Full Stack Wordpress Developer

At Swytch, we’re changing the way people move. We fundamentally believe that sustainable transport shouldn't cost the Earth, so we've made it our mission to make electric transport accessible to everybody.

Founded by engineers Oliver Montague and Dmitro Khroma back in 2017, we’re a London-based startup with an industry-leading product and global recognition. To date, there are over 50,000 loyal Swytchers across 50 countries, who’ve collectively ridden over 10 million miles!

We’re now in a new and exciting phase of our journey - the launch of a truly ground-breaking new product. We're excited to be growing faster than ever, and are building out a team of world-class talent!

Check out our latest video for the all-new Swytch Kit: youtube.com/watch?v=x1D0VZrXHTc&t

The Role

We’re looking for a mid-weight full stack WordPress developer to join our highly skilled internal team to work closely with our product manager, developers and web designers. We’re after a positive, proactive self-starter, who’s ready to take the lead on projects and is driven to find custom solutions in a range of different areas across our suite of WordPress sites. The right candidate will have worked on advanced WordPress and WooCommerce projects, with experience developing checkouts and integrating payment gateways.

As a D2C business, we pride ourselves on our ability to create high-quality digital experiences with the latest web technology, to deliver the best possible sign up and purchase journey for our customers. In this role, you will operate using the agile scrum methodology, becoming a key contributor in our scrum ceremonies to shape our roadmap and continuously improve the way we’re working.

You will be involved in a range of exciting and ambitious projects maintaining, optimising and building out our multiple sites:

• The main lead generation site swytchbike.com, with 4m+ annual visitors
• Our ecommerce pre-order website, with £25m+ of transactions per year
• The order configurator “Order Portal” site, highly advanced and newly launched
• Multiple new projects on our ambitious roadmap

Responsibilities:

• Delivering high-quality code on time, through disciplined prioritisation
• Carrying out code reviews to ensure our high coding standards are maintained
• Testing and refining code, both front-end and back-end, to eliminate bugs
• Working closely with our design team to implement pixel-perfect Figma designs
• Creating bespoke WordPress sites, and features within them, from scratch
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Taking on responsibility to continuously improve our codebase, maintaining site performance and agility
• Contributing to a culture of unity and ambition within the team, and a passion for the work that we do

Requirements

• At least 2 years’ experience working on highly custom WordPress projects
• A strong proficiency in PHP (Object-Oriented), MySQL, HTML, CSS/SASS and modern JavaScript
• Experience with Composer and NPM
• Comfortable working with AJAX
• Experience working with and creating APIs
• Extensive use of Git version control
• Competent with Advanced Custom Fields Pro (ACF)
• Experience working on WooCommerce projects
• Very good understanding of custom post types, taxonomies, and WordPress theme structure
• The ability to break down complex technical problems to find refined, efficient solutions

Desired skills

• Developing front end interfaces using CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap and Tailwind
• Experience with PHP template engines such as Twig or Blade
• Working with stateful JavaScript applications and WordPress Blocks
• Working with HubSpot, or other CRM, to handle sensitive customer data
• Understanding of server infrastructure, including the fundamentals of DNS configurations, CDNs and SSL

Tech stack:

• PHP (Object-Oriented)
• MySQL
• HTML
• CSS/SASS
• modern JavaScript
• Composer and NPM
• AJAX
• Using APIs e.g. HubSpot
• Git version control
• Advanced Custom Fields Pro (ACF)
• Advanced WooCommerce work
• Front end interfaces using CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap and Tailwind
• PHP template engines such as Twig or Blade
• Stateful JavaScript applications and WordPress Blocks'

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary of up to £55,000
• Work from the comfort of your own home or head in to the office for free lunch every day!
• Cycle to work scheme
• The latest gadgets via our tech scheme
• A free Swytch Kit!
• Uncapped annual leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Meditation app subscription
• Regular socials
• Electric Penny Farthing lessons

Diversity

Diversity is important to us: We are a mixed group of people from many different backgrounds, each with our unique experiences. We respect and admire our differences and believe everyone can contribute to Swytch. Our recruitment process is reviewed regularly to maintain its fair and unbiased approach, and our management team has undergone unconscious bias training. We believe our success is based on the innovation of our team, the differing opinions, and the ability to respect each other enough to brainstorm our way to new ideas.