Reporting to:
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.