Senior Software Engineer (Headless)

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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.

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.

WP Engine is on a mission to help our customers win 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 platform is there to help them win — whatever that means for them.

We are searching for an experienced engineer to help shape the future of Headless WordPress. Working on our Headless themes initiatives, you will directly impact the way headless WordPress sites are built with modern tools like Node and React. You will shape the vision for our product line and help hire the team to build the software. This software will be Open Source, so you’ll also be directly interacting with the community that you will help develop.


Our culture is renowned; we believe it is meaningful to hire the best and ensure that we provide an environment where the best get better. If you are great at solving problems, a hard worker with excellent interpersonal skills, and enjoy working across different time zones and cultures, you may be the engineer that we are looking for!


The day to day.

  • Be customer-inspired and work closely with Product Management, Engineering Management, and business partners to incrementally and frequently deliver positive outcomes through technology
  • Provide ongoing technical leadership and guidance to your teammates
  • Collaborate to design, write, test, integrate, and maintain a frontend theme framework that is extensible, usable, and performant; meeting the needs of our users
  • Write clean, maintainable code; improve test coverage and build deployment pipelines to safely and rapidly push quality code to production
  • Help build a positive and inclusive community around the software we build; representing yourself and WP Engine well in every interaction

     

Your skills and expertise.

  • 5+ years of writing software using Agile practices to deliver high-quality software addressing customer needs
  • Expertise in Node, React, Next.js, and WordPress
  • Experience developing frameworks or libraries used by other developers
  • Self-starter with natural problem-solving abilities, an inquisitive personality, a continuous learning attitude, and an eagerness to tackle big problems even with uncertain requirements
  • Comfortable working in public; being an inclusive and positive contributor to Open Source Software communities
  • Passionate about developing others; mentoring, guiding, and teaching
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

     

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

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WP Engine is on the corner of 5th and Lavaca, blocks away from the Colorado River and Congress Avenue.

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