Senior Systems Engineer

at Automattic

📍 World

USD 120,000-180,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences
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1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;

3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;

7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;

10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.

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Details

Automattic is looking for world-class systems engineers to deliver high availability, performance, and security for tens of billions of page views and over a billion web surfers each month across a global infrastructure of private data centers.

Responsibilities

Maximize availability and uptime of services through proactive planning, architectural decisions, automation, and rapid response to failures.
Optimize server-side and client-side interactions to make Automattic services fast for users; work with third-party services where necessary.
Ensure services are safe and secure through proactive monitoring, enforcement, real-time response, and maintaining data integrity and backups for disaster recovery.
Remove friction between developers and shipping software by providing answers and operational support.
Architect, prototype, and maintain infrastructure solutions autonomously for different hosting requirements.
Occasionally travel (open to 2-3 week post-COVID travel per year) to meet teammates in person.

Requirements

Experience maintaining large Nginx setups with advanced routing configuration, load balancing, reliable performance, and high availability.
Experience running very large MySQL/MariaDB deployments while maintaining performance, uptime, and data integrity.
Experience running and debugging PHP applications at scale.
Understanding of lower-level system stacks, including filesystems, networking, memory management, and kernel internals.
Deep operational and maintenance experience with very large and complex public-facing web hosting systems.
Strong attention to detail and a drive for operational excellence.
Ability to work autonomously and collaborate in a distributed team.

Benefits & Logistics

Remote role (Automattic is a fully-remote company).
Open vacation policy.
Competitive base salary (see Salary section below); pay is global and paid in local currency.
For a full list of benefits by country, consult the Automattic Benefits Page: https://automattic.com/benefits/.
Accommodations available during application/interview for disability-related needs (form link provided in posting).

Salary

Salary range: $120,000 - $180,000+ USD. Salary ranges are global and pay is provided in local currency; compensation may exceed the stated range for exceptional candidates.

About Automattic

Companies and products: WordPress.com, Jetpack, Tumblr, WooCommerce, Simplenote, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, Beeper, and more.
Distributed company with 1400+ employees worldwide and a strong commitment to open source, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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