MS NOW- Wordpress Web Engineer

OKAYA INFOCOM; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

OKAYA INFOCOM is seeking a Senior WordPress / React / GraphQL Engineer to own and evolve the MS NOW digital publishing platform. You will manage WordPress CMS, editorial workflows, and provide React-based frontend experiences with GraphQL APIs for web and mobile clients.

The role focuses on delivering reliable content experiences while supporting live video, subscriptions and entitlements, third-party integrations, performance, accessibility, and production operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on WordPress engineering experience, including custom plugin and theme development in PHP.
• Strong GraphQL experience: schema design, resolver implementation, query performance, caching, authorization.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the MS NOW digital publishing platform: WordPress CMS and editorial workflows, React-based frontend experiences, and GraphQL APIs consumed by web and mobile clients.
• Build reliable content experiences while supporting live video, subscriptions and entitlements, third-party integrations, performance, accessibility, and production operations.
• Collaborate with frontend and backend teams to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable delivery.

Skills

WordPress

GraphQL

PHP

React

API design

Tools

WordPress VIP

Job description

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the NYC office

Final Interview: Mandatory in-person interview with the client

Skill to Evaluate

Wordpress Developer

Job Description

Senior WordPress / React / GraphQL Engineer

Own and evolve the MS NOW digital publishing platform: WordPress CMS and editorial workflows, React-based frontend experiences, and GraphQL APIs consumed by web and mobile clients. The role will build reliable content experiences while supporting live video, subscriptions and entitlements, third-party integrations, performance, accessibility, and production operations.

Core responsibilities

• 5+ years of hands-on WordPress engineering experience, including custom plugin and theme development in PHP.
• Strong GraphQL experience: schema design, resolver implementation, query performance, caching, authorization, backward-compatible evolution, and API documentation.
• Experience running WordPress at scale, ideally on WordPress VIP or a comparable managed, high-traffic platform.