Fully Remote (UK working-hours overlap required) Contract Type: 12 months About the Opportunity We are working with a leading organisation in the media and publishing industry that is looking for an experienced Senior Word Press Engineer to join its engineering team.
You will help develop and maintain an enterprise-scale, headless Word Press publishing platform supporting some of the UK's most recognisable media brands.
The platform serves millions of readers across websites and mobile applications, providing journalists and editorial teams with sophisticated content creation and publishing tools.
This is an opportunity to work on a technically complex Word Press environment, combining advanced PHP engineering with modern frontend technologies including React and Type Script.
Build and enhance custom Gutenberg blocks using React and Type Script.
Develop and maintain headless Word Press architecture, including REST APIs and structured content models.
Support a multi-tenant Word Press environment serving multiple brands and digital properties.
Improve platform performance, scalability,



caching and security.
Build integrations with editorial, content planning and syndication systems.
Write automated tests, conduct code reviews and maintain high engineering standards.
Collaborate with product managers, engineers and editorial stakeholders to deliver new functionality.
Essential Skills and Experience Strong commercial experience developing enterprise Word Press applications and platforms.
Expert PHP development skills, including deep knowledge of Word Press core, hooks, APIs and internals.
Proven experience developing custom Gutenberg blocks using React and Type Script.
Knowledge of performance optimisation, caching, security and scalability.
Experience with automated testing, particularly PHPUnit.
Familiarity with Composer and modern PHP development practices.
Strong understanding of SOLID principles and maintainable software architecture.
Experience building publishing

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