Website Engineering Lead

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

Job summary

Daskalos is seeking a Website Engineering Lead in India to build and maintain high-performance WordPress websites. You will collaborate with developers to deliver enhancements, review code, maintain engineering standards, and ensure reliable releases.

You will partner with Product and Marketing to drive website initiatives. Ideal candidates have 5–7 years of professional WordPress experience, strong PHP 8+ OOP, and expertise in themes, plugins, and REST APIs, with Salesforce integration

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional WordPress development with PHP 8+ and strong OOP knowledge.
• Expertise in custom WordPress themes and plugins.
• Experience with WordPress APIs, REST APIs, hooks, filters, and CPTs.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with WordPress via APIs or middleware.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and components.
• Develop solutions using WordPress APIs, hooks, and REST APIs.
• Review code and uphold engineering standards for security and performance.
• Coordinate with team to plan and deliver website releases.
• Optimize performance, Core Web Vitals, and SEO.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and production releases.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve reliability.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing and developers on enhancements.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP 8+ OOP

REST APIs

Salesforce integration

CI/CD

Git

Debugging

MySQL

Linux

Web performance

Documentation

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

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
• 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