Software Engineer

Summary

Join Automattic, a global, distributed company, and become a Software Engineer. We're looking for talented engineers with production experience in several programming languages, particularly PHP and JavaScript. You'll work on large-scale systems, collaborate on code reviews, and contribute to our open-source projects. We offer flexible work arrangements, a competitive salary, and a unique opportunity to shape the future of our products. We value a positive and inclusive culture, and we're committed to making the web a better place. We offer a generous personal development budget and encourage you to grow your skills through courses, books and conferences.

Requirements

• Have production experience with several programming languages. We mostly use PHP and JavaScript at Automattic – you should either be familiar with them already or the idea of using them on a daily basis should not be a blocker for you
• Have experience working on a large-scale system
• Know about systems architecture
• Be highly collaborative and you love participating in code reviews and discussions about architecture, or design
• Be passionate about and experienced in software development
• Be knowledgeable about design patterns and testability; having experience with testing frameworks, performance testing and unit testing is very welcome
• Be thoughtful about product design, with good user experience instincts
• Be open and able to travel 3-4 weeks per year to meet up with your teammates in person

Responsibilities

• Have production experience with several programming languages
• Have experience working on a large-scale system. Making it faster, more scalable, and fault-tolerant
• Know about systems architecture
• Be highly collaborative and love participating in code reviews and discussions about architecture, or design
• Be passionate about and experienced in software development
• Be knowledgeable about design patterns and testability; having experience with testing frameworks, performance testing and unit testing
• Be thoughtful about product design, with good user experience instincts
• Be open and able to travel 3-4 weeks per year to meet up with your teammates in person

Preferred Qualifications

• WordPress programming experience
• Open source contributions or contributions to programs designed to help underrepresented people enter the tech field
• Experience working on accessibility
• Familiarity with JavaScript
• Data analysis experience, and understanding of how analytics can help with product decisions
• Knowledge of tooling and build systems

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements allowing our team members to work when they feel best
• A generous personal development budget
• Open vacation policy
• Competitive base salary
• Fully-remote company