Lead Backend Engineer (WordPress, PHP, Gutenberg) – Agency

Salt Digital Recruitment; Greater London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking two Lead Backend Engineers for a remote opportunity. You will develop advanced WordPress solutions, lead complex projects, and mentor fellow engineers. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in PHP and React.js, with a strong portfolio demonstrating previous work. This role offers a competitive daily rate and flexibility in a distributed team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale enterprise projects.
• Expert in WordPress engineering, PHP, React.js, and Gutenberg.
• Strong portfolio of work available on GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise-level WordPress plugins and themes using PHP and Gutenberg.
• Lead technical vision for large-scale projects.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve the Engineering discipline.

Skills

WordPress engineering

PHP

React.js

Gutenberg

Debugging

Job description

Lead Backend Engineer (WordPress, PHP, Gutenberg) – Agency – Remote (US/EMEA Time zone)

Daily rate: $500 – $700

Duration: 6 months

Start: ASAP

My client is looking for 2 Lead Backend Engineers to join an exciting new project initially for 3 – 6 months. This role is fully remote but you will be required to work either US or EMEA time zones not both.

Role:

• Develop enterprise-level WordPress plugins and/or themes primarily using PHP and Gutenberg blocks in React.js.
• Drive strategy in collaboration with experts across multiple disciplines, and lead overall technical vision and delivery on large-scale projects.
• Engage meaningfully with clients; leading demos and driving discussions.
• Contribute to the improvement of the Engineering discipline by leading and mentoring other fellow engineers.
• Ultimately you will make the web better by finely crafting websites, apps, and tools that reach millions of online visitors every day.

About you:

• Your experience leading large-scale enterprise projects makes you well-suited to lead a team of senior engineers, and wrangle multiple stakeholders, to find simple yet elegant solutions to complex problems.
• You have experience leading and building headless JavaScript projects with WordPress.
• Your expert skills in WordPress engineering with PHP, React.js, and Gutenberg consistently follow best practices and set the highest standards of excellence.
• You have a code portfolio. Link us to your best WordPress work on GitHub and you’ll never have to do any live coding or whiteboard testing!
• You have the ability to expertly debug performance and caching issues across environments.
• You prefer to work fully remote and are effectively engaging in a distributed team from the location of your choosing.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements

Job Information

Job Reference: JO-2506-354539

Salary: US$500 - US$700 per day

Salary per: day

Job Duration: 3 - 6 months

Job Start Date: ASAP

Job Industries: Software Engineering

Job Locations: Greater London

Job Types: Contract

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