Senior WordPress Engineer

Saytar; Union, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote within EU

Senior-only team

Budget for tools and conferences

Global client exposure

Job summary

Saytar is seeking a senior WordPress engineering lead to drive architecture for high-traffic global brands, design and maintain custom plugins and themes, and streamline publishing workflows used by content teams. You will own reliability and security for the platforms you touch, and collaborate closely with clients as the technical voice in the room.

The role demands five or more years building WordPress at scale, strong CI and code-review practices, and exceptional written English.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building custom WordPress at scale.
• Experience with CI, code review and keeping production boring.
• Clear written English and the confidence to disagree with a client kindly.

Responsibilities

• Lead core engineering on enterprise WordPress platforms that publish daily.
• Build new functionality and maintain custom plugins and themes.
• Re-engineer admin experiences so editors move faster, not slower.
• Own performance, security and release quality on the sites you touch.
• Work directly with clients as the technical voice in the room.

Skills

WordPress at scale

CI/CD

Code review

Written English

Tools

Contentful

Strapi

Contentstack

Job description

POSTED

August 6, 2026

You will lead the engineering on high-traffic WordPress platforms for global brands: architecture, custom plugins and themes, and the publishing workflows the content teams live in.

What you will do

• Lead core engineering on enterprise WordPress platforms that publish daily.
• Build new functionality and maintain custom plugins and themes.
• Re-engineer admin experiences so editors move faster, not slower.
• Own performance, security and release quality on the sites you touch.
• Work directly with clients as the technical voice in the room.

What we look for

• Five or more years building custom WordPress at scale, not just assembling themes.
• Experience with CI, code review and keeping production boring.
• Clear written English and the confidence to disagree with a client kindly.

Nice to have

• Headless experience with Contentful, Strapi or Contentstack.
• Migrations off Drupal or legacy WordPress estates.

What we offer

• Fully remote within the EU, with a few hours of daily overlap.
• A senior-only team, so no ramp-up theatre and no babysitting.
• Budget for tools, conferences and the certifications you actually want.
• Clients whose work is visible: global sports, hospitality and platforms.

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