Wordpress Developer

About Us

CoinGape is Asia's largest online crypto publisher, awarded Best Crypto Media Company 2024. CoinGape is rewriting the rules of traditional media and building a tech-enabled future for journalism. The CoinGape team is spread across four continents and 15 countries, delivering quality news and world-class marketing services around the clock.

With an average of over 4 million monthly visitors, readers are spread across 120 countries, and content is republished in four languages. CoinGape is growing at a rapid pace. Stay tuned to CoinGape and never miss another crypto update.

Job Profile: WordPress Developer

Office Location: Gurgaon/Remote/Hybrid

Job Type: Full-time

Role Overview:

We are looking for a WordPress Developer Manager to lead our backend development team. The ideal candidate will own the website's architecture, ensure smooth operations, and make strategic tech decisions while mentoring developers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead backend development for CoinGape's WordPress-powered platforms.
• Architect and implement new features and functionalities.
• Ensure 100% uptime, troubleshoot, and resolve critical WordPress errors (fatal errors, upgrade failures, etc.) quickly.
• Oversee CMS management, cookies management, and third-party integrations.
• Work closely with front-end, marketing, and design teams.
• Monitor and improve website performance, scalability, SEO, and security.
• Decide on tech stack and cloud resource allocation (AWS, DigitalOcean, etc.).
• Manage, guide, and mentor a team of developers while conducting peer code reviews.
• Maintain Git management and CI/CD pipelines for streamlined deployments.
• Handle database optimization and server monitoring (New Relic preferred).
• Implement and manage security protocols: IP blocking, bot attacks, DDOS mitigation, firewalls, and Cloudflare handling.
• Optimize SEO-centric aspects: Core Web Vitals, page speed, search console error fixes, custom sitemaps, schema, hreflang subfolders.
• Manage login functionality, user profiles, and authentication systems.
• Develop and maintain APIs (REST, Postman testing, JSON, XML).
• Ensure platform stability for high-traffic websites (1M+ MAU) with 50k+ pages.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong experience with WordPress backend development & PHP.
• Expertise in LAMP stack with deep knowledge of custom themes, plugins, caching, and upgrades.
• Hands-on knowledge of MySQL, REST APIs, JSON, XML, JavaScript.
• Proven experience in handling SEO optimization, security protocols, firewalls, and cloud deployments.
• Ability to architect and scale enterprise-level WordPress solutions.
• Experience with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and collaborative code reviews.
• Leadership experience in managing and mentoring development teams.