The posting
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Development Team Lead (Professional Services)
About the role
As a Pugpig Developer, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional mobile app experiences using web technologies like HTML, SaSS, Vue.js, JavaScript, and PHP. Working within our professional services team, you'll craft and structure custom WordPress themes and plugins to create polished, rich and visually stunning mobile applications.
Beyond development, you’ll dive deep into our product codebase, becoming a subject matter expert and the go-to individual that supports both professional services and product development teams. Your expertise will ensure smooth project delivery and empower you to contribute to the continued evolution of our leading platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop native App webview UI’s and occasionally feature rich Wordpress websites from a design concept to a pixel perfect product collaborating closely with support engineers and clients
- Developing custom WordPress themes and plugins with rich custom logic, extending our CMS services which are based on WordPress
- Writing neat, testable, efficient code
- Participating in daily stand-ups, meetings, sprint demos and retrospectives
- Working closely with project managers, customer success managers, support engineers, as well as other back-end, front-end, web and native app developers, to deliver custom projects according to agreed scope, time and budget
- Debugging/fixing and replying to support requests from clients
- Consulting with clients on their designs and projects, where necessary joining client calls to discuss issues and solutions, and communicating via Slack/Email with updates, to request information and to answer questions
- Working with project managers to scope and estimate custom projects, working through solutions, and helping to identify risks, issues and dependencies
- Studying, interpreting and understanding product code
- Acting as a facilitator for professional services and product developers to support delivery
About Pugpig
- We are the best mobile publishing platform on the market and we work with the world's best media companies.
- We work in close partnership with our customers to conceive, evolve, customise and operate our platforms, so they can focus on their core business.
- Our platforms power hundreds of apps for the biggest media brands in the world, including The Independent, New Scientist, The Spectator, Condé Nast, Reach, DMG Media, CNN, Hearst and many more.
- We work with news media, consumer magazines, B2B publishers and membership organisations.
- Our teams in London, New York and the Philippines offer deep expertise and support to customers around the world.
Working at Pugpig
Here are some of the things you’ll experience if you come and join us:
- You’ll be working with the world’s best media companies
- Alongside an awesome, vibrant team of technology professionals
- With a set of values that puts an emphasis on quality of life for all of our team members
- Hybrid working and shorter days on Wednesdays and Fridays
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Wellbeing support and healthcare options
- Volunteering days every year so that you can support a charity that’s close to your heart
- Training and conference budgets that help you stay on the top of your game
Our values
- Be the solution
We take the initiative and seek to solve problems with creativity.
- Make tomorrow better
We think critically about what will deliver our goals and improve tomorrow;
Our future selves will thank us.
- Zoom out
We think big picture and look beyond our immediate field of vision.
- Be kind
We communicate with kindness, openness and respect;
We approach interactions with a positive and supportive attitude.
- Enjoy the ride
We have fun and prioritise quality of life, even when we’re up against it.
About you
You will have 1 year minimum working in a similar industry such as app/web design and development or software development. You will have a good eye for design and typography, an understanding of accessibility standards, and an interest in UX/UI.
You will be organised, methodical and delivery focused, with the ability to see a high level of detail and to step back and see the big picture. Pugpig is fast paced, you may be working on several projects at once, as well as smaller support tasks at the same time so you’ll be able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks. You will enjoy collaborating and working with a team to attain goals and be an active contributor. You will have a desire to learn continuously, picking up new skills and working with new technologies.
Required skills and experience:
- Proficiency in modern HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, with a minimum of 1 year experience
- Solid working knowledge of JavaScript frameworks/libraries such as Vue.js, React (at least 1 year)
- Solid ability to read, understand and extend existing PHP & Vue.js code
- An understanding of WordPress action/filter hooks
- CSS preprocessors (Sass)
- Experience of server side development and working with APIs (you'll be working with back end, front end and app devs)
- A good understanding of package managers (NPM and Docker)
- A good understanding of responsive mobile-first design using CSS Media Queries
- A good design eye, and experience with web fonts and typography.
- A good understanding of accessibility best practices
- A good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle
- Experience with cross-browser testing, accessibility testing, and performance testing and fixes
- Source control tools - we use Bitbucket / Git
- Comfort using AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to accelerate development and code review, while taking responsibility for the quality and accuracy of output
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication
- Good presentation skills, possessing the ability to break down and explain complex topics in simple terms
- Commercial experience working in an agile environment using project management tools such as Jira
- A portfolio site / github or equivalent/example work
The following would be a bonus but not required:
- An understanding of JavaScript bundlers such as Webpack and Vite
- Familiarity with static code analysis and/or unit testing
- A good understanding of UX principles and UI design
- An interest in AI and how it can be used to work smarter, whether that’s through tools you’ve already used or ideas you’re keen to explore
- Project management skills, supporting project estimation and scoping
- Experience with Figma and/or Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD) (to work with designs for clients)
- An interest in PHP frameworks such as Laravel
- Keen interest in up-to-date technologies
- An interest in Apple News development
- An interest in, or experience of, how native mobile apps are built
- An interest in publishing.
If this role sounds like a great fit, get in touch with us, we’d love to hear from you!
Pugpig is committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We believe that diversity leads to a happier and more productive working environment.
We welcome suitably qualified applicants from all different backgrounds.
Please let us know if you have additional requirements. We are happy to make the necessary accommodations so that we can facilitate a positive recruitment process.
