Senior Software Engineer (Platform)

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 150,000 customers in 150 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.
The evolution of our platform is required for our scale, and we are searching for an experienced software engineer to join our rapidly growing engineering team. If you are an engineer experienced with technology transformations, service-oriented architectures, mentoring engineers, and are motivated by scale, you may be the engineer we are looking for.
The day to day.

• Write, test, integrate, debug, and solve software applications that are resilient, robust, secure, maintainable, and perform at scale
• Continuously improve WP Engine's secure, performant software platform that supports 10's of millions of end users
• Improve test coverage and build deployment pipelines to safely and rapidly push new code to production
• Expand and fine-tune observability services to aid engineering and support efforts and create better feedback loops
• Constantly look for opportunities to automate and optimize
• Work closely with Product Management to ensure that your frequent, incremental code changes add new value to our customers
• Collaborate on technical solutions and system design across WP Engine

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or a related field) OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years experience in a software development role, delivering high-quality software
• Ability to work with and switch between multiple programming languages (PHP or Golang or Python)
• Experience with cloud and containerized technologies and services - GCP, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with developing and maintaining APIs and microservices
• Proven history of continuous learning and ability to stay ahead of technology trends
• Proactive with natural problem-solving abilities, an inquisitive personality, a continuous learning approach, and an eagerness to tackle big problems even with uncertain requirements

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with WordPress

The Perks and Benefits.

• Company Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)
• Great Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance)
• Fertility Benefits (IVF/Fertility drug coverage)
• HSA Company contribution $500 for employee / $1000 for family
• 401(k) with a 4% match
• Disability Insurance
• Paid Family and Caregiver's Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn't like time off)
• One-time $500 payment to set up your home office
• 4 Company Wellness Days a year
• 1 floating holiday
• $100 monthly wellness allowance to spend on what you want
• Access to free on-demand fitness classes
• Free subscription to Calm
• Pet Insurance
• On-going education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning and our Career Growth Portal

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.
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