Senior WordPress & PHP Engineer — Hybrid Leeds

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

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.