Mid-Level Web Developer

Why Sterner Stuff?

Sterner Stuff is a web shop building websites and custom web apps for our clients.

• Work on a wide range of projects, with opportunities to try out new technologies.
• Help shape the company as part of a small team.
• We believe in a high-quality product done right, and work with clients who value the same.
• We value work-life balance and respect the other commitments that make you, well, you!
• We don’t call ourselves a family, but we are a team. A healthy balance of remote work options and in-person availability ensure you feel like part of the team.
• Headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, our team enjoys proximity to some of America’s best outdoor recreation.

We know that venture-backed tech offers stock options and cushy benefits, but big tech hires and fires hundreds at a time. At Sterner Stuff, our clients continue to love working with us, which means consistent work and better job security.

Benefits

• Pay for this position is flexible, with a minimum $30/hr, ranging up to $38/hr and up for the right candidate.
• Aggressive raise schedule for successful employees.
• Equipment budget after one year
• Retirement benefits after one year
• Continuing education opportunities. Let’s talk conferences, courses, and more
• Flexible time off policy
• Flexible remote work policy

The Work You’ll Do

Our projects are primarily in WordPress + Laravel. We position ourselves for custom WordPress work, though also do the drag-and-drop work as needed. We have multiple projects using client-side front-end frameworks like React and Vue.

In WordPress, we have some clients with “brochure-ware” WordPress sites, but we prefer to work with clients with interesting problems to solve, including high traffic, eCommerce, and events management. Our Laravel clients have a wide range of applications, from field assessments for heavy machinery to quote request platforms to education.

Work may include:

• Maintaining and extending existing Laravel applications
• Developing new Laravel applications
• Replicating, diagnosing, and fixing bugs in applications
• Writing tests to prevent regression around said bugs
• Debugging third-party WordPress plugin and theme conflicts
• Making content and configuration changes to WordPress sites
• Building brand new WordPress sites with the latest tooling
• Running and automating monthly WordPress updates

We currently have clients committed to 20 hours/week of work that you would be solely responsible for. The right candidate will have a full-time schedule very quickly.

While remote work is acceptable, we prefer a local candidate that can stop into the office from time to time.

Tools We Love

These are some tools we commonly use. Familiarity with them will give you a leg up.

• Advanced Custom Fields
• Gravity Forms
• WooCommerce
• The Events Calendar
• Beaver Builder
• Bedrock
• WP Rocket
• First party Laravel tools like Socialite, Passport, Spark, Nova, Sanctum, et al.