Website Engineering Lead

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

Job summary

Daskalos is seeking a Website Engineering Lead to build and maintain high-performance WordPress websites. You will work with developers to deliver enhancements, review code, and uphold engineering standards while ensuring reliable releases.

Collaborate with Product and Marketing to drive website initiatives, optimize performance, implement integrations (Salesforce), and support CI/CD workflows.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional WordPress PHP development experience.
• Strong OOP with WordPress themes/plugins, REST APIs, and security.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with WordPress via APIs or middleware.
• Solid knowledge of performance optimization and Core Web Vitals.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes and plugins.
• Review code and enforce engineering standards for quality, security, and performance.
• Collaborate with Product and Marketing to deliver website initiatives.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and production releases.
• Troubleshoot issues and optimize site reliability.
• Work with developers to plan and deliver website releases.

Skills

WordPress

PHP

JavaScript

REST APIs

MySQL

Git

CI/CD

Security

Linux

Composer

Salesforce API

Tools

Docker

Composer

Playwright

Cypress

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