Lead Backend Engineer (WordPress, PHP, Gutenberg) – Agency
Posted 6 days ago by 1750930534
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
Greater London
Summary: The Lead Backend Engineer role focuses on developing enterprise-level WordPress plugins and themes using PHP and Gutenberg, primarily for a remote agency project. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and leading a team of senior engineers to deliver high-quality solutions. Candidates should have extensive experience in WordPress engineering and be comfortable working in US or EMEA time zones. The role is contract-based for an initial duration of 3 to 6 months, with a daily rate based on experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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.
Key Skills:
- Experience leading large-scale enterprise projects.
- Experience leading and building headless JavaScript projects with WordPress.
- Expert skills in WordPress engineering with PHP, React.js, and Gutenberg.
- Ability to debug performance and caching issues across environments.
- Code portfolio showcasing best WordPress work on GitHub.
- Preference for fully remote work and effective engagement in a distributed team.
Salary (Rate): £500 - £700 daily
City: Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
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