Senior WordPress/PHP Developer - Platform & Mentoring

Ministry of Justice; United States; Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme 28.97%

Annual leave & holidays

Hybrid & Flexible working

Personal development time 10%

Learning budget 1k

Maternity/paternity leave

Job summary

Ministry of Justice in London is recruiting a Senior WordPress/PHP Developer to join the Website Builder Platform Team. You will work with WordPress/PHP and React JS, mentor juniors, and collaborate across engineering groups to deliver robust web applications.

The role supports hybrid working in London, with CI/CD via GitHub Actions, Docker/Kubernetes containers, and AWS infrastructure, while maintaining accessibility and semantic HTML standards.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of WordPress/PHP and React JS programming languages, CSS/HTML.
• Experience building WordPress themes and plugins.
• Experience with WordPress Full Site Editor features.
• Experience with AWS architecture and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor junior developers and participate in informal coaching networks.
• Collaborate with internal teams to design, create and maintain software.
• Build and maintain web applications using WordPress/PHP and React JS.
• Contribute to accessibility, semantic HTML, and performance criteria.

Skills

WordPress/PHP

React JS

CSS/HTML

GitHub Actions

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Sentry

Job description

Ministry of Justice in London is recruiting a Senior WordPress/PHP Developer to join the Website Builder Platform Team. You will work with WordPress/PHP and React JS, mentor juniors, and collaborate across engineering groups to deliver robust web applications.

The role supports hybrid working in London, with CI/CD via GitHub Actions, Docker/Kubernetes containers, and AWS infrastructure, while maintaining accessibility and semantic HTML standards.