Website Engineering Lead

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

Job summary

Daskalos in India seeks a Website Engineering Lead to build and maintain high-performance WordPress sites. You will lead a small team of developers, review code, enforce engineering standards, and collaborate with Product and Marketing to deliver website initiatives.

The role emphasizes custom themes/plugins, Salesforce integrations, performance optimization, and reliable releases through CI/CD. Strong PHP 8+ and WordPress API expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional WordPress development with PHP 8+ and OOP.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with WordPress via APIs or middleware.
• Strong focus on performance optimization and Core Web Vitals.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and reusable components.
• Review code and enforce high standards for quality, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Plan, coordinate, and deliver website releases with the team.
• Optimize website performance, Core Web Vitals, and technical SEO, analytics, and third-party integrations.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and production releases.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve website reliability.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing, and developers to deliver website enhancements.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP 8+

OOP concepts

JavaScript ES6+

REST APIs

Git & CI/CD

MySQL & Linux

Tools

WordPress

Composer

Salesforce integration

Docker

CI/CD tooling

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