Website Engineering Lead

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

Job summary

Daskalos in Vizianagaram, India is seeking a Website Engineering Lead to build and maintain high-performance WordPress sites. You will work with developers to deliver enhancements, review code, and uphold engineering standards while coordinating with Product and Marketing.

The role focuses on custom themes/plugins, WordPress APIs, performance optimizations, and CI/CD. You’ll mentor the team, ensure reliable releases, and integrate Salesforce with WordPress when needed.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional WordPress development experience (PHP 8+) with strong OOP.
• Expertise in custom WordPress themes and plugins; hooks, APIs, CPTs, taxonomies, metadata.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with WordPress via APIs or middleware.
• Experience optimizing website performance and Core Web Vitals.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, plugins, and reusable components.
• Review code and ensure quality, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and production releases.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Marketing, and developers to deliver website enhancements.

Skills

WordPress development

PHP 8+

JavaScript ES6+

OOP

Git & CI/CD

Performance optimization

Team collaboration

Tools

WordPress

Salesforce integration

Composer

Git

CI/CD pipelines

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