About Us:
At MVF, we are a global leader in customer generation, working with brands in over 45 countries. Our award-winning culture, recognized by The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2020, is built around innovation, team growth, and delivering results. We have embarked on a transformative 12-24 month project to reimagine how we use WordPress across our entire portfolio, and we're looking for a Senior Full-stack WordPress Developer to join us at this pivotal moment.
Role Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Full-stack WordPress Developer to contribute to our web development projects. This role involves full-stack development on both front-end and back-end WordPress projects. You will work on high-performance, scalable solutions including custom themes, plugins, and integrations with various APIs. You'll collaborate closely with your team, supporting technical strategy while mentoring junior developers and ensuring best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- WordPress Development:
- Contribute to the development and modernization of our WordPress infrastructure.
- Work on projects involving static site generation, headless WordPress, and integrations with microservices.
- Full-stack Development:
- Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and integrations.
- Implement responsive front-end designs using HTML5, and CSS3.
- Write clean, modular, and scalable PHP code following PSR-12 standards, and ensure JavaScript follows Airbnb's guidelines.
- Hands-on Development:
- Actively contribute to both back-end and front-end development efforts.
- Ensure projects meet performance goals, especially Core Web Vitals.
- Optimise WordPress websites for performance, SEO, and scalability.
- Agile Collaboration:
- Participate in Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives).
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other developers to deliver high-quality customer-facing features.
- Work within one of our WordPress teams focused on organic brands or paid landing pages.
- Mentorship & Team Support:
- Provide guidance and support to junior developers.
- Engage in code reviews and contribute to shared knowledge within the team.
- Documentation & Best Practices:
- Ensure clear, thorough documentation for all code and development processes.
- Implement and support automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and continuous deployment to maintain project momentum.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Senior Developer Experience:
- 4+ years of experience in a senior WordPress development role, working on high-performance web systems.
- Expertise with PHP, WordPress core, and Gutenberg blocks.
- Full-stack Expertise
- Expertise in PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 to a high standard.
- Experience with back-end integrations via REST APIs, GraphQL, and third-party service integrations.
- Performance Optimization:
- Demonstrated ability to optimise websites for Core Web Vitals and deliver fast, responsive user experiences.
- Collaboration & Problem-solving:
- Experience working in cross-functional teams and contributing to architectural discussions.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Additional Skills:
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and managing deployment processes.
- Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and AWS cloud platform.
- Knowledge of modern JS frameworks like React or Vue.js.
Work Environment & Culture:
- Location: Work remotely from the UK for 2 days per month in our London-based office for collaboration and team days.
- Agile Workflow: Work in two-week sprints using Scrum methodologies, focusing on continuous delivery and iterative improvements.
- Team Focus: Join one of two WordPress teams, focusing either on organic brands or paid landing pages, with opportunities to collaborate on key architectural decisions.
Benefits:
- Flexible working hours with the option to work remotely.
- Life Assurance to protect your loved ones
- Benefits allowance for health, dental, and vision coverage
- Defined Contribution Pension and Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Be Well: Our award-winning wellbeing and mental health programme to support all MVFers and their families
- Family Forward support for our MVF parents and their mini-mes
- Free breakfast when in the office
- Summer hours
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What We Do
MVF is an award-winning customer generation business supplying some of the world’s leading brands with high volumes of new customers in over 40 countries. In 2020 we were ranked 1st in the UK in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For List, and even won a special award for our commitment to our people’s learning and development.
We are on a mission to accelerate our clients’ growth by building the world’s most effective marketing platform through a passion for data, relentless innovation and the development of world-class teams. We want you to help us get there!
Why Work With Us
Competitive starting base and a lucrative uncapped commission structure. Great work-life balance, Monday – Friday, business hours (9am - 5pm) – it’s not a competition between who leaves the latest, just keep smashing your targets.
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