Are you an experienced Wordpress Developer looking for the next step - and an opportunity to apply your knowledge of new technologies to popular and high traffic websites?

GRV Media is a high-growth, multi-platform new media company with a 16 year track record. It has 16 active websites (including brands such as HITC, The Boot Room, Reality Titbit and Rangers News), two popular YouTube channels and an Adtech business.

We are looking for an experienced Wordpress developer to provide support to our existing tech team and drive forward new publisher tools.

To be a candidate for this role, you will be a detail orientated developer who writes well structured and supportable code. You will be a natural problem solver who is driven to embrace new technologies. You will understand the need to fully QC your own code and will be comfortable checking the work of others. You will be able to hit the ground running in a position where experience and confidence of success is key.

This is a future facing role with high priorities on page speed and excellent user experience. We are adopting an AMP Core model and testing PWA's.

With around 65 payroll and freelance contributors, GRV Media is a UK based, remote company. Applicants are asked to apply only if they are based in the UK, prepared to work remotely and preferably have experience of doing so.

Main areas of responsibility:

• Assist in the development and build of our future Wordpress platform
• Build and maintain new performant themes for use internally and by our clients
• Engage with our editorial team to build best practice tools for content, SEO and advertising
• Contribute to and improve internal tooling and processes.
• Help debug problems with existing WordPress plugins and setups
• Diagnose and resolve issues with servers and cloud server instances
• Initiate and deliver proactive strategies to improve user experience and deliver increased revenue

Key skills:

• Advanced Wordpress - admin, theme and plugins (2yrs experience minimum)
• PHP
• MySQL/Maria DB
• HTML, CSS and Javascript
• Git
• Experience of AMP would be a bonus.

Benefits

• Working on interesting projects with interesting people
• A competitive salary depending on experience
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Company Pension contribution
• A professional but friendly working environment.
• 20 days paid annual leave, in additional UK bank holidays (or equivalent).

Applying

Please include your CV, a little bit about you, some examples of projects you’ve worked on and why you’d like to work with us. Apply visa email link

If we think you’re a good fit we’ll arrange a telephone call with you soon after that.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

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