Senior Software Engineer - WordPress

Nortal; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefit Café

Flexible working hours

Luxmed private healthcare

Remote work opportunities

Educational support

Team events

Job summary

Nortal in Krakow, Poland, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in WordPress to join our long-term, full-time service center. You will work on News UK projects, collaborating with journalists and product teams to deliver scalable editorial tools and websites.

The role focuses on PHP/WordPress with JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Gutenberg, plus modern dev tooling, testing and cloud workflows. You’ll mentor peers and contribute to a robust engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of PHP and WordPress best practices.
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Gutenberg.
• Experience writing automated tests with PHPUnit and Jest.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Familiarity with AWS and modern dev tooling (CI/CD, containers).
• Experience leading and mentoring developers.

Responsibilities

• Shape future architecture and systems by collaborating with Principal Engineers.
• Work across PHP/WordPress and JavaScript/TypeScript stacks.
• Build tools to streamline newsroom workflows.
• Maintain performance, security and reliability standards.
• Mentor teammates and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

PHP

WordPress

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Gutenberg

PHPUnit

Jest

AWS

CI/CD

Containerization

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Version control

Job description

Overview

Nortal is seeking a talented and passionate Senior Software Engineer (WordPress) for long-term, full-time employment at our service center in Krakow, Poland.

You will join the extension team of our client, News UK — one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. News UK’s portfolio includes renowned news brands such as The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Its national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, along with a network of market-leading local radio stations across Ireland.

Reaching almost 40 million people each month, these world-famous brands deliver news, analysis, opinion and entertainment across multiple platforms. From print to digital, audio to video, events to experiences — News UK provides a rich mix of voices and perspectives to a diverse audience.

The Times Content team takes the award-winning journalism of our newsrooms and showcases it through a wide range of world-class digital products. We hire and grow the best talent, foster a culture of collaboration, and build streamlined technology with key partners to power storytelling experiences that inform and engage our audiences.

We are passionate, principled and purposeful full-stack engineering and delivery experts, working closely with our journalists and Product teams to co-create editorial tools, websites and apps. Our mission is to captivate subscribers with the most trusted and compelling content in the world.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future architecture and systems by collaborating closely with Principal Engineers to ensure scalability, reliability and modern standards.
• Work across diverse codebases and systems, primarily in PHP (WordPress) and JavaScript/TypeScript, while also engaging with other languages and technologies as needed.
• Build and enhance tools that empower and streamline workflows for colleagues in the newsroom.
• Uphold high standards of engineering, ensuring applications and infrastructure follow best practices in performance, security, and maintainability.
• Mentor and support your teammates, sharing expertise in your areas of strength while learning from others with complementary skills.
• Drive continuous improvement, contributing ideas and solutions that make a lasting impact on our products and engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of PHP, WordPress and best practises
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Gutenberg block editor development.
• Hands-on experience with writing automated tests using PHPUnit, Jest.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) (maybe less needed now)
• Experience with modern developer tooling (e.g. containerisation, CI/CD, version control)
• Leading and nurturing developers of different abilities

Benefits

• Benefit Café with categories such as sports, leisure, books, etc.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment with personalized attention to each team member.
• Engaging projects featuring innovative and cutting-edge products.
• Competitive salary with periodic reviews.
• Flexible working hours ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
• Educational support, including funded language classes.
• Luxmed private healthcare packages.
• Comfortable workspace, fresh fruit Mondays, and remote work opportunities.
• Exciting team events and networking opportunities.

Following the applicable legal regulations, particularly Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting breaches of Union law and its implementation into Polish law under the Act of December 4, 2021, on the Protection of Persons Reporting Breaches of Law (Journal of Laws 2021, item 2105), including Articles 4-6 governing

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