Lead WordPress Developer

Speak our language!

We are Lingoda. We are promoting wealth and opportunity through Education! Our mission is to empower global talent with the language, cultural and technical skills for integration and success.

Lingoda is a fast-growing online language partner for language learners aspiring to provide a human-centric, personalised and seamless learning experience unmatched by competitors. With Lingoda, you're not just learning - you're teaming up with an expert who understands your goals and guides you to success, every step of the way.

Our classes are teacher-led, and supported in- and out-of-class by the latest technologies and a unique curriculum to empower our students to achieve their language goals. High-quality classes are available online 24/7, so anyone anywhere has the opportunity to learn a language with Lingoda.

As a company we bring out the best in people with a positive culture. We challenge ourselves, and we challenge others. We work smart and make it happen. We believe in personal growth and inclusion.

We work hard to contribute to a better society. How? Here are three examples:

• Lingoda’s MATCH network and Global Career Centre seek to upskill and match migrants to career opportunities in Germany, supporting them through government-funded education programs
• In the German healthcare sector, we support international nurses, doctors and midwives to obtain language and professional recognition through state-sponsored education programs. As a result we have become one of the largest educational providers in this field in Germany
• In December 2022 at the Digital Education Awards, we won “Best Digital Learning Product of the Year” and in 2024, Lingoda was included in  The Time's list of the 100 best EdTech companies

We are currently looking for a Lead WordPress Developer (all genders) based in Berlin or working remotely in Europe

Your mission with us:

As our Website Platform Lead, you will be responsible for the strategic and technical leadership of Lingoda’s public website. You will own its architecture, ensure high-performing and scalable delivery, In this role, you will lead a cross-functional team of experts across custom development, CMS operations, and funnel performance optimization.

This role is critical to improving our student experience, driving growth through optimised conversion funnels, and ensuring we can deliver high-quality content at scale. You will bring deep technical expertise in web architecture and development while acting as a key bridge between  Product, Marketing, and Engineering — ensuring alignment, governance, and execution.

This role will report to the Head of Engineering B2C.

Your tasks:

• Own the technical and architectural direction of the Lingoda website (WordPress, plugins, infrastructure)
• Build and lead a high-performing team of CMS managers and engineers responsible for content delivery and conversion funnel improvements
• Define and implement team governance, operating models, and workflows to ensure consistent delivery, scalability, and align communication
• Act as the main point of contact for Product and Marketing teams regarding web development, performance, and implementation
• Manage work intake and prioritisation across content updates, pricing engine changes, campaign rollouts, and funnel experiments.
• Align stakeholder needs and demands with focus on impact reg. Website/Application  functionality, profitability and student experience/usability
• Support and supervise the delivery of technical SEO, caching optimisation, performance monitoring and robustness improvements
• Oversee collaboration with external engineering partner agencies, scaling support as needed based on project workload
• Champion and role model best practices in quality, code, accessibility, performance, and collaboration
• Lead a team (3-6 members) of cross-functional specialists, guiding them through the transition to the new operating model, ensuring alignment and clarity across stakeholders

You bring to Lingoda

• 5+ years of experience leading website teams in a performance marketing context, with a strong focus on WordPress-based architecture and marketing performance (B2C high-traffic website experience preferable)
• Experienced team manager of managing teams up to 10 people
• Deep technical experience in web development (WordPress administration, custom plugins, performance tuning, CDN strategies, caching and server management)
• Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams and cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience setting up and optimising team operations, process, governance, and delivery workflows to ensure high quality and uptimes.
• Familiarity with marketing and product collaboration models, including agile planning, sprint management, and rapid iteration
• A pragmatic and proactive mindset, comfortable balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform evolution - balancing business requirements and technical processes to deliver results and achieve success
• Strong sense of ownership whilst positively driving change and bringing your team along the mission
• Bonus: experience with headless CMS, CI/CD pipelines, or service-based architectures
• Excellent communication skills
• Very strong in balancing business requirements and technical processes to deliver results and achieve success
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Fluent English skills (C-level)

What you can expect from Lingoda:

• Approachable leaders and transparent communication - every voice counts at Lingoda!
• Company events and colleagues who are always happy to socialise + budgets towards team building events!
• An inclusive environment with great team spirit and passion for languages
• A well-structured and exciting onboarding process to set you up for success!
• The possibility to work remotely from your home or in the office located in the heart of Berlin
• Learning & development opportunities
• Free access to our language classes
• Mental Health programs
• Corporate benefits & pension funds
• 30 vacation days per year
• Free snacks & drinks at the office
• The modern hardware necessary for your work (n/a for freelancers)
• Flexible working hours

Does that sound exciting? Then, send us your CV right away!

We are looking forward to hearing from you! Your contact person for the position is Megan

We ask that you please apply directly via the link provided in the job description or directly on our website. Due to GDPR regulations, applications sent otherwise will not be considered.

Please note that if you are based outside of Germany that only a freelance contract can be offered. All our contracts whether freelance or regular German employment contract start on a 2 year time period.

It is our commitment that every applicant will be evaluated according to their skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.