Lead Web Engineer: WordPress & Azure Platform

Urban Land Institute; Northern (KY); Ibrido; USD 120.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The Urban Land Institute is seeking a Lead Web Engineer to own web platform development and the uli.org rebuild. This hands-on role spends 85–90% of time writing code, building prototypes, and shipping features for members and staff, guided by an in-house PM team.

You will manage Azure hosting and security, REST APIs, and a CMS strategy including WordPress and potential Umbraco, while ensuring WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility and performance targets.

Competenze

• Progressive, hands-on experience in web development and web platform ownership.
• Deep WordPress expertise, including the block editor, custom post types, taxonomies, and multisite.
• Experience building and running websites and web applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and building integrations between systems.
• Experience building accessible websites to WCAG 2.2 AA.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Mansioni

• Lead technical work to consolidate uli.org and its connected sites into one site for members, non-members, and staff.
• Turn business objectives into technical solutions: approach, scope, timelines, and architecture.
• Build prototypes and present them to stakeholders to test ideas early.
• Implement information architecture and content models and build the templates behind them.
• Plan and run content migration, redirects, and search continuity for launch.
• Set up measurement, including GA4, Google Tag Manager, and Core Web Vitals targets.
• Decide on CMS strategy, including Umbraco, and explain trade-offs clearly.
• Write, review, and maintain production code across web properties (WordPress and custom work).
• Design and build REST APIs and integrations for data flows between systems, including netFORUM.
• Ensure WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility as a default, not an afterthought.
• Put version control, testing, code review, and documentation practices in place.

Conoscenze

WordPress expertise

REST API design

Web development

Azure hosting

Accessibility WCAG 2.2 AA

Technical leadership

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS or related field

Strumenti

Umbraco CMS

CI/CD pipelines

Git/version control

Azure App Services

CDN/WAF management

Descrizione del lavoro

The Urban Land Institute is seeking a Lead Web Engineer to own web platform development and the uli.org rebuild. This hands-on role spends 85–90% of time writing code, building prototypes, and shipping features for members and staff, guided by an in-house PM team.

You will manage Azure hosting and security, REST APIs, and a CMS strategy including WordPress and potential Umbraco, while ensuring WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility and performance targets.