Sidelines Group is looking for an experienced and passionate WordPress Team Lead to join our DEV Team. You will be responsible for the company's WordPress assets for both back-end and front-end development, including optimizing WordPress themes and plugins & improving performance.

We are expecting you to have a strong understanding of the latest industry trends.

About Sidelines

Sidelines Group is one of the fastest-growing sports betting and iGaming affiliate companies in the industry, specializing in experience-driven technology.

We’re looking for employees who are ambitious, willingly take ownership, and execute effectively - all to power the company forward.

What will you do?

• Lead and manage a team of remote Wordpress Developers, including mentoring, training, and task assignment.
• Writing clean, well-commented, functional code on the front and backend
• Designing and implementing new features and functionality
• Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
• Being versatile, accommodating and willing to think collectively – outside-of-the-box
  
  
  

What will you bring to the table?

• At least 2 years of management experience in leading small to medium teams with hands-on responsibility.
• 3+ years of experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• 2+ years of experience developing in WordPress
• Knowledge of multiple frontend languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript)
• Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
• Experience optimizing web pages and improving page speed
• Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
• Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML)
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Organizational skills and attention to details