About the role
WordPress doesn't try to keep its users inside walled gardens, a rare thing in a world that is dangerously moving away from the open web. Instead, WordPress gives them the freedom to build a business website, an online store, or a personal blog – the way they like it. Big sites or small, using the community-run open source project or Automattic's WordPress.com, vanilla or customised with hundreds of plugins, WordPress users always get to own and control their data, their expression, and their freedom.
We're always looking for talented and experienced engineers worldwide, excited to help Automattic's product ecosystem, and join our mission to make the web a better place.
What have we worked on recently?
Gutenberg is a new block-level editor with clean abstractions for users, too, not just developers.
Jetpack is a plugin that brings cloud-scale features to self-hosted sites and our latest addition is Rewind, think git for WordPress sites.
WooCommerce is the most popular e-commerce platform on the web.
Tumblr is a microblogging social network where users create, share, and follow what they love.
To view more of our recent work, check out our longer product list on Automattic.com.
How do we work?
We're kind to each other and our users – we strive to build a positive, supportive, and inclusive culture of cohesive teams focused on delivering value to our customers.
We work as a global and distributed workforce resulting in a unique way of working built around our creed.
We offer flexible work arrangements allowing our team members to work when they feel best.
We open-source! We're cool with open-sourcing everything except passwords, or secret keys.
We ship often, deploying many times daily with the help of peer code review, continuous integration, and our global workforce in over 70 countries.
We welcome collaboration, and you can be involved in any discussion across our many communication channels.
Enough about us, let's talk more about you. The Software Engineer position might be a good fit if you:
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. Making it faster, more scalable, and fault-tolerant.
Know about systems architecture.
Are highly collaborative and you love participating in code reviews and discussions about architecture, or design.
Are passionate about and experienced 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.
Are open and able to travel 3-4 weeks per year to meet up with your teammates in person.
Extra credit:
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.
About the company
We're the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.
We're a distributed company with more than 1700 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we're united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source. In short, we help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly—regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.
We believe in Open Source, and the vast majority of our work is available under the GPL. Automattic is a Most Loved Company and Disability Confident Committed. (Here's what that might mean for you.) Learn more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion and our Employee Resource Groups.
