XWP

• Be an Engaged Team Member • Contribute to estimations for all tickets in the backlog and participate in Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Review Meetings • Adhere to Agile Scrum Methodologies and organizational processes • Be a candid, respectful and supportive teammate and leader • Work closely and collaboratively with others to develop solutions • Shape technical direction in collaboration with teammates, balancing client needs, maintainability, and long-term scalability • Champion Engineering Best Practices • Review and write unit, integration, and regression tests when appropriate • Write and maintain unit tests with PHPUnit, enforce static analysis with PHPStan, and build end-to-end tests with Playwright • Conduct architectural peer reviews for code created by other engineers • Set up build and test environments as well as deploying code • Implement PHP and JavaScript Linting • Setting up CI/CD workflows with Github Actions • Implement standard Docker local development environments • Monitor and optimize application performance using tools like Sentry for error tracking, New Relic for application logs and performance metrics, and Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals for frontend performance • Write Secure, Performant, Scalable Code • Develop custom WordPress plugins for use at enterprise scale • Object Oriented Programming • Create custom React-based Blocks • Utilize WordPress technologies like WP-CLI and REST API • Build custom, performant SQL queries • Package management tools like NPM and Composer • Responsive interface development and interface extension using JavaScript • Debugging across a wide range of browsers and devices • Develop and maintain plugins and themes that meet WordPress VIP coding standards and deployment requirements.

• Define XWP’s Technology Vision • Set and uphold enterprise WordPress standards for security, reliability, performance, and scalability. • Define our evolving service offerings and capability model to meet market demand. • Guide long-term architectural direction and reduce systemic rework • Own Our AI Engineering Strategy • Lead company-wide AI transformation initiatives grounded in measurable business impact • Improve productivity, delivery speed, and code quality through AI-augmented workflows • Identify and implement AI-enabled client offerings • Evaluate emerging tools and shifts in digital platform ecosystems • Strengthen Our Revenue Engine • Serve as executive technical authority in key sales engagements • Contribute to technical discovery, solutioning, and strategic estimations • Support the development of reusable, scalable service offerings • Strengthen our positioning within enterprise publishing and media markets • Engineering Leadership • Mentor and develop Directors of Engineering as strategic leaders • Ensure engineering capability evolves with market demands • Build a culture of mastery that engineers respect and aspire toward • Represent XWP Externally • Engage in open-source contribution and thought leadership • Serve as a visible leader in the WordPress and open web ecosystem • Deepen relationships with strategic technology partners and represent XWP credibly in high-stakes client and industry settings • Contribute at the Senior Leadership Level • Manage the engineering budget in alignment with company financial objectives • Participate actively in agency-wide strategy • Evaluate long-term technology investments against margin, growth, and differentiation goals