Used Tools & Technologies
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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 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.
Security @ 4
MySQL @ 4
Nginx @ 4
Hiring @ 4
Networking @ 4
PHP @ 4
Debugging @ 4
WordPress @ 4
- 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.
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.
- Participation in E-Verify in certain locations as required by law.
How to Learn More
- Hiring process: https://automattic.com/how-we-hire/
- Expectations: https://automattic.com/expectations/
- Benefits: https://automattic.com/benefits/
- Privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/