A unique opportunity for a Lead WordPress Developer to join a leading magazine who are in the process of bringing their Development in-house.
Offering a very exciting opportunity to take ownership of both the website along with current and upcoming features, this offers the chance to work in a brilliant location for a household name.
A unique opportunity for a Senior / Lead WordPress Developer with good mentoring experience, to join a leading magazine. Offering a very exciting opportunity to take ownership of both the website along with current and upcoming features, while growing a team.
Location: Central London, UK (this is an on-site role)
Salary: Negotiable – depending on the level of leadership experience you bring to the table + excellent benefits
Requirements for WordPress Lead Developer:
- Ideally, you will be degree-educated, but relevant experience also considered.
- Highly proficient in WordPress
- Excellent coding ability with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
- Bootstrap libraries knowledge
- Experience in managing technical aspects of the Content Management System/CMS
- Understanding how to integrate with third-party RESTful APIs and micro-services
- Exposure to management and leadership – over time this role will grow into growing a team and leading junior developers
- Brilliant communication skills – this role will involve dealing with internal and external teams and agencies
- WordPress VIP, Mobile app development and/or Gutenburg editor knowledge would be a plus
Responsibilities for WordPress Lead Developer:
- Work to create engineering best practices and policies
- Develop and implement highly optimised and customisable WordPress VIP sites, including themes, page templates, widgets, plugins and content blocks
- Ensure well-designed, easily maintainable code using HTML5, CSS and native JS
- Use the latest Gutenberg editor capabilities to create scalable WordPress editing experiences
- Ensure optimum performance, speed, and security of the website
- Maintain all aspects and updates for the site
- Report and update the senior management team
- Over time you will grow your team to include Junior Developer
What this offers:
- A unique opportunity to take ownership of the WordPress Development for a leading magazine
- A clear-cut progression path to leading a team
- Great remuneration and benefits
Applications:
If you would like to enquire about this unique WordPress Development opportunity, we would love to hear from you. Please send an up-to-date CV including details of your online repository via the relevant link.
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