Senior Architect, Headless eCommerce

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Since launching in 2010, WP Engine has become the world's leading WordPress Digital Experience Platform (DXP), now with over 100,000 customers in 140 countries. We're proud of the technology and service we offer our customers that move their businesses forward faster. At WP Engine, we strive to do the best work of our careers, and feel empowered to do what is right for our customers. We love investing in employee success and uncovering opportunities for you, the best, to get better. 99 percent of employees believe you're made to feel welcome at WP Engine. Be you. Be here.
What's cool about this job.
At WP Engine we power the freedom to create online! Whether that's helping an aspiring entrepreneur to turn a hobby into an online business or a multinational corporation to launch a new campaign in weeks instead of months, our technology is there to help them win - whatever that means for them. We are on a mission to make our platform the best place to build and run an eCommerce WordPress online store.
At WP Engine, architects help shape our technology vision, influence decisions, inspire engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally in order to build impactful products that improve the lives of our customers.
Our culture is renowned; we believe it is important to hire the best and ensure that we provide an environment where the best get better. If you are great with technology evaluations, technology transformations, service oriented architectures, data analytics, and are motivated by the challenge of shaping our eCommerce vision, you may be the architect we are looking for!
The day to day.
• Shape our technical direction by working closely with Product, Engineering, and both internal and external partners to explore new ideas and technologies.• Design, validate, and communicate macro-architectures, APIs, and scalable systems for engineering teams to reference and develop toward.• Research and evaluate technologies; develop recommendations for adoption or non-adoption of those technologies.• Encourage and drive the implementation of best engineering practices, while acting as strong technical leader, mentor, and advocate for other members of your team.
Your expertise and passion.
Minimum qualifications:
• Experience in the Payments and eCommerce spaces with leading platforms like WooCommerce, BigCommere, Shopify, Magento, commercetools, Stripe, and Spreedly• Experience with WordPress, developing plugins, and integrating 3rd party applications or ERP systems.• Experience leading teams in crafting and writing high quality, distributed, maintainable, deployable, testable, and usable software applications (in any language) using Agile methodologies.• History of problem solving and taking ownership of technical solutions. You are willing to solve hard problems, work through ambiguity, and deliver incremental solutions.• Understanding of prioritization and when and how to make optimal tradeoffs in areas such as correctness, robustness, reliability, and performance to achieve the intended impact across all stages of the product development lifecycle.• Outstanding capacity to connect with others through strong written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability in:
• Data modeling, crafting REST API's, GraphQL, and microservices development• Cloud technologies and services - e.g. GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes• Web development and UI frameworks - e.g. Django, Ruby on Rails, Flask, Angular, React, Vue• Git/Github version control, and CI/CD for automated testing and deployment• Asynchronous messaging & streaming technologies - e.g. Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, Kinesis
The perks and benefits.
• Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)• Health Benefits (100% Paid Employee Medical, Dental, and Vision)• Fertility Benefits (IVF/Fertility drug coverage)• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a match• Life and Disability Insurance • Paid Family and Caregiver's Leave• Employee Assistance Program• Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn't like time off)• One-time $500 Home Office Stipend• Company Wellness Days• Wellness Program
At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.