WordPress Architect - Photon ( Bangalore , Hyderabad , Chennai)

Hi Greetings from Photon ,

n Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) / Gutenberg designing flexible, scalable content models.

Immediate Candidates ,  Experience 12 + years

1. Core WordPress Expertise

 - Deep knowledge of WordPress core architecture (hooks, filters, REST API, database schema).
Multisite setup & management domain mapping, shared users, centralized vs. brand-specific themes.Theme & Plugin architecture ability to build enterprise-grade custom themes/plugins that comply with WP VIP coding standards.Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) / Gutenberg designing flexible, scalable content models.

2. WP VIP Hosting Knowledge

 Familiarity with WordPress VIP platform (VIP Go, VIP CLI, and CI/CD pipelines).
Code review and performance standards – strong grasp of WordPress Coding Standards (PHPCS), linting, and VIP Go requirements.Caching strategies – page/object caching, Advanced Post Cache, Redis, and VIP’s built-in caching layers.Security compliance – secure coding practices, restricted plugins, data handling, GDPR compliance.

3. Performance & Scalability

 Large-scale traffic handling – query optimization, scaling multisite databases, use of transient/APIs.
Front-end performance – asset concatenation/minification, lazy loading, Core Web Vitals optimization.CDN/Edge delivery – integration with Cloudflare or VIP’s edge caching for global sites.

4. Technical Leadership & Architecture

 Solution architecture design – multisite brand hierarchy, shared vs. isolated codebases, content modeling, headless CMS hierarchy.
Integration expertise – REST APIs, GraphQL, headless/decoupled options, external CRMs/marketing tools.DevOps awareness – Docker, Lando, WSL, GitHub/GitLab workflows, CI/CD pipelines for VIP.

Monitoring & observability – New Relic, Logstash, VIP logs, debugging performance bottlenecks.

5. Collaboration & Best Practices

 Agile project collaboration – Jira, Confluence, Git workflows (PRs, code reviews).
Documentation – technical architecture docs, coding guidelines, onboarding resources.Mentoring developers – setting coding standards, ensuring compliance with VIP review processes.

6. Nice-to-Have

 Experience with multilingual/multi-region sites (WPML, Polylang, or custom solutions).
SEO optimization for enterprise – structured data, hreflang, canonical, SEO Schema WorkflowThird-party service integrations – marketing automation, analytics (Parse.ly, GA4), DAMs (Brandfolder), etc.

 Exposing WordPress as a headless CMS, along with integration capabilities for external content providers (GenAI in the GW use case) and the necessary authorization mechanisms for the same

Interested Candidates pls share the resume to Email id :

rajeshdeepak.dhanasekaran@photon.com