Website Engineering Lead

Daskalos; Kolhapur District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Daskalos is seeking a Website Engineering Lead in Kolhapur to architect and oversee WordPress projects. You will lead a small team to build custom themes, plugins, and components, while ensuring code quality and scalable releases.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, and Marketing to deliver website initiatives, optimize performance, and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Strong PHP, WordPress, and frontend skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience with WordPress hooks, filters, APIs, REST APIs, and Composer.
• Experience with Salesforce integration using APIs or middleware (advantage).
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and automated testing.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

WordPress

PHP 8+

OOP

JavaScript ES6+

HTML5

CSS3

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

MySQL

Tools

Docker

Composer

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

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