digital.

       Pay range is dependent on experience.

     • This role will be salaried at $800 -$1,400 with a review of the salary structure, bonus opportunities and all other pay factors after 6 months.