Expert understanding of Magento's code structure, extension architecture, theming hierarchy, and fallback components Expertise in authoring and extending Magento extensions Thorough experience in customizing Magento's front-end components using layout XML, blocks, and templates Thorough knowledge of vanilla Magento feature set and configuration Competent knowledge of e-commerce data organization and relationships Store catalog (categories/products/attributes) Sales orders (quotes/orders/invoices/shipments/credits) Competent in authoring JavaScript and using libraries such as jQuery Competent in web services integrations (REST/SOAP) A desire to be personally responsible for production-level code Ingenuity to leverage all available tools at your disposal Comfort working with Linux-based systems.