Lead Web Platform Engineer

Appalachian Mountain Club

Lead Web Platform Engineer at the Appalachian Mountain Club enhancing its digital experience. Own website evolution and manage operations while improving CMS and integration systems.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $77,214 - $119,881 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing and optimizing WordPress environments, ensuring security and performance while integrating with various platforms like Salesforce and Shopify. Proficient in content modeling and implementing headless CMS solutions to create seamless digital experiences.

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WordPress AdministrationAWS ExperienceCMS IntegrationWeb Security ExpertiseHeadless CMS Experience

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Hard Skills

CMS ManagementPayment Gateway AdministrationWebhook/API IntegrationData Integration MaintenanceStructured DataSchema ImplementationCI/CD ProcessesPerformance OptimizationSecurity Posture ManagementContent Modeling

Tools & Technologies

SalesforceShopifyGravity FormsCDN OptimizationHeadless CMS

Industry Keywords

Nonprofit Domain ExperiencePII ComplianceLeast-Privilege/IAMSecrets ManagementPenetration Testing Coordination

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSPHPWordPress

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the evolution of our website platform.
Manage day-to-day operations, security, and performance.
Stabilize and optimize current WordPress environment.
Design a future-state architecture that delivers seamless experiences.
Partner closely with Salesforce, Data, and Marketing teams for reliable digital experiences.
Improve performance (caching, CDN optimization).
Strengthen security posture and access controls.
Improve CI/CD and environment promotion processes.
Ensure integration reliability with Salesforce, Shopify, booking systems.
Create a unified digital experience with a headless CMS future state.
Lead technical evaluations of CMS replacement options.
Define content modeling and structured metadata strategy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3-5 Experience owning/administering a CMS/web platform in production.
Strong WordPress experience required.
Experience with administering payment gateways and webhook/API integrations.
Hands-on AWS experience for PHP/WordPress workloads.
Proven experience maintaining data integrations with a variety of platforms.
Salesforce experience preferred.
Strong grounding in web security, least-privilege/IAM, secrets management, and PII/compliance considerations.
Nonprofit domain experience (donations, memberships, recurring gifts, acknowledgments) preferred.
Gravity Forms experience preferred.
Headless CMS experience preferred.
Experience integrating CMS with Salesforce or other CRM platforms preferred.
Experience with structured data, schema, and AI-ready content modeling preferred.
Familiarity with security reviews and penetration testing coordination preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous employer contributions through Cigna with optional vision and dental.
100% employer paid life insurance, AD&D insurance, long-term disability.
The potential to have annual compensation reviews commensurate with performance and effort.
Mandatory 403(b) with 4% matching employer contributions and a vesting schedule.
Up to 4 weeks of paid earned time and up to 11 paid company holidays.
30% discount on AMC Merchandise.
Free Annual AMC Membership.
10 Free nights at AMC locations.
Educational Assistance.
Prodeals discounts on equipment & gear and more!