Senior Software Engineer
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THE DAY TO DAY
- Design, write, test, integrate, and maintain software applications that are resilient, robust, and perform at scale
- Continuously improve WP Engine's secure, performant software platform that supports tens of millions of end users
- Write clean, maintainable code
- Improve test coverage and build deployment pipelines to safely and rapidly push new code to production
- Work closely with Product Management to ensure that your frequent, incremental code changes contribute to our customers
- We are fanatical about automation because we invest for the future. You will be expected to constantly look for opportunities to automate and optimize
- Research new technologies and incorporate them into new and existing systems and products
- Be a phenomenal teammate to the other members of your scrum team
- Be customer inspired by using technology in a way that enables positive customer outcomes.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or a related field) OR equivalent experience
- 5-7 years of writing high quality, maintainable, deployable, testable, and highly usable software applications (in any language)
- Proven history of continuous learning and ability to stay ahead of technology trends
- Natural problem solving abilities, an inquisitive personality, and an eagerness to tackle the challenge of big problems
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
DESIRED SKILLS:
- Production experience with containerization technologies (Docker and Kubernetes)
- Experience solving problems with distributed systems at scale in the cloud
- Excels in an Agile environment using Scrum methodologies and standard methodologies
THE PERKS & BENEFITS
- Compensation (We offer market competitive salaries)
- Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)
- Health Benefits (100% Paid Employee Medical, Dental, and Vision)
- 401(k) (Make the most of retirement)
- Life and Disability Insurance (100% Paid Life, STD, LTD, and AD&D)
- Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn't like time off?)
- Transportation (24x7 Downtown parking or commuter reimbursement)
- Lunch (Provided Monday – Thursday)
- Gym membership discount
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