Senior WordPress Developer — Gov Digital with SC Clearance

Scrumconnect Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in London is seeking a Senior Software Developer to move a councils playbook from WordPress to an in-house service. You will build a secure, accessible, and maintainable product that councils can contribute to after publication.

You will own WordPress development (themes/plugins), ensure accessibility, implement CI/CD, security and testing, and collaborate with designers, architects and product managers in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience developing on WordPress, including theme and plugin development.
• Experience securing and maintaining WordPress sites, including updates, plugin management, hardening and backups.
• Experience building accessible interfaces that meet WCAG 2.2 AA.
• Experience with secure development practice (OWASP, authentication, secrets & dependency management).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams with clear written communication.
• Experience with GOV.UK Frontend, GOV.UK Design System and Prototype Kit.
• Experience delivering digital services in UK central or local government.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship the rebuilt playbook in iterative phases.
• Implement features prioritized by user research and sector engagement, including decision-support tools and adaptable frameworks.
• Develop and customize on WordPress (themes, templates, blocks, plugins, content structures).
• Assess target platform and apply GOV.UK patterns where possible.
• Build security into the product, including configuration, plugin management and testing evidence.
• Set up and maintain automated tests and a repeatable deployment pipeline.
• Participate in code reviews and agile ceremonies with the team.
• Write documentation and run handover sessions for in-house maintenance.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP

WCAG 2.2 AA

OWASP security

CI/CD

Agile

GOV.UK Frontend

GOV.UK Design System

Prototype Kit

Content-driven CMS

Tools

GOV.UK Frontend

GOV.UK Design System

Prototype Kit

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in London is seeking a Senior Software Developer to move a councils playbook from WordPress to an in-house service. You will build a secure, accessible, and maintainable product that councils can contribute to after publication.

You will own WordPress development (themes/plugins), ensure accessibility, implement CI/CD, security and testing, and collaborate with designers, architects and product managers in an agile environment.