Full-Stack Web Developer – WordPress/React

Please consider that this is a hybrid position. You will be asked to commute to our E1 London office at least once a week.

At NerdCow, our mission is to build a better Web. We specialise in building websites that propel the web design industry forward and challenge the status quo. We love to help brands get the most out of their online presence, and provide great experiences for end-users.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and resourceful WordPress developer passionate about working on both the front-end and back-end. We’re looking for a person that can squeeze the most out of the platform, with strong engineering fundamentals, experienced predominantly with PHP, but also React.

What you’ll do

Work in a boutique agile team in a dynamic, startup environment.
Plan, build, test and release new features in WordPress, and occasionally beyond.
Write standards-compliant code, take part in code reviews and provide ad-hoc assistance to colleagues and clients.
Collaborate with other team members on matters related to design, marketing, sales and business development to delight our customers.
Identify and build improvements to our processes and systems.
Attend in-person workshops with our clients that are an integral part of our unique website-building process.

Who you are

2+ years of experience working on full-stack WordPress development.
Knowledge of agile principles and working in the agile spirit.
Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, Bitbucket, NPM, Composer, AWS or another public cloud.
Experience in working with Visual Studio Code.
Familiarity with the latest WordPress coding standards along with the best headless practices.
Advanced command of HTML, SASS, and vanilla JavaScript.
Ability to collaborate with Web Designers to deliver pixel-perfect implementations.
Familiarity with building WordPress themes based on (atomic) design systems.
A pragmatic engineer who actively avoids over-engineering of solutions and understands how to maintain high-quality (clean) code in a value-focused environment.
Desire to work in a respectful, transparent, and collaborative work environment, following NerdCow’s company values, culture and ways of working.

What we offer

An office in the vibrant Shoreditch area in London with access to a rooftop, showers, bike storage and frequent networking events.
A hybrid and accomplished team
An opportunity to positively impact people’s experience online and make the Web a better place.
Several perks that have been designed for your well-being and a healthy work-life balance.

Our perks

Private health insurance

Flexible working hours

New computer

Christmas shopping day

Birthday holidays

Work from home

Casual dress code

Cycle to work

Compensation range

The compensation range depends on the candidate’s profile but most likely will fall between £30,000 and £50,000 annually. The specifics of the offer will be determined based on relative experience, skills, and equity across the team.

Recruitment process

Review – We review applications to screen for a variety of criteria.
Intro call – A 20 minutes call with someone on our team to get to know you better.
Quick task – A take-home quick task to assess coding abilities.
Tech interview – A 30-minute interview to learn more about your tech experience.
Culture fit interview – A 15 minutes call with everyone on our team to see if we sing from the same page.
Offer – We make an offer to the candidate that we feel is the best fit for the role.