Grandstand
Wordpress Developer
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Grandstand (Nasdaq: GRSD)
Grandstand (Nasdaq: GRSD) is the intelligence layer of sports, gaming, and entertainment. We build the brands people trust, the data our partners depend on, and the technology this industry runs on with exceptional people, not shortcuts.
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Put that same real-time intelligence directly into the hands of consumers.
Gaming and Entertainment
Our portfolio includes some of the biggest names in the space: Gambling.com, Casinos.com, Spotlight.Vegas, and WhichBingo.co.uk. Our flagship sites reach millions of consumers every month.
We're the first, and only, U.S. publicly traded company of our kind, and the first company to win EGR's Affiliate of the Year three times. We hold every hire to the same five standards: Taste, Agency, Speed, Craft, Responsibility.
We’re looking for a mid-level Full Stack Developer
We’re looking for a mid-level Full Stack Developer with strong experience in PHP, WordPress, React, and Gutenberg block development to join our remote development team. You’ll be working on established, high-traffic digital platforms, contributing across the full stack — from backend WordPress architecture to modern React-powered front-end experiences.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving technical challenges, writing clean code, and building performant user experiences in a collaborative environment.
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What you’ll be doing
You’ll be embedded in a four-person development team, contributing across the full stack of our WordPress-based platforms. Expect a mix of feature development, performance optimisation, technical improvements, and infrastructure work — always with a focus on quality and real business impact.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain PHP-based WordPress platforms
- Build and extend custom Gutenberg blocks for editorial and UI experiences
- Develop React-based front-end features and interactive components
- Collaborate on database design, query optimisation, and caching strategies
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving engineering standards
- Work closely with product, editorial, and SEO teams to deliver high-quality features
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and developer tooling
- Help improve performance, scalability, and maintainability across our platforms
Requirements
- Strong understanding of OOP principles and clean code practices
- Experience building custom WordPress themes and plugins
- Strong experience developing custom Gutenberg blocks
- Ability to write maintainable, scalable backend code
- Solid knowledge of the WordPress ecosystem, including hooks & filters, WP REST API, custom post types & taxonomies, Performance optimisation
- Experience building production-ready React applications using functional components, hooks, state management
- Ability to create responsive and reusable UI components
- Experience with MySQL / MariaDB. Good understanding of query optimisation, database performance, caching layers such as Redis and WordPress transients
- Comfortable with Git workflows, deployment pipelines, Docker, Composer, and NPM
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Nice to have
- Experience working on high-traffic, multi-locale WordPress platforms
- Familiarity with REST API design and third-party integrations
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar)
- Experience with SEO-driven content platforms or affiliate publishing
- Understanding of performance optimisation and Core Web Vitals
- Exposure to AI coding assistants such as Claude Code
Perks & Benefits
- Comprehensive private Healthcare Insurance
- Flexible work environment and home office available
- Home office allowance
- Gym & Leisure Allowance
- All the hardware and software you need to be successful
- Regular company events and social outings, activities, Spot Awards and a Monthly Social Club
- Access to courses for Personal and Career Development
- Company Paid Volunteer Day
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