Senior Web Developer (WordPress)

About the role

Catenamedia is looking for an experienced Senior Web Developer to develop, optimise and maintain its portfolio of WordPress websites. The role works very closely with the Tech Lead and Web Dev Manager, contributing to technical decisions and keeping sites fast, scalable and secure. It suits a skilled problem-solver who enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and optimise WordPress websites for performance and scalability
• Implement custom themes and plugins following security and maintainability best practices
• Optimise sites for performance and SEO, including Core Web Vitals improvements
• Write clean, documented code in PHP, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
• Review code and give technical guidance to team members
• Use Git for version control and collaborate via GitHub or similar tools
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues across environments
• Keep up with WordPress developments, plugins and web technologies
• Work with DevOps teams on hosting, CDNs and caching
• Build integrations between WordPress sites and third-party platforms and tools

Required profile

• 4+ years of web development experience focused on WordPress
• Strong knowledge of WordPress architecture, REST API, custom theme and plugin development and block development
• Experience tuning and optimising WordPress sites
• Agile/Scrum experience and ability to work independently
• Strong problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills

Required skills

• PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and MySQL
• SEO best practices and Core Web Vitals (an asset)
• Caching strategies, CDNs and WordPress caching (an asset)
• Infrastructure platforms such as Cloudflare, AWS and other hosting solutions (an asset)