Senior WordPress Developer

As a member of our development team, you will play a key role in helping to develop enterprise-level WordPress solutions, supporting large user-base installations with complex business rules – projects ranging from international e-commerce sites and editorial archives, to large-scale brochure sites and community hubs.

As a Senior WordPress Developer, you will support the team in their continued learning and development, through sharing experiences, presenting on topics, and mentoring specific skills. Alongside this, you will also be responsible for leading architectural decisions and choosing approaches to ensure the team delivers high quality software.

You will have the opportunity to grow your skill set within the WordPress ecosystem, as well as the potential to broaden your outlook to other server-side frameworks, and front-end technologies.

In this role you will…

• Utilise your knowledge of WordPress to develop new functionality, configure installations, and choose plugins, in order  to create exceptional software solutions that exceed our client’s expectations
• Troubleshoot, investigate, and fix bugs 
• Participate in, and undertake, code reviews, and lead pair programming activities with others in your team
• Lead and actively participate in project, sprint and client meetings 
• Provide specialist guidance and support, acting as a mentor and coach within the development and project teams
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within Box UK to contribute towards the overall success of the business performance
• Be an ambassador for Box UK, embodying our brand and promoting our culture, values and behaviours

On the technical side you will have…

• A minimum of 5 years WordPress or PHP experience 
• Worked on projects that required custom plugin development
• Gutenberg component development
• Worked with APIs, databases, and other external data services
• A strong understanding of working with modern PHP
• An understanding of web performance and why it’s important
• Experience of creating unit-tested solutions
• A love of clean coding practices (SOLID etc)

You will also have some of these…

• Experience of developing E-commerce solutions, ideally using WooCommerce
• Experience of supporting technology, such as Elasticsearch or Varnish.
• Developed WordPress solutions used at an enterprise scale
• Experience of trunk-based development and CI/CD practices

And your attributes should match with the following… 

Interpersonal / communication skills

Excellent communication and active listening skills with the ability to express yourself clearly and articulately, both orally and in writing. Able to build strong and effective, collaborative professional relationships and credibility at all levels, and motivate and inspire others to achieve results.

Team Player

Promotes collaboration within the team to collectively achieve goals and required outputs. Supports colleagues’ ideas and suggestions, challenging and expressing disagreement constructively and respectfully. Inspires and encourages others to deliver high quality outputs.

Self-starter 

Motivated and comfortable working autonomously.

Problem solver

Relish in tackling complex issues and offering creative solutions

Results orientated

Able to demonstrate a clear focus on the desired results of own and departmental outputs. Effective in directing efforts and resources towards delivering departmental and individual goals and objectives.

Innovative

Open to different and new ways of doing things, developing and supporting the introduction of new and improved methods, processes, technologies and ways of working.

Organised

Able to prioritise workload and tasks effectively for both you and other members of your team.

Flexible

Willing and able to respond to changing circumstances and expectations readily.

Tenacious & Resilient

Driven to complete projects to a high standard whilst meeting required deadlines. Pushes themselves and their colleagues to deliver required outputs. Responds to setbacks with renewed and increased efforts; is persistent and remains positive in the face of challenge.

Attention to detail

Thorough in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small.

And in return…

You will enjoy a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. 

We recognise that our success comes from the talent, passion and dedication of our team. Working collaboratively, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, reinforcing our culture of ownership. We understand the importance of personal growth and professional development and invest in the skills of our people to nurture their talent. Our working environment is fast paced, exciting and fun to work in. 

We are an inclusive employer that welcomes diversity, challenges discrimination and promotes equality. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic. 

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re excited about shaping digital products that matter, working with talented colleagues who’ll challenge and support you, and joining a company where your contributions genuinely make a difference – we’d love to hear from you.