Wordpress Developer

Fellowship; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative technology agency in the UK seeks a full-time WordPress Web Developer to join its team. The role involves developing and maintaining WordPress websites while demonstrating great attention to detail and high technical ability. Applicants should have at least 3 years of experience in WordPress development and be proficient in PHP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The position allows for remote work in the UK with occasional office presence in Woolpit.

Benefits

33 days holiday per year

Annual performance bonus

Company contribution pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Remote working (UK only)

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience of developing WordPress themes, plugins, and websites.
• Highly proficient in PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, MySQL, and Git.
• Experience working with WordPress plugins such as WooCommerce and Advanced Custom Fields Pro.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain WordPress websites and web applications.
• Ensure coding standards and quality assurance.
• Work collaboratively with designers and developers.

Skills

PHP (procedural and object oriented at versions 7 and above)

HTML 5

CSS 3

Javascript (ES6 and above)

MySQL / MariaDB

Git version control (including LFS)

Education

Experience developing WordPress themes, plugins, and websites

Tools

WordPress Multisite

WooCommerce

Advanced Custom Fields Pro

Gravity Forms

Job description

Overview

Salary: Competitive salary inline with your talent, skill and experience

Benefits: 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays) / paid overtime

Job Type: Permanent

Start Date: ASAP

About Fellowship

Due to continued growth and a healthy pipeline of exciting projects, we are seeking a full-time WordPress Web Developer to join our award-winning team. In line with our company values, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate a forward‑thinking and positive outlook, show great attention to detail, and be able to demonstrate high levels of technical ability. Furthermore, they should be able to confidently and professionally take tasks through from concept to completion ensuring that their solutions have been clearly defined, efficiently coded and suitably tested / quality assured.

We specialise in building WordPress Multisites, WooCommerce sites and integrating WordPress with other business systems (Salesforce, Sage, Hubspot etc). We build long‑term partnerships with our clients, who range from ambitious SMEs to multinationals and global groups.

As such, the successful candidate will be expected to help maintain, support and further develop our clients’ websites as part of our Digital Team, which includes developers, designers, account managers and digital marketers. There will also be opportunities to work on new WordPress websites and web applications / online systems, for both new and existing clients.

Our studio is based in Woolpit, Suffolk IP30 9QS. Whilst this is a remote role, applicants must live in the UK and work in our Woolpit office 1‑2 days per month.

Required language and technology proficiencies

The successful candidate will have at least 3 years’ experience of developing WordPress themes, plugins and websites inline with WordPress’ own coding standards preferably within an agency or similar, fast‑paced, environment. As such they will be highly proficient in the following languages and technologies:

• PHP (procedural and object oriented at versions 7 and above)
• HTML 5
• CSS 3
• Javascript (ES6 and above)
• MySQL / MariaDB
• Git version control (including LFS)

Required WordPress proficiencies

As a WordPress specialist, we would also expect the successful candidate to have experience and feel confident working with the following WordPress plugins and extensions, which are a core part of our development process:

• WordPress Multisite
• WooCommerce (including HPOS)
• Advanced Custom Fields Pro (including custom Gutenberg Blocks)
• Gravity Forms
• WP CLI
• Full Site Editing
• I18n for WordPress

Beneficial experiences and proficiencies

As well as the above, experience of any of the following would also be very beneficial for this role:

• TailwindCSS
• Vue.js
• Composer
• Node.js and NPM
• Cloudflare configuration
• Working knowledge of Linux web servers
• Google Analytics 4
• Google Tag Manager
• Git Submodules
• Core Web Vitals
• OWASP Top Ten / secure development methodologies
• ‘On‑page’ technical SEO concepts including schema / structured microdata
• W3C Accessibility standards
• Experience of the agile / scrum / sprints methodology
• Writing technical documentation and disseminating knowledge to other team members

Personal skills

As well as the technical skills and experiences listed above, we are looking for someone:

• With an ability to work on multiple projects at once, ensuring exacting deadlines are adhered to
• With a passion for all things digital including responsive web design, social networks, apps
• With an ability to accurately take a brief and deliver it to the highest standards
• Who is a motivated self‑starter who can handle a project from beginning to end
• With excellent problem solving skills
• With enthusiasm and ambition
• With excellent organisational skills and a demonstrable capability to work to deadlines
• With excellent communication skills, and a keen eye for quality
• Who constantly reviews and checks their work as they go, avoiding unexpected delays and excessive snagging at the end of project sprints

What we offer

In return, the successful candidate will receive:

• A competitive salary in line with their talent, skill and experience
• 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
• Annual performance bonusCompany contribution pension scheme
• Company savings scheme
• Annual leave ‘buy back’ scheme (ability to buy additional annual leave)
• 1 day per year of charitable giving
• Remote working (UK only) – must work in our office 1‑2 days per month
• Flexible working hours
• 1 day per month of personal development time
• Opportunities to attend WordPress, web development, e-commerce and other, related, industry events
• Regular company social events

No recruitment agencies, please.