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Job Summary:
Tranzeal Incorporated is seeking a Senior WordPress Platform Engineer who will act as a technical steward for a complex WordPress platform. The role requires proactive management of the platform environment, effective communication with stakeholders, and ownership of security and compliance requirements.
Responsibilities:
• Proactively manages the platform environment
• Communicates without being chased
• Flags risks before they become problems
• Operates independently in ambiguous situations
• Manages the relationship
• WordPress Multisite architecture and operations at enterprise scale
• Multilingual site management (WPML or equivalent) across multiple regional instances
• Custom theme and plugin development — not theme-level configuration
• Template architecture, URL structure governance, and taxonomy management
• Enterprise security and vulnerability management — owns remediation, does not escalate anxiety
• Experience handling third-party security audits, penetration testing coordination, and compliance documentation
• Plugin lifecycle governance: evaluation, approval, patching, and retirement frameworks
• CI/CD pipeline management and deployment workflows
• Performance optimization — Core Web Vitals, caching, CDN, PageSpeed
• Cloud-hosted WordPress environments (WP Engine, Azure, AWS, or equivalent)
• Ability to execute from mockups and rough directions no Figma dependency required
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent) active use, not familiarity
• Proactive, structured communication — owns the working relationship, does not wait to be managed
• Able to translate technical issues into plain language for non-technical marketing stakeholders
• Responsive during core PST business hours; clear about availability and capacity
• URL structure cleanup and consistency across three regional sites
• Podcast and archive routing conflict resolution
• Category taxonomy gaps and standardization
• Template inconsistencies across regional instances
• Regional sync issues between English, Japanese, and Chinese sites
• Plugin lifecycle audit and governance framework establishment
• Security vulnerability backlog remediation
Qualifications:
Required:
• 12+ years of experience in web/platform engineering, with strong focus on WordPress
• Proven expertise in WordPress multisite architecture and operations
• Strong knowledge of PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, and modern web technologies
• WordPress Multisite architecture and operations at enterprise scale
• Multilingual site management (WPML or equivalent) across multiple regional instances
• Custom theme and plugin development — not theme-level configuration
• Template architecture, URL structure governance, and taxonomy management
• Enterprise security and vulnerability management — owns remediation, does not escalate anxiety
• Experience handling third-party security audits, penetration testing coordination, and compliance documentation
• Plugin lifecycle governance: evaluation, approval, patching, and retirement frameworks
• CI/CD pipeline management and deployment workflows
• Performance optimization — Core Web Vitals, caching, CDN, PageSpeed
• Cloud-hosted WordPress environments (WP Engine, Azure, AWS, or equivalent)
• Ability to execute from mockups and rough directions no Figma dependency required
• Proactive, structured communication — owns the working relationship, does not wait to be managed
• Able to translate technical issues into plain language for non-technical marketing stakeholders
• Responsive during core PST business hours; clear about availability and capacity
Preferred:
• Experience working with Copilot, Claude
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent) active use, not familiarity
Company:
Tranzeal is an industry leading global Business Transformation Service Provider. Founded in , the company is headquartered in San Jose, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.