Website Engineering Lead

Daskalos; NTR; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Daskalos is seeking a Website Engineering Lead to design and maintain high-performance WordPress websites. You will lead a team of developers, review code, enforce engineering standards, and ensure reliable releases, while partnering with Product and Marketing to execute website initiatives.

You will own building custom WordPress themes/plugins, integrating Salesforce, and optimizing Core Web Vitals. Strong PHP 8+ with OOP, JS ES6+, and CI/CD experience are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional WordPress development experience.
• Strong knowledge of PHP 8+ and OOP.
• Experience with REST APIs, Gutenberg, and custom post types.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and reusable components for high-performance sites.
• Develop solutions using WordPress APIs, hooks, filters, CPTs, taxonomies, and REST APIs; integrate third-party services.
• Review code and ensure quality, security, performance, and maintainability.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP 8+ OOP

WordPress themes/plugins

REST APIs

JavaScript ES6+

Salesforce integration

Git & CI/CD

Performance optimization

MySQL & Linux

Tools

Docker

Composer

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