Senior WordPress Developer

We’re looking for an experienced Senior WordPress Developer to join our growing development team.

This is a hands-on technical role where you’ll be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining bespoke WordPress websites and web applications while mentoring junior developers and working closely with clients throughout the project lifecycle.

You’ll be expected to take ownership of projects, contribute to technical strategy and help drive the adoption of AI-assisted development across the business.

Duties and responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of bespoke WordPress websites and applications.
• Develop custom WordPress themes, plugins and Gutenberg blocks.
• Produce clean, maintainable and well-documented code.
• Build responsive, accessible and high-performance websites.
• Work collaboratively with designers, project managers and clients.
• Mentor and support junior developers.
• Lead technical discussions and code reviews.
• Attend client meetings and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows through automation and AI.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical best practice.
• Keep up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Experience and qualifications

Essential Skills & Experience

WordPress Development

• Expert knowledge of WordPress development
• Advanced PHP
• MySQL
• WordPress REST API
• Custom Post Types
• Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
• Custom plugin development
• WooCommerce experience
• Gutenberg Block development
• WordPress security best practices
• Performance optimisation and Core Web Vitals

Front End

• CSS3
• SASS/SCSS
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• jQuery
• Responsive development
• Cross-browser compatibility
• Modern Development
• Git version control
• Composer
• npm
• Vite

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