• Provide technical leadership and advisory oversight across engineering teams and initiatives • Define and evolve system architecture and design standards, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability • Guide teams on technology selection, architectural trade-offs, and best practices • Serve as a technical mentor to senior and mid-level engineers, raising overall engineering maturity • Oversee and improve CI/CD, release management, and DevOps practices to enable reliable, high-velocity delivery • Establish strong repository management and code governance practices using platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, or equivalent • Partner with product, business, and leadership stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical strategy • Review critical designs, lead architectural discussions, and provide final technical sign-off where required • Drive adoption of engineering best practices, including security, observability, performance, and reliability

• Take ownership of the successful implementation and delivery of new features and projects using a variety of languages and frameworks such as Golang, Python, and PostgreSQL • Build and maintain data pipelines and tooling powering analytics, operational workflows, and product capabilities • Actively participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews to ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of the Happy Returns system • Enforce clean code coding standards and excellent coding practices by conducting thoughtful code reviews and upholding a commitment to testing and maintainability • Learn from senior engineers, contribute to knowledge-sharing sessions, and continuously expand your technical and problem-solving skills as you grow into more complex projects • Partner with Product, Data, and other engineering teams to translate their needs into technical solutions • Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and documentation workflows • Support the health and stability of our systems through thoughtful testing monitoring, and debugging

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable WordPress solutions including custom plugins and complex integrations from the ground up. • Design and develop custom Gutenberg blocks using React, delivering rich, interactive experiences. • Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and mockups into pixel-perfect, standards-compliant templates. • Develop and consume RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services (CRM, ESB, AWS, SolR) into the WordPress ecosystem. • Champion performance optimization across WordPress sites: caching, database tuning, and code optimization. • Proactively troubleshoot and resolve performance issues across WordPress environments, identifying bottlenecks in code, queries, server configuration, and third-party integrations. • Design, develop, and integrate AI Agents and AI-powered workflows into WordPress platforms, leveraging APIs such as OpenAI, LangChain, or similar frameworks to automate processes and enhance user experiences. • Ensure security best practices are applied across WordPress installations: hardening, vulnerability scanning, and regular updates. • Lead and participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality standards across the team. • Stay current with WordPress core updates, Gutenberg roadmap, and the broader web development ecosystem.

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable WordPress solutions including custom themes, plugins, and Gutenberg blocks from the ground up. • Lead the development of custom Gutenberg blocks using React, delivering rich, interactive editor experiences for content teams. • Build and maintain containerized WordPress environments using Docker for consistent development, staging, and production deployments. • Design and develop custom WordPress themes that are performant, accessible, and mobile-responsive, following best practices. • Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and mockups into pixel-perfect, standards-compliant templates. • Develop and consume RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services (CRMs, marketing tools) into the WordPress ecosystem. • Implement and enforce Git-based version control workflows including branching strategies, code reviews, and pull request processes. • Champion performance optimization across WordPress sites: caching, database tuning, image optimization, and Core Web Vitals improvements. • Proactively troubleshoot and resolve performance issues across WordPress environments, identifying bottlenecks in code, queries, server configuration, and third-party integrations. • Implement and maintain Google Analytics tracking, including event tracking, custom dimensions, and GA4 data layer configurations to support data-driven decision making. • Ensure security best practices are applied across WordPress installations: hardening, vulnerability scanning, and regular updates. • Lead and participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality standards across the team. • Drive CI/CD pipeline development and automation for WordPress deployments using Jenkins and GitHub Actions. • Stay current with WordPress core updates, Gutenberg roadmap, and the broader web development ecosystem.