Senior Full Stack Engineer (WooCommerce)

Location: Remote
Experience: 5+ years
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer (WooCommerce) with deep technical expertise and a passion for building high-performance, scalable eCommerce solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in custom plugin development, performance optimization, and system architecture, balancing hands-on coding with technical leadership. You’ll work on complex, high-traffic WooCommerce implementations, architecting robust, fast, and maintainable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain custom WordPress and WooCommerce plugins, themes, and APIs.
• Architect and implement scalable and performant eCommerce solutions for large product catalogs (100k+ SKUs) and high concurrent traffic.
• Optimize website performance at application and server levels (caching, query optimization, resource management).
• Implement custom pricing, shipping, and discount logic based on business rules.
• Integrate third-party APIs (payment gateways, CRMs, ERPs, shipping, inventory) with secure data handling.
• Manage large data imports, migrations, and cron jobs efficiently.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, ensuring high uptime.
• Apply best practices in SEO optimization, code versioning, and CI/CD deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital experiences.
• Mentor junior developers and participate in code reviews.

Required Technical Skills

Core Technologies

• WordPress (Core, REST API, Hooks, Filters)
• WooCommerce (customization, architecture, performance tuning)
• PHP 7.x / 8.x (advanced-level programming)
• MySQL (query optimization, indexing, data structure design)
• JavaScript (ES6+), jQuery, AJAX
• HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Tailwind / Bootstrap
• Git (GitHub, Bitbucket, or GitLab)

Performance & Optimization

• Experience with object caching (Redis, Memcached), page caching, and transients.
• Image optimization, lazy loading, and CSS/JS minification.
• CDN configuration and load balancing.
• Query and database optimization for large datasets.

Server & DevOps

• Familiarity with Nginx, Apache, PHP-FPM, MySQL tuning.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines).
• Knowledge of AWS / DigitalOcean / Google Cloud / WP Engine / Kinsta.
• Logging and monitoring tools (New Relic, Query Monitor, WP-CLI).

Integrations

• Payment, shipping, inventory sync, CRM, and ERP integrations via REST or SOAP APIs.
• Experience with webhooks and asynchronous job handling.

SEO & Analytics

• On-page SEO (schema, metadata, sitemaps).
• Experience with Yoast / RankMath / AIOSEO.
• Integration of Google Analytics, GTM, and Search Console.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• Experience with headless WordPress (Next.js, React).
• Knowledge of Docker or containerized environments.
• Experience with ElasticSearch, Algolia, or similar for product search.
• Contribution to WordPress open-source projects.
• Understanding of UX optimization and A/B testing.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: ₹1,200,000.00 - ₹1,500,000.00 per year
Work Location: Remote