Senior Wordpress Developer

ByteHire Limited.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital agency in the UK is seeking a Senior WordPress Developer for a contract role. This fully remote position requires a proactive developer with extensive experience in WordPress to contribute to high-priority projects, utilizing modern workflows and collaborating with internal teams to ensure timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with WordPress development.
• Experience with Sage by Roots or Laravel/Blade templating.
• Familiarity with modern frontend workflows.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly contribute to time-sensitive WordPress projects.
• Maintain and enhance existing WordPress sites using custom themes.
• Work with a component-based architecture using the Sage Starter Theme.

Skills

Clear communication

Proactive management

Component-driven architecture

Experience with ACF Blocks

WordPress development

Custom theme development

API integration

Familiarity with Git

Experience with Laravel/Blade

Frontend workflows

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Job Role: Senior Wordpress Developer

Reference: BH-356c

Working Hours: Monday-Friday

Contract duration: 1–2 weeks full-time initially, with potential for rolling extensions

Location: Fully remote (UK Only)

Job Type: Contract (Outside IR35)

Daily Rate: Up to £300/day

About the Company:

Our Client is a leading digital agency known for crafting innovative, high-profile web experiences. They are currently seeking a Technical Lead to join their growing team. This fully remote role offers flexibility, autonomy, and the opportunity to work on creative, technically ambitious projects for top-tier clients.

Role overview:

We are supporting our client to find a Senior WordPress Developer to assist with high-priority short-term projects. This is a fast-paced environment requiring a developer who can work reactively, communicate clearly, and proactively manage client-facing updates.

You will be instrumental in contributing to a modern, component-based WordPress setup, supporting brochureware content and form-driven features while helping reduce the load on internal resources.

Responsibilities:

• Rapidly contribute to time-sensitive WordPress projects using modern development workflows.
• Maintain and enhance existing WordPress sites using custom themes and plugins.
• Work with a component-based architecture using the Sage Starter Theme by Roots
• Build and manage ACF Blocks for the Gutenberg editor.
• Manage custom forms (basic functionality, no complex integrations).
• Support API integration workflows between Athlon and private customer APIs.
• Proactively comment and update project tickets with summaries and progress to reduce communication pressure on internal team members.
• Deploy updates using existing CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and adapt quickly to shifting project priorities.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with WordPress development
• Experience with Sage by Roots, or equivalent Laravel/Blade templating experience
• Familiarity with modern frontend workflows (Webpack, component-driven architecture)
• Experience creating and consuming APIs
• Proven experience with custom theme development and plugin building
• Familiarity with Git (via CLI) and Linux command line
• Comfortable working with ACF Blocks and the Gutenberg editor
• Clear and proactive communication, especially in client-facing ticketing systems
• Laravel experience (particularly Blade templating)
• Experience working with multiple environments (Staging, Live)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Software Development and IT System Custom Software Development

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