Website Engineering Lead

Daskalos; Thoothukudi; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Daskalos in Tamil Nadu, India seeks a Website Engineering Lead to architect, build, and maintain high‑performance WordPress applications. You will lead a small team of developers, review code, and ensure reliable releases while collaborating with Product and Marketing to drive website initiatives.

You will own WP themes/plugins, optimize performance and Core Web Vitals, integrate Salesforce, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and testing to deliver robust, scalable websites.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of WordPress development experience.
• Strong knowledge of PHP 8+ and OOP.
• Experience with WordPress APIs, hooks, and custom post types.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with WordPress is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and components.
• Review code to maintain quality, security, and performance.
• Collaborate with Product and Marketing to deliver site initiatives.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and releases.
• Optimize Core Web Vitals and overall site performance.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve reliability.
• Collaborate with designers and developers on enhancements.

Skills

WordPress PHP

OOP PHP

WP themes

WP plugins

JS/HTML/CSS

Salesforce

Git CI/CD

MySQL/Linux

Tools

Salesforce

Composer

Git

Docker

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