Lead Backend Engineer (WordPress, PHP, Gutenberg) – Agency

Salt • Remote (Greater London) • 1d ago

Lead Backend Engineer (WordPress, PHP, Gutenberg) – Agency – Remote (US/EMEA Time zone)

Daily rate: $500 – $700

Duration: 6 months

Start: ASAP

My client is looking for 2 Lead Backend Engineers to join an exciting new project initially for 3 – 6 months. This role is fully remote but you will be required to work either US or EMEA time zones not both.

Role:

Develop enterprise-level WordPress plugins and/or themes primarily using PHP and Gutenberg blocks in React.js.
Drive strategy in collaboration with experts across multiple disciplines, and lead overall technical vision and delivery on large-scale projects.
Engage meaningfully with clients; leading demos and driving discussions.
Contribute to the improvement of the Engineering discipline by leading and mentoring other fellow engineers.
Ultimately you will make the web better by finely crafting websites, apps, and tools that reach millions of online visitors every day.

About you:

Your experience leading large-scale enterprise projects makes you well-suited to lead a team of senior engineers, and wrangle multiple stakeholders, to find simple yet elegant solutions to complex problems.
You have experience leading and building headless JavaScript projects with WordPress.
Your expert skills in WordPress engineering with PHP, React.js, and Gutenberg consistently follow best practices and set the highest standards of excellence.
You have a code portfolio. Link us to your best WordPress work on GitHub and you’ll never have to do any live coding or whiteboard testing!
You have the ability to expertly debug performance and caching issues across environments.
You prefer to work fully remote and are effectively engaging in a distributed team from the location of your choosing.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements

Job Information

Job Reference: JO-2506-354539

Salary: US$500 - US$700 per day

Salary per: day

Job Duration: 3 - 6 months

Job Start Date: ASAP

Job Industries: Software Engineering

Job Locations: Greater London

Job Types: Contract

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