At Rankings.io, we’re a specialized digital marketing agency helping personal injury law firms compete in some of the most competitive markets in the country. Our 175+ person fully remote team is focused on excellence, accountability, and measurable results.
We offer a culture where high performers thrive, supported by strong benefits including 100% employer-paid health insurance, unlimited PTO, monthly wellness days, and a 401(k) match.
The Director of Development is a hands-on player-coach leader responsible for delivering high-quality WordPress websites at scale while strengthening our development systems and processes.
This role combines technical leadership, hands-on development, team management, and operational ownership. You will guide the development team, collaborate with design and SEO teams, and ensure our websites meet the highest standards for performance, quality, and scalability.
Responsibilities
Leadership + Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of developers.
- Manage overseas development resources and maintain clear quality expectations.
- Conduct performance reviews and support professional growth.
- Identify hiring needs and help scale the development team.
- Collaborate with Design, UX, SEO, and Project teams to deliver projects on time and within scope.
Hands-On Development (Player-Coach)
- Contribute to complex builds, debugging, and technical problem solving.
- Lead high-quality custom WordPress development across desktop and mobile.
- Ensure strong front-end execution using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Troubleshoot performance, cross-browser, and code issues.
Engineering Systems + DevOps Ownership
- Improve development workflows, branching strategies, and code review standards.
- Define and refine staging-to-production deployment processes.
- Improve documentation and internal development standards.
- Automate QA, deployments, and repetitive development tasks.
WordPress Architecture & Technical Standards
- Maintain and improve WordPress development best practices.
- Build scalable theme, plugin, and Gutenberg block systems.
- Ensure strong site performance, security, and maintainability.
- Oversee launch readiness including redirects, forms, scripts, and SEO requirements.
Site Launches, Performance & SEO
- Lead website launches and migrations while preserving SEO performance.
- Establish Core Web Vitals benchmarks and performance standards.
- Work closely with SEO teams to ensure proper technical implementation.
- Maintain clean site architecture and schema implementation.
Security, Accessibility & Quality
- Implement WordPress security best practices and plugin standards.
- Ensure ADA/WCAG accessibility compliance across builds.
- Improve QA workflows and reduce post-launch bugs.
- Strengthen BugHerd and development ticket processes.
Operational & Strategic Ownership
- Improve development efficiency and build timelines.
- Help define hosting and maintenance standards.
- Identify opportunities to scale development through reusable systems.
- Evaluate new tools, automation, and AI-assisted development solutions.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years development experience.
- 3–5+ years leadership experience managing developers.
- Expert-level WordPress development experience (custom builds, complex sites).
- Expert-level front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
- Strong version control experience.
- Deep understanding of performance optimization and Core Web Vitals.
- Strong technical SEO implementation knowledge.
- Strong ADA/WCAG compliance implementation experience.
- Experience with website launches at scale.
- Experience improving QA systems and development workflows.
- Experience in agency or multi-client environments preferred.
- Strong communication and decision-making skills under deadline pressure.
Leadership Expectations
This role requires a leader who:
- Empowers and mentors developers.
- Collaborates effectively with designers and stakeholders.
- Remains flexible with clients when appropriate.
- Is firm and decisive in upholding and protecting timelines, quality standards, and development integrity.
- Balances hands-on contribution with strategic system-building.
Success Metrics (First 12 Months)
- Significant improvement in the quality of our website builds and launches.
- Efficiency in managing developers’ growth, workflow, and web project timelines.
- Increased QA consistency and reduced bug recycling.
- Reduction in post-launch bug volume.
- Improved Core Web Vitals consistency across builds.
- Improved hosting and maintenance margin clarity.
- Stronger documentation and systemization across the department.
- Improved team skill development and best practices.
Benefits
- Starting Salary of $120k
- Work remotely from home
- Unlimited PTO
- $100 Wellness Reimbursement Program
- 401(k) with 3% Employer match (Safe Harbor)
- 100% Health Insurance (including fully employer-funded coverage)
- Quarterly training stipend for Professional Development