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What does a Magento developer do?

Magento developers are responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving their clients’ e-commerce websites. As a professional developer, you build Magento themes from provided designs, optimize Magento’s performance and loading times, customize widgets and extensions for e-commerce stores, configure payment gateways, and integrate other business systems, like accountancy or CRM software, into Magento.

What skills do I need to become a Magento developer?

Some technical and non-technical skills Magento developers must have include:

• Experience in HTML, CSS, MySQL, and responsive web design
• Good experience with JavaScript, including JavaScript libraries and jQuery
• Back end web development experience, preferably on PHP
• Knowledge of Magento 2 and search engine optimization (SEO)
• Experience with Zend Framework, MVC model, Google API (basic), and Magento layout XML
• Experience in object-oriented programming languages (OOP), preferably Go, Java, or Python
• Understanding of modern software engineering practices and design patterns
• Auto-testing tools experience, like PHPUnit, can be a great plus
• Front end development experience is a plus
• CMS development skills
• Good communication skills and time management
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to create timely solutions

What are the core Magento developer job responsibilities?

Depending on a Magento developer’s experience, the daily tasks and duties can differ greatly. As a Magento developer, you may work jointly with a team of designers and developers using your exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills to accomplish your team project goals.

Some of the main Magento developer job responsibilities are:

• Develop, optimize, and implement new features to the online store in Magento 2 Enterprise
• Create new functionalities and maintaining existing solutions in PHP-based applications on the Magento platform
• Design and develop future technical solutions and strategies to help the website grow and thrive
• Continually enhance the user experience, including making improvements to ElasticSearch, product filtering, recommendation engine, and personalized content
• Work closely with the product owner or business liaison to understand all functional requirements and help ensure that the work product of the team satisfies the customer and business goals of the project
• Build bespoke modules or advise on off-the-shelf solutions to meet tech requirements
• Connect Magento to existing solutions, such as ERP systems or PIMproviders
• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs found in existing Magento2 installations
• Develop high-quality plugins with bug-free delivery flow to business users
• Migrate Magento 1 systems to Magento 2
• Analyze requirements and collaborate with team members to produce thoughtful software designs
• Perform a mix of front-end and back-end development on new and existing Magento sites
• Deploy code across development and production environments
• Develop new integration and custom extensions

Should I get a Magento Developer degree or certification?

There isn’t a specific Magento Developer degree, however, some degrees can be a starting point for many aspiring Magento developers.

Magento developers can benefit from several types of education or certifications to help position themselves more prominently on Upwork:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software development, computer engineering, or information technology and information systems
• Magento certification exam and training is an increasingly worthwhile investment to increase your skill set and become a Magento certified developer
• E-commerce development tutorials, online bootcamps for programmers, or online Magento courses will also give you in-depth learning on the development process and how to build a Magento store using templates
• If you already have fundamental skills or developer certification, you can practice building e-commerce sites as a freelancer on Upwork