Senior Software Engineer

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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.

Job Description

In this role, you will architect and implement backend capabilities that drive our global, high-scale cloud infrastructure services.This position transcends standard backend development and pure DevOps; you will operate at the intersection of software engineering, distributed systems, and production reliability, maintaining full ownership of services from initial design through observability and technical support. Your work will focus on complex challenges in resiliency, asynchronous workflows, automation, and system scalability. We value engineers with deep technical fundamentals who are eager to adapt to evolving architectures, new languages, and emerging cloud-native technologies.
 

What's cool about this job

• Build, test, deploy, and maintain backend services and platform capabilities.

• Develop and integrate APIs using established service and architecture patterns.

• Work with relational data stores and contribute to reliable data access and service integration patterns.

• Contribute to event-driven and asynchronous workflows, including message-based processing and background jobs.

• Run and support services across cloud and platform environments, including managed cloud services, containers, virtual machines, and other runtime models.

• Use CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code workflows to deliver changes safely and repeatably.

• Use logs, metrics, and traces to understand application behavior and diagnose production issues.

• Participate in technical design discussions, ADRs, RFCs, and code reviews, asking questions and contributing practical implementation feedback.

• Own defined areas of work and collaborate with more experienced engineers on broader architectural or cross-team decisions.

• Use AI-assisted engineering tools to speed up development, improve testing, explore codebases, and investigate technical problems.

Your expertise and passion

• Backend Engineering: Solid software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building backend services or web platforms. Go/Python is preferred for many modern platform services, but strong experience with another backend language is equally relevant if you can learn new technologies quickly.

• Cloud & Platform Engineering: Practical exposure to public cloud or modern platform environments. Experience with either GCP or AWS is valuable.

• Distributed Systems & Architecture: You should understand the fundamentals of distributed systems and have practical exposure to event-driven systems, asynchronous processing, and scalability.

• DevOps & Observability: Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and monitoring using logs and metrics to diagnose issues.

• Security: Familiarity with Identity and Access Management, authentication/authorization fundamentals, and basic cloud security practices.

• Engineering Practices: Application of sound engineering practices like SOLID principles, automated testing, and technical documentation.

• AI-Assisted Engineering: Thoughtful use of modern AI tools to accelerate implementation, explore code, and support debugging while maintaining technical ownership.

Helpful experience to have

• Languages & Runtimes: Go, PHP, Ruby, Python.

• Cloud Services: GCP, AWS, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, GKE, EC2, S3.

• Orchestration & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform.

• Observability Tools: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Datadog.

Perks and Benefits

• Company Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)

• Health Benefits (LuxMed Premium Rehab + Dentistry III)

• Pension Scheme with a match

• Life Insurance, 100% premium paid by WP Engine

• Free Multisport Card - Light and Classic

• Short-Term Disability & Sick Leave: 100% salary coverage for the first 33 days

• Employee Assistance Program

• Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn’t like time off)

• 1 floating holiday

• 4 Company Wellness Days

• Home Office Stipend

• On-going education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning and our Career Growth Portal

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. ​

Base Salary Range

We believe that compensation should be reflective of the impact you have within the organization relative to the market value of your role. The estimated base salary range for this position is as listed above. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Our salary ranges are determined by job role and responsibilities and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for salaries for the position nationwide. The actual base pay will vary based on various factors including job-related skills and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. Your talent acquisition partner can share more about the total rewards package at WP Engine including any additional total rewards components such as equity, variable pay plans (if applicable), and benefits during the hiring process.