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

Software Engineering

Greater London Contract / 3 - 6 months US$500 - US$700 per day

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: zero
Job Duration: 3 - 6 months
Job Start Date: ASAP
Job Industries: Software Engineering
Job Locations: Greater London
Job Types: Contract

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