Senior Software Engineer (Magento BE with JS)

Corra is the global digital agency that B2B and B2C brands trust to accelerate their growth. Working at the intersection of commerce technology and customer experience strategy, we are known for our unmatched ability to deliver comprehensive digital solutions to leading B2C and B2B retailers. In recent years, Corra has taken a leadership position with all things Headless and PWA within the commerce space and has launched more PWA/Headless builds than any other agency within our space. Over the past 15+ years, we have helped merchants enable and scale their commerce vision, channeling our expertise and passion in the Magento Commerce, Adobe Experience Cloud, Shopify Plus, commercetools, fabric and Contentful platforms along with many vetted technology partners. Winner of Great Places to Work, we offer exciting and challenging projects with industry leading companies, flexible work arrangements, ongoing career development, company outings and tons of other bonuses We are seeking an individual with expert level experience with Magento & PHP to enhance and improve our existing ecommerce solutions. • The ideal candidate is expected to have architecture experience along with hands-on development experience. • The candidate must be able to work both independently and as a lead to help mentor / train other application developers so that over time they improve their knowledge with the Magento platform. • Candidates must have a passion for technology and a flexible, creative approach to problem solving and have the ability to take technical ownership with respect to development changes RESPONSIBILITIES: The individual in this role will be responsible for the following: • Translate functional requirements from business users into sound technical designs that meet business objectives. • Provide subject matter expertise for use of the Magento platform. • Proactively offer solutions to complex technical problems. • Developing Custom modules. • Extending Magento modules. • Requirement analysis, estimation, development. • Custom Theme development. • Integration with third party services. • Customising the core functionality by following the Magento best practices • Aware of Magento coding standards • Good in communication REQUIREMENTS: • Minimum 3+ years of web development experience with expertise in Magento • Good in Magento plug-ins/extensions development • Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX • Good Command on Web development using PHP, JavaScript, HTML 5, and CSS3. • Experience in JavaScript libraries like jQuery and native JS for DOM manipulation. • Good understanding of SEO principles and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines • Familiarity with task runners and build tools, such as Grunt or Gulp • Experience in Magento Page Builder • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, Bitbucket • Experience in Knockout JS customisations • Good problem-solving skills and never give up attitude • Strong organizational skills, structured thinking and development methodology GOOD TO HAVE SKILL SETS: • Experience in developing Shopify themes. • Basic understanding of React.js, ES6, Typescript and Node JS • Exposure to CMS platforms such as Wordpress and Drupal is an added advantage • PWA experience is a plus