Experienced Software Engineer

Automattic is seeking talented and experienced software engineers to contribute to their diverse product ecosystem, including WordPress, WooCommerce, Gutenberg, and Tumblr. The company is committed to making the web a better place by providing open-source tools that empower users. They emphasize a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive culture within a global, distributed workforce. Automattic values open-sourcing, frequent deployments, continuous integration, and peer code review. They offer flexible work arrangements and support continuous learning and development for their team members. Working at Automattic means obsessing over quality and details, enjoying debugging challenges, and understanding the layers of abstraction in your work. The role involves working with production experience across various programming languages, frameworks, and paradigms, with a focus on PHP and JavaScript. Experience with large-scale systems and user bases is highly valued. Automattic is a fully-remote company with an open vacation policy. They offer a straightforward, competitive base salary, with compensation reflecting potential contribution and impact. While remote, there is an expectation to travel 3-4 weeks per year for in-person team meetups.

Requirements

Production experience with several programming languages, frameworks, and paradigms Comfortable with the idea of becoming an expert in PHP and JavaScript Understanding of abstraction costs and values Experience working at scale (backend performance or complex user interactions) Ability to travel 3-4 weeks per year for team meetups

Responsibilities

Help Automattic's product ecosystem Contribute to the mission of making the web a better place Obsess over the quality and details of work Debug problems as a fun challenge Understand layers of abstraction in your work Ship often, deploying many times daily with peer code review and continuous integration Collaborate across various communication channels Learn and develop continuously