Job Role: Senior Wordpress Developer
Reference: BH-356c
Working Hours: Monday-Friday
Contract duration: 1–2 weeks full-time initially, with potential for rolling extensions
Location: Fully remote (UK Only)
Job Type: Contract (Outside IR35)
Daily Rate: Up to £300/day
About the Company:
Our Client is a leading digital agency known for crafting innovative, high-profile web experiences. They are currently seeking a Technical Lead to join their growing team. This fully remote role offers flexibility, autonomy, and the opportunity to work on creative, technically ambitious projects for top-tier clients.
Role overview:
We are supporting our client to find a Senior WordPress Developer to assist with high-priority short-term projects. This is a fast-paced environment requiring a developer who can work reactively, communicate clearly, and proactively manage client-facing updates.
You will be instrumental in contributing to a modern, component-based WordPress setup, supporting brochureware content and form-driven features while helping reduce the load on internal resources.
Responsibilities:
- Rapidly contribute to time-sensitive WordPress projects using modern development workflows.
- Maintain and enhance existing WordPress sites using custom themes and plugins.
- Work with a component-based architecture using the Sage Starter Theme by Roots
- Use Blade templating for server-side rendering.
- Build and manage ACF Blocks for the Gutenberg editor.
- Manage custom forms (basic functionality, no complex integrations).
- Support API integration workflows between Athlon and private customer APIs.
- Proactively comment and update project tickets with summaries and progress to reduce communication pressure on internal team members.
- Deploy updates using existing CI/CD pipelines
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and adapt quickly to shifting project priorities.
Essential Experience:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with WordPress development
- Strong PHP 7/8 skills
- Experience with Sage by Roots, or equivalent Laravel/Blade templating experience
- Familiarity with modern frontend workflows (Webpack, component-driven architecture)
- Experience creating and consuming APIs
- Proven experience with custom theme development and plugin building
- Familiarity with Git (via CLI) and Linux command line
- Comfortable working with ACF Blocks and the Gutenberg editor
- Clear and proactive communication, especially in client-facing ticketing systems
Desirable Experience:
- Laravel experience (particularly Blade templating)
- Experience working with multiple environments (Staging, Live)