Senior Wordpress Engineer

La Fosse Associates Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm is seeking a Senior WordPress Engineer to join their remote-first team. In this role, you will develop and maintain features for high-traffic enterprise-level WordPress platforms. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in WordPress development and a strong focus on performance optimisation. Enjoy collaborating with a forward-thinking technology team and contributing to scalable digital products in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule

Collaborative team environment

High-traffic projects

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in WordPress development.
• Strong expertise in the WordPress and Gutenberg ecosystem.
• Experience building custom Gutenberg blocks and RESTful API endpoints.
• Strong Front End JavaScript experience, including React.
• Solid understanding of performance optimisation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain features for an enterprise-scale WordPress platform.
• Build and maintain shared plugins for multiple properties.
• Contribute to architectural decisions focused on scalability.
• Optimize performance and improve response times.
• Independently manage workload in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

WordPress development

HTML, CSS, PHP

JavaScript (React)

Git and version control

Performance optimisation

Agile methodologies

Debugging skills

Collaboration in distributed teams

Tools

JIRA

New Relic

Kibana

Job description

Senior WordPress Engineer

Remote first team

We're looking for an experienced Full Stack WordPress Engineer to join a high-performing, distributed development team delivering new features, functionality and ongoing improvements across enterprise-level WordPress platforms.

You’ll primarily focus on a large-scale, high-traffic digital news platform, while also contributing to shared services and tools that support multiple well-known media brands.

The Role

You’ll be part of an established and collaborative technology team where innovation is encouraged and good ideas move quickly. The environment is dynamic and adaptable, giving you the freedom to build purposeful, high-impact software without unnecessary bureaucracy.

You will:

• Develop and maintain features for an enterprise-scale WordPress platform
• Build and maintain shared plugins used across multiple WordPress properties
• Develop microservices and JavaScript applications that integrate alongside WordPress
• Optimise performance, improving response times, database queries and Core Web Vitals
• Contribute to architectural and technology decisions with a focus on scalability and maintainability
• Independently manage workload in a fast-paced environment
• Debug and resolve issues raised by editorial and support teams

What We're Looking For Essential Experience

• 8+ years' experience in WordPress development
• Strong expertise in the WordPress and Gutenberg ecosystem
• Experience building custom Gutenberg blocks, RSS feeds and WP-JSON API endpoints
• Advanced HTML, CSS and PHP skills with a focus on performance
• Strong Front End JavaScript experience, including React
• Solid understanding of Git and version control best practices
• Experience working within Agile environments (e.g., JIRA)
• Ability to deliver full-stack projects independently from concept to deployment
• Strong understanding of Core Web Vitals and website performance optimisation
• Confident communicator within distributed teams
• Strong debugging skills, including Chrome DevTools
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset

Desirable Experience

• WordPress VIP platform experience
• Building WordPress at enterprise scale (caching, query optimisation, WP Cron)
• Monitoring tools such as New Relic or Kibana
• TypeScript and Webpack
• WP-CLI and custom command creation
• AWS services (S3, Lambda, EC2, API Gateway)
• Publishing to Apple News
• CI tools such as CircleCI, GitHub Actions or TeamCity
• Writing ad-hoc Bash or Python scripts
• Subscription platform integrations (e.g., Piano, Zephr)
• Willingness to travel to London occasionally for team meet-ups

Why Apply?

• Work on high-traffic, enterprise-level platforms
• Join a collaborative and forward-thinking technology team
• Influence architecture and performance at scale
• Enjoy flexibility within a hybrid working model

If you're an experienced WordPress developer who enjoys building scalable, high-performance digital products, we'd love to hear from you.