Senior Full Stack Developer (Web & CMS Platforms)

Location: Mysore, Karnataka

Experience: 7+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer to drive development and technical execution across web technology projects at ZenSciences.

This role requires a strong agency-side developer with deep expertise in PHP, WordPress, and CMS-based platforms, along with the ability to manage end-to-end web development workflows including deployment, hosting coordination, troubleshooting, and technical feasibility assessment.

The ideal candidate should combine hands-on development expertise, technical ownership, architecture thinking, and delivery responsibility, while closely collaborating with the Project Management and Account Management teams.

This is primarily a hands-on development role, with the long-term objective of helping build and strengthen the web technology team.

Key Responsibilities

Full Stack Development & Technical Execution

• Lead end-to-end development across:
• WordPress
• Core PHP
• Laravel
• CMS-driven web platforms
• Handle custom theme and module development
• Work on frontend implementation using:
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Bootstrap
• Develop scalable, performance-oriented, and SEO-friendly web solutions
• Troubleshoot bugs, technical issues, and production-level problems
• Ensure code quality, maintainability, and performance optimization

Technical Ownership & Delivery

• Take ownership of ongoing and new development projects
• Work closely with the Project Manager and Account Management teams for smooth project execution
• Support architecture discussions, technical planning, and feasibility assessments
• Participate in code reviews and technical quality control
• Ensure smooth staging, deployment, and go-live processes
• Support project estimation and effort planning

CMS, Hosting & Server Management

Strong working knowledge of:

• cPanel / Plesk
• AWS Lightsail / EC2 basics
• Hostinger / Cloudways / DigitalOcean environments
• deployment workflows
• DNS / domain / email configuration
• SSL setup and renewals
• backups and restoration
• staging-to-live migrations
• uptime troubleshooting
• website performance optimization

This role does not require deep enterprise DevOps expertise, but requires strong practical experience in managing hosting and deployment environments typically used in agency-led web projects.

Technical SEO & Web Performance

• Ensure websites are built with strong technical SEO foundations
• Work closely with SEO teams on:
• crawlability
• indexing
• Core Web Vitals
• schema implementation
• page speed optimization
• structured metadata
• Support implementation of SEO and performance recommendations

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with:
• Project Management teams
• Account Management teams
• UI/UX designers
• SEO specialists
• Content teams
• external technology vendors
• Explain technical feasibility and implementation approaches to internal and client-facing teams
• Support pitches and pre-sales discussions wherever required

Team Building & Technical Leadership

• Help establish development best practices and coding standards
• Support future hiring and onboarding of developers
• Contribute toward building and scaling the internal web technology team
• Act as a strong technical backbone for the delivery function

Tools & Platforms

Strong working knowledge of:

• WordPress
• PHP / Laravel
• Drupal (good to have)
• MySQL
• Git / version control
• cPanel / Plesk
• AWS Lightsail / EC2 basics
• Cloudways / Hostinger / DigitalOcean
• Google Workspace
• project collaboration tools

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in web development and CMS-based platforms
• Proven agency-side development experience is mandatory
• Strong expertise in:
• PHP
• WordPress
• Laravel
• frontend fundamentals
• Experience handling complete website development lifecycles
• Strong understanding of hosting, deployment, and server environments used in web projects
• Good understanding of technical SEO and website performance optimization
• Strong problem-solving and debugging capabilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for someone who can function as:

Senior Developer + Technical Owner + Delivery Support + Future Team Builder

The ideal candidate should be equally comfortable with:

• hands-on development
• technical troubleshooting
• deployment management
• technical coordination
• architecture thinking
• SEO-aware development
• cross-functional collaboration