Junior WordPress Developer

We are partnering with an ambitious digital agency dedicated to crafting exceptional online experiences for a diverse client base, fostering innovation, and driving technological advancement.

The Role

• Assist in creating, customising, and maintaining bespoke WordPress themes and plugins.
• Translate design wireframes into clean, responsive, cross-browser compatible web pages.
• Develop skills in writing clean, scalable code using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and PHP.
• Learn to write and optimize SQL queries for database performance and reliability.
• Gain hands-on exposure to deployment processes, AWS cloud platforms, and Linux environments.
• Troubleshoot functional issues, squash bugs, and implement clean fixes across client sites.
• Stay curious about emerging web technologies, frameworks, and modern developer tooling.

What You'll Need

• Commercial experience, ideally within an agency, software house, or in-house development team.
• Solid experience customising, building, or maintaining WordPress sites (themes/plugins).
• Strong grasp of HTML5, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, and responsive web design.
• Practical understanding of database interactions and basic query writing (MySQL/SQL).
• Comfortable using IDEs like Visual Studio Code, Git/version control, and local dev environments.
• A genuine passion for web technology and a drive to expand your skill set toward Full Stack development.

What's On Offer

• Competitive salary between £28,000 and £34,000, dependent on experience.
• Structured roadmap to transition into a Full Stack role with regular performance and salary reviews.
• Balanced mix of hands-on office collaboration and work-from-home flexibility.
• Direct access and learning from senior agency developers, plus a relaxed & inclusive culture.

Apply via Haystack today!