Remote Lead Web Platform Engineer — WordPress to Headless

Appalachian Mountain Club

Boston (MA)

Hybrid

USD 77,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan
Life Insurance
401(k) / 403(b) matching
Paid Time Off
AMC Membership

Job summary

The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is seeking a Lead Web Platform Engineer to own and evolve our website platform, stabilizing WordPress today and shaping a headless CMS future. You will collaborate with Salesforce, Data, and Marketing to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable digital experiences for donors, members, and staff.

Ideal candidates have strong WordPress expertise, AWS hands-on experience, and a background in APIs, data integrations, and security.

Qualifications

  • 3–5 years owning/administering a CMS/web platform in production.
  • Strong WordPress experience in production environments.
  • Experience with payment gateways and webhook/API integrations.

Responsibilities

  • Stabilize and elevate the current WordPress environment.
  • Architect the next generation platform including a headless CMS future state.
  • Establish platform governance, standards, and deployment practices.
  • Partner with Marketing and other teams to modernize publishing workflows.
  • Translate business needs into scalable digital architecture decisions.

Skills

WordPress
AWS
Payment gateways
Webhooks & APIs
Salesforce
Data integrations
Security / IAM
CMS architecture
Gravity Forms
Headless CMS
Structured data
Penetration testing

Tools

WordPress hosting
Salesforce integrations
Security reviews

Job description

The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is seeking a Lead Web Platform Engineer to own and evolve our website platform, stabilizing WordPress today and shaping a headless CMS future. You will collaborate with Salesforce, Data, and Marketing to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable digital experiences for donors, members, and staff.

Ideal candidates have strong WordPress expertise, AWS hands-on experience, and a background in APIs, data integrations, and security.

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