Website Engineering Lead

Daskalos; Delhi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Daskalos is seeking a Website Engineering Lead in Delhi to architect, build, and maintain high-performance WordPress websites. You will lead a team to implement themes, plugins, and reusable components, review code, and uphold engineering standards for reliable releases.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, and Marketing to deliver initiatives, optimize performance and Core Web Vitals, and ensure robust integrations including Salesforce.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional experience developing WordPress applications using PHP (PHP 8+) with strong OOP knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and reusable components.
• Develop solutions using WordPress APIs, hooks, filters, custom post types, taxonomies, metadata, REST APIs, and third-party integrations
• Review code and ensure high standards for quality, security, performance, and maintainability
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing, and developers to deliver website enhancements
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and production releases
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve website reliability

Skills

WordPress PHP OOP

Custom WordPress themes/plugins

WordPress APIs/hooks/plugins

Post Types/Taxonomies/Metadata

JavaScript HTML CSS

Salesforce integration

Git CI/CD and testing

MySQL Linux caching CDN security

Debugging/communication

Tools

Docker

Composer

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Role Overview

We're looking for a Website Engineering Lead to build and maintain high-performance WordPress websites. You'll work closely with developers to deliver website enhancements, review code, maintain engineering standards, and ensure reliable releases. You'll also partner with the Product, and Marketing teams to deliver website initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and reusable components
• Develop solutions using WordPress APIs, hooks, filters, custom post types, taxonomies, metadata, REST APIs, and third-party integrations
• Review code and ensure high standards for quality, security, performance, and maintainability
• Work with developers to plan, coordinate, and deliver website releases
• Optimize website performance, Core Web Vitals, technical SEO, analytics, Salesforce integrations, and third-party services
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and production releases
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve website reliability
• Collaborate with the Product, Design, Marketing, and developers to deliver website enhancements

Required Skills & Experience

• 5–7 years of professional experience developing WordPress applications using PHP (PHP 8+) with strong OOP knowledge
• Strong expertise in:
• Custom WordPress themes and plugins
• WordPress hooks, filters, APIs, REST APIs, and Composer
• Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and Metadata
• JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, and Vanilla JavaScript
• Experience integrating Salesforce with WordPress using APIs or middleware
• Experience optimizing website performance and Core Web Vitals
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and automated testing
• Good understanding of MySQL, Linux, caching, CDN, HTTP, website security, and API integrations
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with WordPress Multisite or enterprise WordPress projects
• Experience with Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
• Experience with Docker and Composer