Software Developer — PHP & WordPress

About Mu Sigma

Big Data tops many a list of business priorities, thanks to its growing volume, velocity, and variety. However, it is not data, but change that is the cause of anxiety to organisation, bringing with it greater complexity. The challenge here is that analytical thinking isnt keeping pace with the rate of change in business. This is where we come in we address the gaps. Mu Sigma is one of the worlds largest Decision Sciences and analytics firm. We help over 140 Fortune 500 clients, across 10 industry verticals, to institutionalize data-driven decision making, and to harness Big Data. We provide our clients with a holistic ecosystem of proprietary technology platforms, processes and people. This ecosystem helps us scale the use of our unique interdisciplinary approach of combining math, business, technology, behavioural science and design thinking to operationalize Decision Science as opposed to Data Science.

Our unique approach to problem solving using cross-industry expertise corroborates our sustainable engagement model with our clients still further, making us one of the most preferred analytics and Decision Sciences partners. With over 3500 Decision Sciences professionals, we pride ourselves in being a category and career defining company. As we continue to scale, we are also looking at hiring the right talent across various levels in our organisation. Our unique talent management philosophy has been critically acclaimed by the likes of Harvard Business Review.

About the role:

Software Developer PHP & WordPress Org-platform Engineering

Location : Bengaluru (On-site)

Experience : 34 Years Experience

Qualification : BE / B. Tech

Own the full life cycle of Mu Sigma's web platforms WordPress development, third-party integrations, CI/CD pipelines, and release governance. At a Glance Experience Location Team.

WordPress is a strong plus Hands-on, ownership-oriented role responsible for the development and operational health of Mu Sigma's WordPress-based platforms. You will drive feature development, manage integrations, own deployment pipelines, and enforce security and change management practices with a growth path toward mentoring and technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Development

Build and maintain WordPress sites and internal portals themes, templates, Gutenberg components, custom plugins (hooks, filters, REST API, data handling).

Integrate with third-party services (auth providers, CRMs, analytics, communication tools) via REST APIs and web hooks.

Write clean, performant PHP and JavaScript (ES6+); implement responsive, accessible UI from design mockups. DevSecOps & Change Management

Own CI/CD pipelines across dev, staging, and production; manage Docker-based containerisation.

Enforce security best practices OWASP principles, dependency audits, access control, HTTPS/TLS.

Lead release change management: impact assessment, rollback planning, stakeholder communication (~12 windows/quarter).

Monitor platform health; own incident triage and root cause resolution. Collaboration & Documentation

Translate business requirements into technical specifications with product managers.

Review junior developer work; grow into a mentoring role over time.

Maintain runbooks, architecture decisions, deployment procedures, and API references.

Skill and Competencies:

Must Have:

WordPress internals: plugin API, WP_Query, theme hierarchy, REST API HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+)

REST/SOAP API integrations, OAuth2/JWT MySQL/MariaDB

Git (branching strategies, PR reviews, release tagging)

DevOps & Security CI/CD pipelines GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent Docker Dockerfile authoring, container management, env consistency

Linux basics: shell scripting, log management, cron, file permissions OWASP Top 10, CSRF/XSS prevention, secrets management, change documentation

Nice to Have:

Cloud platform exposure (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)

Kubernetes Observability tools (Grafana, Datadog)

ISMS / ISO 27001 familiarity

WordPress multisite or LMS experience What We Offer Technical

Ownership Leadership Runway Full-stack platform ownership from plugin development to production infrastructure. Clear growth path into a senior or lead role, with mentoring opportunities. Meaningful Work Collaborative Culture Platforms used daily by thousands of Mu Sigma employees. Engineering culture that values documentation, code quality, and continuous improvement.