Senior WordPress Developer

We build all our digital solutions from the ground up, utilising Word Press Gutenberg flexible content with Advanced Custom Fields, delivering a streamlined and tailored product for our clients. Your core responsibilities will be working on premium Word Press business websites and Woo Commerce e-commerce solutions. You’ll be involved in the early stages of the project, from discovery through to completion and continuous improvement, helping to define and positively influence the project’s requirements, scope and success.

• 8+ years experience working with Word Press, Woo commerce or other ecommerce platforms
• Educated to degree level
• Competent in best practice coding standards and delivering sustainable, high-performing and accessible digital products
• Deep experience with the Gutenberg editor
• Confident with version control, build tools, third-party integrations and managing sites via dedicated hosting platforms
• Confident in creating custom functionality within custom theme and plugin development
• Experience using Composer, Gulp and Grunt
• Understanding and experience of the software development lifecycle
• Experience creating technical specifications and process flow diagrams to help define the development process
• Understanding of how to write maintainable code and the importance of testing
• Experience creating custom Word Press Plugins
• Experience working with complex product data, taxonomy and ecommerce store configuration
• Excellent English language communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate effectively with a technical and non-technical audience
• Understanding of User Experience design
• Experience using GIT
• Experience with project management tools
• Comfortable with collaborative tools such as Google Docs

• Able to lead by example and guide the development team
• Keen to learn and increase your knowledge
• Self-motivated and able to work alone or as part of a team
• A strong problem-solver
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• A passion for delivering high-quality work and exceeding expectations
• Creativity, resourcefulness and a proactive attitude
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

• 32 days holiday (including Christmas closure and Bank holidays)
• An extra day off to celebrate your birthday!
• Enhanced contributory pension* (up to 5%)
• Private medical insurance with Vitality (plus opportunity to add your family)*
• Opportunity to develop and grow your skills in an expert team
• Continuing Personal Development (CPD)
• Excellent location on Southbourne high street, close to beach
• Free fresh fruit every day (and biscuits!)
• Regular team socials and Run Club!

* After successful completion of probation

Pokesdown train station is a 15 minute walk from our office, which makes commuting easy from Bournemouth, Poole, Southampton and Winchester. We are open to part-time, flexible working and hybrid-working.

We’re an equal opportunities employer. This means we celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees regardless of an individual’s age, gender, relationship status, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability status.

We’re a lively and passionate collection of brilliant people who love what they do. Our Directors, Jess and Nick Bain, took over the agency in 2022, and have since created an awesome team with a brilliant workplace culture. Being a part of Halo is all about supporting each other to be the best we can be, combining our collective skills to achieve work we, and our clients, can be proud of.

This is what makes Halo unique, and is why we’re passionate about recruiting brilliant people who share our values.

• People First
• Strive for Perfection
• Join Forces
• Surprise and Delight

Please send your CV and covering letter to