Tech Lead, WordPress Development
? Remote | Preferred hours: 2 AM – 10 AM PT, Monday–Friday
?? Department: Web Engineering
? Reports to: Director of Technology
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Join the Future of Digital Experience at Breadstack
Step into a transformative career with Breadstack Solutions, a global leader in e-commerce enablement. Our cutting-edge technology empowers businesses to understand their customers, personalize digital experiences, and scale operations through intelligent automation and data-driven insights.
At Breadstack, we focus on unlocking customer lifetime value, boosting repeat engagement, and driving digital commerce efficiency. Our platform fuses robust analytics, seamless integrations, and customer data orchestration to power unified, deeply personalized customer journeys.
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Role Overview
We are searching for a Tech Lead to architect and drive the evolution of our WordPress ecosystem. This role is perfect for a hands-on senior engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and leading from the front.
You’ll be responsible for guiding a talented team of WordPress developers, ensuring best practices in engineering, and jumping in as the “developer of last resort” to untangle the most stubborn issues.
This is a mission-critical role with global impact — and we’re counting on your expertise to set the bar for technical excellence.
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What You’ll Do
• Serve as the technical authority on all WordPress projects
• Provide architectural guidance, oversee code quality, and enforce best practices
• Lead and mentor a distributed team of WordPress developers
• Debug, optimize, and rescue underperforming or broken sites
• Ensure site stability, performance, and scalability
• Coordinate with Product, Design, and DevOps to deliver polished, scalable solutions
• Conduct code reviews, set technical direction, and uphold Breadstack engineering standards
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What You Bring
? Core Technical Skills
• 3+ years of advanced WordPress development experience
• Mastery of:
• PHP, SQL, and the WordPress API (incl. REST)
• ACF / ACF Blocks
• JavaScript (vanilla, jQuery, AJAX), Node.js, Gulp, npm
• CSS frameworks: SCSS, Bootstrap, Tailwind
• Composer, JSON, and 3rd-party API integrations
• Git CLI: merging, rebasing, conflict resolution
• Strong in:
• Debugging & optimizing for perfect Lighthouse scores
• Translating designs into responsive, pixel-perfect frontends
• Crisis recovery from crashes or urgent production bugs
• Connecting WordPress with external systems or platforms
?? Advanced Systems Knowledge
• MVC/OOP principles
• SSH & Linux command-line workflows
• Jira for Agile/Scrum workflows
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes
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Soft Skills That Set You Apart
• Clear, confident technical communicator
• Empathetic mentor and team leader
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity and prioritizing under pressure
• Naturally curious and consistently raising the technical bar
• Excellent written and verbal English
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How to Apply
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