Photonic Universe
Senior WooCommerce Developer / E-commerce UX & UI Lead
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Senior WooCommerce Developer / E-commerce UX & UI Lead
Senior WooCommerce & E-Commerce Developer
Photonic Universe
Company Overview
Photonic Universe is a growing UK supplier of solar, battery, electrical and off-grid power products. We sell a wide catalogue of technical products to both retail and trade customers, with an increasing focus on B2B Clientèle.
We are redeveloping our main e-commerce platform at photonicuniverse.com, currently built on Zend Framework, PHP and MySQL. While functional, it requires a modernisation in design and technical robustness to meet evolving business needs.
The Project
We seek an experienced, commercially-minded developer to lead a hands-on WordPress/WooCommerce migration. This three-month, full-time, fixed-term role (with potential transition to permanent) involves:
Key Responsibilities
You will:
- Assess the existing system, including product database, customer accounts, payment, and order workflows.
- Migrate products, images, descriptions, categories, and metadata into WordPress + WooCommerce.
- Design and build a responsive, mobile-first website (retail and B2B-focused).
- Develop custom B2B portal features, including:
- Account-specific portal functionality.
- Trade pricing tiers and order approvals.
- Implement advanced search/filtering using product attributes.
- Extend WooCommerce with bespoke functionality, such as dynamic pricing engines or tailored shipping rules.
- Integrate secure payment gateways and review existing payment providers.
- Optimise server performance, security, and backups, ensuring GDPR compliance.
- Collaborate with marketing, sales, and product teams to translate commercial needs into technical solutions.
- Document the build for future maintenance and scaling.
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About You
This role demands a highly skilled e-commerce developer with leadership capabilities and deep technical expertise. You must have:
Essential Requirements
✅ Strong PHP & MySQL experience (escrow handling, transaction queries, and optimisations). ✅ Hands-on WordPress/WooCommerce skills—customising themes, extensions, hooks, and APIs. ✅ Proven migration experience moving e-commerce data from legacy systems (Zend, Java, etc.). ✅ Robust development portfolio: Three+ live e-commerce projects demonstrating practice in WooCommerce or similar frameworks. ✅ Responsive, mobile-first design with cross-device validation. ✅ UX/e-commerce UX—optimising conversion rates, search functionality, and cart workflows. ✅ Payment integration (PCI compliance-fatigue-avoidance recommended). Preference for Elavon gateway experience. ✅ B2B familiarity—trade accounts, tiered pricing, bulk orders, approval workflows a plus. ✅ Collaboration with non-technical teams: Translating business logic into technical builds without losing commercial intent. ✅ Git, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies—monitoring staging/deployments.
Nice-to-Haves
🔹 Experience with ERP or WMS integration (e.g., SAP, Fishbowl). 🔹 Technical SEO (Code Web Vitals, crawlability, schema markup). 🔹 AI/automation integration (e.g., AI-driven chat support, recommendation engines). 🔹 Interest in UK renewable solutions—solar, electrical tech—though not mandatory.
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What We Offer
Role Dynamics
- Lead a visible, critical e-commerce platform upgrade expected to boost commercial outcomes.
- Direct engagement with business stakeholders (not filtered through project managers).
- Hybrid of development, UX, and systems integration–strategy meets problem-solving.
- Transition potential into permanent hire for follow-ons: WMS modernisation, full-service platform integrations, or AI tools.
Benefits & Location
- Bromley-based office—collaborative and commercially forward-moving SME culture.
- Contract type negotiable (PAYE, agency to permanent).
- Competitive rates and project durability.
How to Apply
Submit to [application contact] with:
- Your CV.
- Cover note—highlighting commercial mindset, e-commerce migration success stories.
- Three project showpieces:
- Links to live WooCommerce/e-commerce sites you developed.
- Brief explainers of your technical contribution (e.g., plugin dev, custom theme tweaks).
- Availability & preferred engagement type (contract, part-time, etc.).
- Salary expectations/day rate.
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