About this role
Salary: £40,000 - 40,000 per year
Requirements: • 3+ years commercial WordPress development, including at least 2 years on WooCommerce• Strong PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS• Experience with high-SKU B2C e-commerce, including subscription models• Real WooCommerce development, not just plugin configuration: hooks, filters, custom endpoints and your own plugins• Disciplined Git habits (branches, meaningful commits, versioned releases) and comfort working staging-first• Confident SQL beyond basic SELECTs: joins, aggregates and careful bulk updates• Working knowledge of GA4 e-commerce events and data layer implementation• The ability to work independently, prioritise across several brands, and explain technical trade-offs to non-technical colleagues• This role needs you in our Ongar office• Hands-on WooCommerce development at the hooks-and-filters level• Solid Git and staging-first discipline• Due to our rural location you must be able to get to site. There is no public transport in our area Responsibilities: • Develop, maintain and improve several WordPress/WooCommerce sites, including our own custom plugins• Extend WooCommerce: trade and tiered pricing, customer groups, delivery-date and courier logic, subscriptions and recurring orders, bulk ordering and reorder tools• Build internal web tools, such as sales order entry and other staff-facing front-ends over ERP and business data• Build and maintain integrations using Flowgear, REST APIs and webhooks, connecting WooCommerce, Syspro, courier platforms and marketing tools• Own tracking: the GA4 e-commerce data layer and GTM containers, kept clean across production and staging and checked after every release• Ship every change through our release process (Git, semantic versioning, changelogs, staging first), one-line fixes included• Write and optimise MySQL for product data, reporting, bulk updates, imports and feeds• Test core, theme and plugin updates on staging, and triage and fix site issues• Own front-end quality: responsive layouts, Core Web Vitals, page speed and accessibility• Build landing pages, campaign assets and on-page SEO changes briefed by our Digital Trading Manager Technologies: CSSERPGitGitHubJavaScriptMarketingMySQLPHPRESTSAPSQLSecurityWebWordPressZapierUX UI Design More:
WordPress & WooCommerce Developer Peregrine Livefoods | Ongar, Essex (on site) | Full time Salary: £40,000 per annum plus benefits Love building e-commerce that works as hard as it looks? About us Peregrine Livefoods is one of the UKs most respected specialist suppliers for reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates, breeding fresh livefood on our Essex farm every day. Were growing the e-commerce team behind Livefoods Direct and looking for a WordPress & WooCommerce Developer to help us build, connect and improve our sites and systems. About the role Youll own day-to-day development across our WordPress/WooCommerce trade and consumer sites and our internal web tools. Youll work closely with our Senior Web Developer and ERP Developer. The work covers storefront and plugin development, WooCommerce customisation, tracking, and internal tools that connect to Syspro ERP and our other business systems. Please note before applying How well measure success • All changes shipped staging-first • Core Web Vitals passing on key templates • Site issues resolved within agreed SLAs • Zero tracking regressions after releases • Delivery against the development roadmap Benefits • Discounted prices on our products to employees • Variety of social events throughout the year • Dental, optical and prescription plans as well as free flu jabs • Enhanced family leave • Flexible working application from day one • Pension scheme • Free uniforms • Free hot drinks & breakfast • Free onsite parking Core values Our business is like no other, and as such we hold our values close to our decisions. We look out for people like us; people who put our customers at the heart of everything they do. Together we aim to ensure that they get top-notch service every time. In fact, thats one of our core values: Always Delivering. We want our people to be Knowledgeable and share in their expertise, have oodles of Positivity and be Honest in everything they do. So, if these values match yours, youre a perfect fit for us here at Peregrine Livefoods. We have some non-negotiables here at Peregrine, we hold our Core Values close to our decisions. Sound like you? Apply now with your CV and links to WordPress or WooCommerce work youre proud of, such as sites, plugins or a GitHub profile. To find out more about us visit www.peregrine.co.uk We regret that due to current volumes, we are unable to acknowledge every application. All successful candidates will be contacted as soon as possible. If you are contacted, please note that, as part of the recruitment process, you will be required to provide us with proof of identity and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. By applying you are consenting for us to use your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations. We will only use your data for the business need of assessing your suitability for the position advertised. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status or pregnancy and maternity. We therefore positively encourage applications from all suitably qualified and eligible job applicants.
last updated 40 week of 2026