ADLIB Recruitment | B Corp™
Lead WordPress Engineer
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Lead WordPress Engineer
Lead a dedicated engineering team and shape the technical direction of a large, complex WordPress estate.
Own a major platform build from roadmap through delivery, working closely with product, project, and client teams.
2 days per month in either Bristol or London, generous benefits, ambitious, supportive environment.
Role Overview
A growing technology business is looking for a Lead WordPress Engineer to take ownership of its WordPress platforms, which support a large international portfolio of websites. You’ll combine hands-on development with team and client leadership, setting standards for a substantial, live multi-site estate. You’ll also guide a major platform build, helping artist teams create and publish websites more independently.
What Experience You’ll Need
- At least five years’ professional WordPress development, with deep PHP and WordPress core knowledge.
- Experience leading engineers and serving as a technical point of contact for clients.
- Proven architecture and management of large WordPress Multisite networks or production website estates.
- Strong custom theme, Gutenberg block, and plugin development, including ownership of a plugin suite.
- Hands-on WP-CLI, Composer, and Git-based deployment pipeline experience.
- Confident use of AI-assisted development tools, with the ability to critically review generated code.
- MySQL performance, caching, and CDN knowledge, plus production AWS experience and working knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker.
- Good JavaScript, including React, and a strong approach to WordPress security.
- Managed WordPress hosting, headless WordPress, Terraform, or e-commerce experience would be advantageous.
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What You’ll Be Doing
As Lead WordPress Engineer, you’ll lead the WordPress team and own its codebase, delivery, and technical decisions. You’ll define the roadmap and scope for a next-generation platform with product and project managers, then guide its build and delivery with a major global music client. You’ll act as the technical point of contact, leading requirements and estimation sessions, explaining trade-offs, and challenging requests when needed. You’ll also oversee the plugin suite, themes, and block library; work with DevOps on AWS and Kubernetes hosting; and partner with Service Delivery to plan safe changes across the estate. You’ll set quality, security, and performance standards, use AI-assisted development tools with sound judgment, and mentor engineers as the team develops.
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What You’ll Get in Return
The salary is £65,000–£75,000, with remote-first working and two office days a month in London or Bristol. Benefits include 25 days’ holiday, private medical and life insurance, an employee assistance programme, pension, a training budget, a personal development plan, the ability to work abroad for four weeks a year, and participation in regular team socials. Occasional out-of-hours support may be required.
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