Senior Software Developer

LA International; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

LA International is seeking a Senior Software Developer for a 6-month contract in Leeds with hybrid working. You will split time between onsite (2 days/week) and remote work, delivering WordPress-based campaigns, PHP/WordPress themes and plugins, and front-end features with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Node.js experience is welcomed for integrations.

You will maintain code quality, support CI/CD pipelines, and work within an Agile squad to estimate work, write tests and deliver user stories.

Qualifications

• Strong WordPress development and support experience, including maintenance and security of public-facing sites.
• Strong PHP development with WordPress themes/plugins knowledge.
• Strong HTML5/CSS with accessible, responsive content.
• JavaScript experience including Node.js for integrations.
• Experience building and maintaining campaign, publishing or content-led sites.
• Experience with CMS and website content management.
• Understanding of accessibility, ideally in public-sector environments.
• Experience with unit testing/TDD and coding standards.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum teams and sprint ceremonies.
• Ability to break requirements into tasks and estimate effort.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance and maintain WordPress-based campaigns and digital services.
• Manage WordPress upgrades, security patches and maintenance.
• Develop front-end features with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and PHP/WordPress development.
• Develop and unit-test user stories, including Node.js components and integrations.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, accessibility, security and testing.
• Support automated CI/CD pipelines and delivery tooling.
• Break requirements into deliverable tasks and provide estimates.
• Collaborate with Developers, BAs, DevOps and QA/Test Engineers in an Agile squad.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide delivery updates.
• Liaise with Akamai, cloud and infrastructure teams as required.
• Produce technical documentation and contribute to team knowledge bases.
• Support production incidents and perform root-cause analysis.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP

HTML5/CSS

JavaScript

Node.js

Agile/Scrum

Testing/TDD

CI/CD

Documentation

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

AWS

Job description

Senior Software Developer

6 Month contract initially + Extensions

Based: Hybrid working. 2 days p/w onsite in Leeds

Rate - £275 - £320 p/d via Umbrella

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Senior Software Developer on a long term program of work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance and maintain WordPress-based campaign and digital services.
• Manage WordPress upgrades, security patches and ongoing maintenance.
• Develop front-end functionality using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, alongside PHP/WordPress development.
• Develop and unit-test assigned user stories, including Node.js components and integrations where required.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, accessibility, security and testing.
• Maintain and support automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Break requirements into deliverable development activities and provide estimates.
• Work alongside Developers, BAs, DevOps and QA/Test Engineers within an Agile squad.
• Participate fully in Agile ceremonies and provide clear delivery updates.
• Liaise with Akamai, cloud and infrastructure teams where required.
• Produce clear technical documentation and contribute to team knowledge bases.
• Support production incidents and participate in root-cause analysis.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Strong WordPress development and support experience, including maintenance, upgrades, patching and security of public-facing websites.
• Strong PHP development skills, including working with WordPress themes and plugins.
• Strong HTML5 and CSS skills, with experience creating accessible, responsive web content.
• Good JavaScript experience, including vanilla JavaScript and ideally some Node.js.
• Experience building, maintaining and supporting campaign, publishing or content-led websites.
• Experience working with web content management systems and managing website content.
• Good understanding of web accessibility, ideally within UK Government/public-sector environments.
• Experience of unit testing/TDD and working to defined engineering and code-quality standards.
• Experience working within an Agile/Scrum multidisciplinary delivery team, including sprint planning, stand-ups, refinement and retrospectives.
• Ability to analyse requirements, break work into development tasks, estimate effort and deliver user stories through a sprint.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing skills.

Desirable / beneficial experience

• Node.js development, particularly backend services, APIs and integrations.
• GOV.UK Design System, Government accessibility standards and/or Government Digital Service environments.
• SQL / phpMyAdmin, including data management, manipulation and database administration.
• AWS, particularly basic serverless services such as Lambda.
• GitLab CI/CD, including automated build, test and deployment pipelines and code-quality gates.
• Monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace and Alertmanager.
• Certificate management and experience supporting production services.
• Experience liaising with infrastructure/CDN/cloud teams, particularly Akamai or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Incident management, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Previous experience delivering within UK Government, public sector or comparable large-scale digital publishing environments.

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity,

LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.

A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.