Senior Front End Wordpress Developer (Remote UK Only)

We’re looking for a talented, experienced, and enthusiastic Front End Developer to join our growing team. You’ll be working with our development team to build WordPress websites for a wide range of clients, primarily within the competition industry. You’ll be utilising our established toolbox of WordPress plugins to build websites that wow.

You’ll be a confident creative with plenty of ideas and the gumption to speak them out. Our nimble team is perfect for someone who enjoys creating their niche and taking initiative. 

We’re looking for experience, but the capacity to learn quickly and keep on learning is even more valuable. If you’re the type of person who wants to hit the ground running, then you’ll fit in just fine.

You’ll also be working closely, not just with the Dev team but with creatives across all of our teams. A collaborative mentality is a must, whether producing great work or just wading into the conversation on our team channels.

Work composition

• 50% Front End Development
• 30% Testing / Quality Assurance
• 20% Dealing directly with Clients

What you’ll be up to:

• Using a variety of markup languages to develop websites that are responsive, comprehensive and really good-looking
• Making sure that all web development is optimised for mobile devices
• Ensuring your code is reusable and future-proof
• Optimising web pages for speed, scalability and traffic
• Creating documentation outlining efficient processes
• Assisting and training junior team members in the creation and maintenance of websites
• Taking the lead on front end aspects of development where necessary
• Developing more technically-challenging functionality, such as AJAX-loaded content
• Snagging and testing websites to ensure a high standard

What we’re looking for:

• You’ll have a first-rate knowledge of HTML, SCSS, JavaScript and jQuery. You’ll also know MySQL and Rest APIs inside-out
• You’ve have a minimum of 2 years experience in using PHP to render WordPress websites
• A very strong understanding of WooCommerce, with experience of building sites on the platform.
• Equally as important, you’ll have a keen desire to develop your skills across the board
• You’ll have experience with custom post types.
• You’ll know all about creating responsive and adaptive websites
• You’ll have a strong understanding of the web development cycle, as well as programming techniques and tools
• You’ll be well versed in GIT-based workflows, and how to implement them into a system
• You’ll have a focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement
• You’ll be a fast and efficient worker with great time management skills
• You’ll be a team player, able to work and communicate effectively with other team members
• You’ll be a strong solo artist too, being able to take ownership of a project and finish it in a timely manner

• Between £40,000 - £45,000, but is negotiable and dependent on experience.

• Company Bonus 10% of salary once company goals are met or at the company’s discretion, which has been the past 5 years in a row.
• Service Bonus of £1,000 per annum paid into your monthly salary up to 5 years / £5,000.
• We operate on a flexible hours system. That means that while your usual hours will be during normal business hours, you have plenty of flexibility within that. Want to take a long lunch break? No worries. Do your best work at 6 am? Go for it.
• We’re a fully remote team, so no 8 am commutes into work.
• Work hard, play hard – we offer a minimum of 34 holidays a year (2 weeks of which can be taken over Christmas).
• You’ll also get an extra day off for your birthday, so no awkward work birthday parties.
• We have a monthly all-team meeting, which ends in a monthly all-team social.
• We are Best Place to Work Certified company 
• We supply any remote working tools and equipment you need.
• You’ll also get full private BUPA Healthcare coverage.
• We’re a pension-providing employer.

What’s next?

We know what it’s like not to know what’s going on with a job application. Here’s how our hiring process usually works:

• We’ll review your application and portfolio.
• If we love what we see, we’ll set up a call with our Head of Web and Head of Backend Development so we can get to know you; you can get to know us and see if we're a good fit for each other.
• We’ll set you a short WordPress-related task – so you can show you know your stuff.
• Then, we’ll get another interview to discuss the task and answer any of your questions. Our Digital Director and Founder will join that call.
• As long as everything goes well, we’ll send you an offer!

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, PLEASE