Senior WordPress Tech Lead & Architect (Onsite)

Talent Team Services Pty; Cebu City; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HMO coverage

One free dependent from day one

Life and AD insurance with criticalIll

Dental care

Fixed weekends off

15 days annual leave credits

10 days sick leave credits

Work equipment provided

Fixed day shift schedule

Birthday lunches

Employee Appreciation Day getaway

Welcome gift on first day

Job summary

Talent Team Services is recruiting on behalf of our Australian client, a Perth-based digital agency, for an experienced Technical Lead & Senior Developer. This is a hands-on leadership role for a senior WordPress developer who can deliver complex solutions, lead technical decisions and maintain development quality.

Initially, you will be the sole developer, with the opportunity to help build and lead a growing development team.

Qualifications

• Extensive professional WordPress development experience.
• Strong proficiency in PHP, modern JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Advanced experience with Gutenberg, ACF, custom themes and plugin development.
• Practical experience with WCAG 2.2 AA implementation, manual accessibility testing and remediation.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, integrations, Git and collaborative development workflows.
• Experience in technical leadership, solution architecture and code reviews.
• Knowledge of website security, performance optimisation and deployment.
• Excellent English communication, problem-solving and independent decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture, solution design and development across digital projects.
• Develop bespoke WordPress themes, custom plugins, Gutenberg and ACF blocks.
• Build and maintain integrations using REST APIs.
• Ensure websites meet WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards.
• Oversee code quality, security, performance and development standards.
• Manage technical specifications, estimates, testing, deployment and troubleshooting.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor developers and provide technical guidance as the team expands.
• Collaborate with project managers, designers and other specialists.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Gutenberg/ACF

WCAG 2.2 AA

REST APIs

Git

Leadership

Code reviews

Problem solving

Tools

React

Next.js

Laravel

CI/CD

Job description

Talent Team Services is recruiting on behalf of our Australian client, a Perth-based digital agency, for an experienced Technical Lead & Senior Developer. This is a hands-on leadership role for a senior WordPress developer who can deliver complex solutions, lead technical decisions and maintain development quality.

Initially, you will be the sole developer, with the opportunity to help build and lead a growing development team.