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Senior Software Engineer at Automattic
Location: 100% Remote (work from anywhere in the world!)
Who is Automattic?
Automatticians are curious, driven, compassionate, tenacious, autonomous, friendly, independent, collaborative, communicative, supportive, self-motivated, and amazing with .gifs. We want to work with people interested in making the web and the world a better place. Think youve got what it takes? Keep reading, were excited to get to know you!
We are the Open Source team behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, VaultPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, and more. We believe in making the web a better place and weve got a legitimate reach we power 35+% of the internet.
Were a distributed company with 852 Automatticians in 68 countries speaking 84 different languages. Our common goal is to democratize publishing so that anyone with a story can tell it, regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.
Everyone works from the location they choose. Were spread out all over the world in more than 60 countries. Communication and especially written communication are incredibly important to our workflow. We track about 70 percent of our projects on P2-themed WordPress.com blogs, 25 percent in private chat rooms, and the rest on Slack. Because of the geographic variance, were active 24/7. We care about the work you produce, not just the hours you put in.
We believe in Open Source and the vast majority of our work is available under the GPL.
Our development process
Data-informed, user-driven. For every feature we launch, we gather metrics about its usage, interaction, and growth in addition to listening to the masses of feedback we get on our blog and through support channels. This helps us inform decisions about new features and enhancements. Its not uncommon to launch a feature and then iterate immediately.
Enough about us, let's talk about YOU!
You might be a good fit for our Senior Software Engineer position if you:
Have a passion for and experience working with Open Source programming languages and engineering tools.
Have experience working on a large-scale system. Making it faster, more scalable, and fault-tolerant.
Know about systems architecture, design patterns, and testing.
Are highly collaborative and you love participating in code reviews and discussions about architecture, or design.
Are passionate about and accomplished in software development; in particular, advanced PHP knowledge is a plus.
Are knowledgeable about design patterns and testability; having experience with testing frameworks, performance testing, and unit testing is very welcome.
Are thoughtful about product design, with good user experience instincts.
Nice-to-have skills:
WordPress programming experience
Familiarity with newer JavaScript frameworks
Data analysis experience, and understanding of how analytics can help with product decisions
Knowledge of tooling and build systems
Open source contributions, particularly involvement in open source (or other) communities
Experience working on accessibility
Speaking of interests and skills, here some of the ways you will grow and have further impact in the future:
Learning and development we have a generous personal development budget and encourage you to grow your skills through courses, books, and conferences.
Architecture we encourage developers to develop expertise in the systems they work with, guide their evolution, and mentor other developers working on them.
Engineering effectiveness helping other developers become more effective through tools, practices, cross-team collaborations, and process improvements.
Leadership we offer a variety of leadership options to those who have interest, including becoming a team lead.
These are exciting times at Automattic and youll have a unique opportunity to shape the future of our products.
The Compensation
125-160k salary range
Open vacation policy (no set number of days per year). We encourage all employees to take the time they need for vacation, to pursue their own interests, to stay healthy, and to spend time with friends and family.
Home office setup and coworking allowances. Working from a coffee shop? You can use your coworking allowance for the requisite latte!
We happily provide or reimburse hardware and software youll need, as well as books or conferences that promote continued learning.
Company-sponsored life insurance.
Open parental leave (includes maternity, paternity, and adoption). If youve been with Automattic for 12 months, your leave is fully paid.
WordPress-branded laptop at your four-year anniversary. A spiffy set of wireless headphones at your seven-year anniversary.
Paid two to three-month sabbatical encouraged every five years.
We cover all costs of company travel, so dust off that passport! Your team will get together one to three times per year in locations around the globe.
Other benefits are country-specific and include health, vision, and dental insurance; matching retirement/pension contributions; childcare vouchers; income protection; travel insurance; and discount offers.
Interested? Get in the mix!
Weve got a truly unique interview process when we get to the offer point with a candidate we both know how well work together and there will be little question left about the fit from both sides. We think that makes for a great selection process well learn a lot about your communications style and effectiveness as well as your engineering prowess. And get this as you make it into the late round of our process youll get paid for your interview time!
Lets get the ball rolling! Get us a resume that highlights your related engineering experiences. Wed love it if you would offer up some details about an interesting programming problem youve worked on.
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