Lead Website Developer

Bring your custom Word Press expertise to a role where your technical leadership directly shapes our brands digital future. Miles IT is searching for a Lead Website Developer to inspire our web team, drive code quality, and elevate our entire internal web ecosystem. Youll balance hands-on custom PHP, JavaScript, and block development with the rewarding challenge of coaching mid-level developers and streamlining our delivery pipelines.

If you're looking for a role that offers technical freedom, meaningful team leadership, and a collaborative, fast-paced marketing culture,

• Lead the web development team run daily/weekly stand-ups and team meetings, assign and prioritize work across developers, unblock the team, and take ownership of delivery timelines and quality across all active projects.
• Own code quality and standards — review team members' code, enforce standards for Word Press/HTML/CSS/PHP/JavaScript, and make technical and architecture decisions (site structure, plugin choices, performance approach, Git workflow).
• Mentor and develop the team — coach junior and mid-level developers, give feedback, and raise the technical bar of the group over time.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact in cross-team meetings with design, content, marketing technology, and project management — this is where excellent spoken English is essential.
• Oversee development updates and troubleshooting on supported internal sites (WP Engine / Word Press / plugin / PHP version upgrades, performance and site-speed improvements).
• Provide input on hiring, onboarding, and capacity planning for the development team; support landing-page and marketing-asset builds across Word Press, Hub Spot.
• In addition to your technical and leadership skills, you should have an ability to look at a problem holistically and make common sense determinations and decisions on how to proceed.

• 4+ years of professional custom Word Press development (able to code without page builders) plus 1+ year leading, mentoring, or coordinating other developers.
• Word Press Development (custom, no page builders);
  Word Press Gutenberg (block editor), including building custom blocks and block-based theme work; HTML/CSS; PHP;
  JavaScript;
  Git and team version-control workflows; code review.
• Excellent spoken AND written English — must be able to lead meetings, explain complex technical concepts clearly, and communicate confidently with US-based teammates. Leadership, accountability, patience, strong work ethic, attention to quality and detail, collaborative.

• Education & Experience
  : BA/BS or equivalent degree and 5+ years of Word Press development with demonstrated formal team-lead or people-management experience.
• Tailwind CSS, Hub Spot, Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager, site performance optimization, technical planning and architecture.
• Conflict resolution, coaching ability, comfort giving direct feedback, ability to translate business requirements into technical plans.

• 2:00 PM to 11:30 PM IST