Contract Senior WordPress Consultant
£400 per day - Outside IR35
6 Months Initial Term
Remote First (Leeds 1 Day Per Week)
I'm currently partnered with an AI-native consultancy delivering a major digital transformation programme for a brilliant end client.
A key workstream within the programme focuses on consolidating multiple existing websites into a single WordPress platform, creating a more streamlined user experience while simplifying content management and publishing processes across the organisation.
They're looking for an experienced Senior WordPress Technical Consultant to join the project and play a leading role in shaping the technical approach, architecture and delivery of the new platform.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the technical discovery and design of a large-scale WordPress consolidation programme
- Assessing existing websites, content structures, integrations and publishing workflows
- Designing scalable, secure and maintainable WordPress solutions
- Building custom themes, plugins and reusable components
- Planning and executing content and media migrations
- Working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical recommendations
- Developing integrations with third-party systems and services
- Supporting CI/CD, hosting, deployment and platform optimisation
- Ensuring best practice across security, performance, testing and maintainability
What We're Looking For
- Strong commercial experience working with WordPress at an enterprise level
- Expertise in custom theme and plugin development
- Strong PHP, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML and CSS skills
- Experience delivering website consolidation or migration projects
- Experience with content modelling, Gutenberg blocks and reusable publishing components
- Knowledge of WordPress performance optimisation, security and hosting environments
- Comfortable working directly with clients and stakeholders in a consultative capacity
- Ability to take ownership of complex technical challenges and provide pragmatic solutions
- AI Assisted development tools are a part of your day to day
Contract Details
- £400 per day
- Outside IR35
- Initial 6-month contract
- Strong likelihood of extension
- Remote-first engagement
- Expected travel to Leeds approximately once per week
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