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WP Engine

Software Engineer

WP Engine
Ireland · Full-time · Associate
We engage the most inspired minds to do their best work wherever they work best—powering the freedom to create worldwide.

WP Engine is the most trusted WordPress technology company, powering over 1.5M digital experiences in 150+ countries for businesses of all sizes. WP Engine’s all-in-one platform enables customers to design, build, power, and manage extraordinary WordPress, eCommerce, and headless sites—all thanks to a nonstop commitment to innovation, award-winning WordPress expertise, and a set of core values that guides us every day.

What's cool about this job?

Have you ever wondered how a small team manages the infrastructure needed to host thousands of websites? Our software engineers build systems that automate services at scale. With technologies like custom Kubernetes controllers and cloud functions, we are able to automate the deployment, enhancement, and maintenance of our Kubernetes platform. The team is continuously looking for ways to make our services more scalable, reliable, and resilient; Learning from past decisions and striving to get better every day.

The day to day

  • Building automated, scalable services and systems to power our growing infrastructure
  • Collaborating with an agile team that is passionate about new technologies and delivering high quality and timely code
  • Working with monitoring and alerting systems to aid engineering and support efforts
  • Constantly look for opportunities to automate and optimize
  • Work with Kubernetes solutions across various cloud providers such as Azure, AWS, GCP
  • Produce quality, testable and maintainable systems with fast feedback loops
  • Build and enhance infrastructure for serving WordPress on thousands of servers
  • Be customer inspired and work closely with business partners to incrementally deliver positive outcomes through technology
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines for pushing code into production

Your expertise and passion

  • 2+ years software engineering experience
  • Has worked on an agile team and is passionate about SRE principles
  • Proficient in Python or Go programming
  • Expertise working with Kubernetes and containerization
  • Experience working with Kubernetes orchestration on hosted cloud service like AWS, GCP or Azure
  • Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.
  • Understanding of the common WordPress technology stack is desirable: Linux, Varnish, Apache/Nginx, MySQL, and PHP
  • Has experience (or interest) in: configuration management systems, monitoring systems and computer network technologies
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or Equivalent Experience

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.

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Ireland

English-speaking EU tech hub

Posted
Nov 06, 2024
Type
Full-time
Level
Associate
Location
Kildare
Company
WP Engine

Industries

Information Technology & Services

Categories

Engineering Information Technology

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