Software Engineer III

We engage the most inspired minds to do their best work wherever they work best—powering the freedom to create worldwide.

WP Engine empowers companies and agencies of all sizes to build, power, manage, and optimize their WordPress websites and applications with confidence. Serving 1.5 million customers across 150+ countries, the global technology company provides premium, enterprise-grade solutions, tools, and services, including specialized platforms for WordPress, industry-tailored eCommerce and agency solution suites, and developer-centric tools like Local, Advanced Custom Fields, and more. WP Engine’s innovative technology and industry-leading expertise are why 8% of the web visits a WP Engine-powered site daily. Learn more at wpengine.com.

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.

Our vision is to be the most trusted WordPress technology company in the world. To fulfill that vision, we need your WordPress expertise to help us build compelling solutions for our customers and the WordPress community at large.

Placing team success above individual success, our Senior Engineers are expected to help grow their team by mentoring others in their development.

The day to day.

• Work closely with Product Management, Engineering Management, and an agile development team to deliver impactful software rapidly and iteratively
• Drive results by seeking out and anticipating roadblocks, and identifying improvements to increase efficiency
• Write, test, and maintain software applications that are resilient, robust, and perform at scale
• Apply specialized knowledge to understand, analyze and solve dynamic challenges
• Constantly look for opportunities to improve operational efficiency through automation and optimization of code
• Encourage and drive the implementation of industry leading engineering practices
  
  

Your skills and expertise

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of writing software using Agile practices to deliver high quality software addressing customer needs
• Deep understanding of the inner workings of WordPress and how users build with it
• PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript + the ability to quickly adapt to new software language requirements
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with experience working with a remote team
• Experience leading and presenting to peers and immediate managers
• Experience working with CI/CD, testing, deployment pipelines
  
  

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.