[rtCamp] Lead WordPress Engineer

Job Description

We are searching for a talented and proactive WordPress Engineer to provide extensive support to our technical team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing high-quality software solutions and making critical decisions regarding their implementation.
You will actively participate in coding and other development activities. The ideal candidate should possess expertise in designing distributed systems, a deep understanding of WordPress architecture, and proficiency in both front-end and back-end technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing leadership and mentoring to the development team, making sure that the implementation is consistent with the requirement.
• Making high-level design choices and establishing technical standards, including WordPress coding standards, best practices, tools, and platforms.
• Creating a proof of concept (POC) prototypes to validate the feasibility of chosen solutions.
• Developing architectural and design principles that enhance the performance, capacity, and scalability of projects.
• Work on Requirements gathering and estimation during the Pre-sales phase.
• Write and maintain technical project documentation, including inline code commenting and GitHub Readme.md at the bare minimum.
• Communicating effectively with stakeholders, providing clear explanations of system architecture, design decisions, progress updates, and respecting the timeline of projects.
• Identifying and mitigating business risks associated with solution architecture.
• Contributing directly to coding and development tasks as needed to maintain hands-on familiarity with projects.
• Establishing robust testing, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), monitoring, and observability practices.

Must Haves

• 5+ years of experience as a WordPress Engineer/Developer.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Experience of leading and mentoring the development team.
• In-depth WordPress engineering experience with high-quality outcome.
• Hands-on experience of WordPress backend and frontend
• Good understanding of computer science fundamentals.
• Ability to debug and troubleshoot code.

Good to Have

• Development experience for WordPress VIP platform projects.
• Gutenberg block (and Full Site Editor) development experience.
• Working knowledge of WordPress REST API or GraphQL.
• Experience of writing/blogging/public speaking and/or community contributions.
• Knowledge of and experience with DevOps practices.
• Prior experience of working with remote team.

About rtCamp

rtCamp is a full-service agency with a global team of 120+ remote employees. Founded in 2009, we have more than a decade’s experience empowering our clients with beautiful and robust solutions, built exclusively around WordPress.

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