We’re looking for a WordPress Front End Developer to help shape the future of public digital services. If you’re passionate about intuitive interfaces, accessibility, and building front ends that genuinely serve users — this is your chance to make a real-world impact.
Role Summary
As a WordPress Front End Developer at 6B, you’ll lead the development of responsive, accessible, and performant front-end solutions across WordPress-based platforms for public sector clients.
You’ll collaborate closely with designers, developers, and stakeholders to translate vision into reality — while setting the standard for best practice in UI development, accessibility, and maintainability. Your expertise will guide both the technical direction of projects and the growth of the front-end team.
This is an opportunity to work on projects that deliver essential services to the public, from council websites to national programmes — where usability and reliability matter most.
Responsibilities
Front End Development:
- Translate wireframes and design mockups into pixel-perfect, responsive front-end code using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Collaborate with back-end developers and designers to implement intuitive, accessible user interfaces
- Optimise front-end performance for fast-loading, mobile-first experiences
- Ensure compatibility across browsers and devices
- Build, extend, and maintain custom WordPress themes and components
Technical Leadership:
- Lead a team of front-end engineers on complex WordPress and web development projects
- Ensure high-quality, consistent output across the front-end team
- Establish and enforce front-end development standards, tools, and frameworks
- Conduct code reviews and mentor junior team members
- Champion secure, maintainable, and scalable code
Solutions Activities:
- Lead system design activities for complex, multi-stakeholder public sector platforms
- Develop implementation strategies that balance usability, accessibility, and technical feasibility
- Introduce or adopt new front-end technologies where they improve outcomes
- Coordinate architectural consistency across multiple projects and clients
Quality Assurance and Testing:
- Develop and implement automated testing and QA strategies for front-end code
- Ensure adherence to linting, performance, and code quality standards
- Debug cross-browser/device issues and ensure consistently high-quality, accessible user experiences
- Promote a culture of quality, performance, and test coverage across the front-end discipline
Collaboration and Communication:
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, and delivery managers throughout project lifecycles
- Contribute to project planning, providing estimates and technical recommendations
- Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Support business development activities (e.g., pre-sales, estimates, tender responses) where needed
- Stay current on best practices in front-end technologies, WordPress, and accessibility standards
Required Skills
- Strong experience with WordPress, including theme and template development
- Proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with strong UI/UX sensibilities
- Skilled in responsive, mobile-first design and front-end performance optimisation
- Experience with front-end build tools (Webpack, Gulp) and package managers (npm, Yarn)
- Comfortable with Git-based workflows (GitHub preferred)
- Familiar with CSS preprocessors (Sass/Less) and methodologies (BEM, SMACSS)
- Solid understanding of cross-browser testing and accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Familiar with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and project tools like JIRA/Confluence
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue)
- Familiarity with component libraries and design systems
- Hands-on knowledge of automated testing tools for front-end code
- Accessibility certification or real-world experience designing for WCAG 2.2
- Experience working on public sector or government projects
Email your CV to careers@6b.agency to apply.
No recruitment companies please.