Frontend Developer with WordPress expertise

Frontend Developer with WordPress expertise

FlatPlan Greater London, England, United Kingdom

This is a remote role with occasional (~1 day per month) face to face catchups in our Central London office.

Hi, we're FlatPlan, a SaaS business that helps media companies deliver breaking news articles to millions of people on Apple devices. We work with world-class brands like The Athletic, ITV News, Formula One and the Premier League. Our mission is to transform how news media reaches readers, and we’re looking for a talented WordPress Developer to help us achieve that.

Position Overview

We partner with major media companies, helping them reach wider audiences through innovative publishing solutions. A big part of that involves WordPress—the backbone of many of our customers’ content systems.

We need a skilled Front End developer with WordPress expertise to join our team, bringing technical expertise and creative problem-solving to our platform. You’ll be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimising WordPress-based solutions, as well as a forthcoming website for our brand (currently found at https://flatplan.io).

You’ll work closely with our Head of Design, development team, QA team and a Project Manager to conceptualise, build and refine solutions that improve how publishers distribute content. Whether it’s building a new site, crafting custom plugins, optimising performance or troubleshooting complex WordPress integrations, your work will have a direct impact on our customers.

What You’ll Be Doing

1. Building beautiful, user friendly pages and tools
2. Developing custom WordPress plugins and themes
3. Integrating WordPress with FlatPlan’s tools to streamline content delivery
4. Optimizing WordPress sites for speed, security and scalability
5. Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues for media partners
6. Working with APIs, webhooks and third-party services to extend functionality
7. Keeping up with WordPress best practices, ensuring our solutions remain cutting-edge
8. Collaborating with our remote team to brainstorm and implement new features

What We’re Looking For

1. 5+ years of WordPress development experience
2. Experience with custom WordPress plugin and theme development
3. Knowledge of Gutenberg development and modern WordPress coding standards
4. Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON and third-party integrations
5. Proficiency in MySQL and database optimisation
6. Understanding of SEO, accessibility and performance best practices
7. Experience with Git version control and Agile workflows
8. Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset
9. Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently in a remote team

Why You Should Apply

We’re a small, remote-first team that values collaboration, creativity, and autonomy. Working with FlatPlan means:

1. Exciting projects – You’ll work with top-tier media companies, helping them improve how they publish content.
2. A real impact – Your work will directly shape how millions of people access news.
3. A supportive team – We genuinely care about each other, celebrate wins together and solve problems as a team.
4. Growth opportunities – As we scale, you’ll have the chance to shape the future of our technology and advance in your career.
5. Flexibility – We’re remote-friendly and results-focused, so you’ll have the freedom to do your best work in a way that suits you.

FlatPlan is a profitable, growing SaaS company, backed by TinySeed and working closely with Apple. If you’re looking for a role where you can innovate, solve meaningful challenges and make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Media Production