Showing posts with label Automattic. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Packet (Network) Wrangler — Automattic

Packet (Network) Wrangler

In 2012 we started dabbling in BGP, and today we support over 10,000 switchports across 10 locations in three regions. At peak, we serve over 75Gbit/sec from our global anycast CDN. We are looking for someone special to join our team to help us achieve our goal to power over half the web; we’re currently at 23%. Our current network runs primarily on Juniper MX routers and Arista switches, so large-scale, production experience with those platforms is a must. Automation and consistency are also paramount, so scripting excellence in the networking context is required. Lastly, we are aggressively expanding our peering relationships, so if you have the experience and industry contacts to help with that in addition to the other requirements, lets chat.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Systems Developer ? Automattic

Systems Developer

We’re committed to providing the fastest and most reliable web experience out there, which means eliminating as many single points of failure as possible. We currently support 2,000+ machines in a dozen data centers and are looking for great developers to help us solve complex problems related to performance, security, and scaling.

If you have the following qualities, you should apply:

  • Experience in systems administration and a deep understanding of how the basic web-related services operate (load balancers, high availability solutions, web servers, databases, caching daemons, etc.) work.
  • Great programming skills and good knowledge of both scripting and compiled languages (especially PHP, C, and Bash). Kernel space programming experience is a plus.
  • Previous experience programming on Linux. Must understand things like processes management, memory management, operating with sockets, and writing highly optimized code.
  • Ability to handle all phases of a project on your own, from idea to implementation.
  • Well versed in the best security and performance practices both with web and systems applications.
  • Great troubleshooting skills. Must be able to take big problems and break them down into manageable pieces with elegant solutions.

You should also check out our Systems Wrangler position. It is similar, but more focused on the administration and automation side of things. The developer position also has no timezone preference.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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HR Engineer ? Automattic

HR Engineer

Want to help build the future of the workplace? Automattic is a place like no other: our fast-growing team of 250 works from home, in one of 33 countries, to democratize publishing and make the web a better place. See Work With Us for more info.

Our HR team’s goal is to ensure our company is the best place Automatticians have ever worked. We are looking for an HR Engineer to help us automate our HR tools and support our teams as we grow. This position can be based anywhere. Do you have:

  • A Computer Science degree, or experience as a programmer, in particular with PHP and MySQL?
  • Experience with a lean, fast-growing, fast-paced software, internet, or creative startup?
  • Experience using and developing on the WordPress platform?
  • Experience working with remote team members?
  • A desire to learn about human resources practices?
  • A passion for elegant, simple, automated solutions that keep operations running smoothly?
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English?

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Code Wrangler ? Automattic

Code Wrangler

As a developer here you’re responsible for Making Stuff Go. The job is tough to describe because it’s so broad, but historically it has included new product development from conception to implementation, high-volume and high-concurrency programming, and a MacGyver-like dedication to squashing bugs. We have a wide variety of projects and systems. Here are some skills that will come in handy:

  • A strong understanding of the Web including HTTP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Advanced proficiency with at least one scripting language like PHP or Python. Low-level language experience a plus, but not required.
  • Experience running and developing on Open Source platforms like Linux.
  • The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly, with loose (at best) direction.
  • Basic knowledge of typography and design, with the ability to create simple and usable interfaces.
  • Must be comfortable with customer-facing roles including support and documentation.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Growth Explorer ? Automattic

Growth Explorer

Your passion is to find repeatable and scalable ways to increase customer growth and conversions for online services. You could have a sales or an engineering background (or both). Your approach is highly analytical and testing based. One of your favorite blogs is startup-marketing.com and you know who Hiten Shah is.

  • Fluent with user surveys, multi-variant testing, and conversion analytics tools.
  • Strong PHP, jQuery, WordPress, and HTML skills are a must.
  • Great at using data to back up your ideas.
  • Experience with Freemium and online subscription models.
  • Excellent writing and communication skills.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Data Wrangler ? Automattic

Data Wrangler

We are always developing new ways to use our data to encourage users, build new features, and analyze how well existing features are working. We host our users’ ideas, opinions, photos, and dreams ? that’s lots of data spread across lots of machines.

Sound fun? It is.

Here are some skills that will come in handy:

  • Great programming skills and good knowledge of both dynamic and compiled languages (especially PHP and Java).
  • Experience with Open Source data systems (especially the Hadoop ecosystem, Elasticsearch, Storm, and MySQL). Contributions to projects such as these are a plus, and future contributions are encouraged.
  • Bring a Data Wrangler mindset to problems: run experiments, use statistics to evaluate results, and apply search ranking and machine learning algorithms.
  • A strong understanding of distributed computing and system performance.
  • Ability to take a project from idea to implementation, putting the minimal system needed into production, but with an eye on where we need to be in 5 years.
  • Great troubleshooting skills.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Systems Wrangler ? Automattic

Systems Wrangler

We aren’t actively looking for new Systems Wranglers at the moment, but if you are so awesome we couldn’t possibly pass you up, feel free to apply. We always have openings for super awesome folks. We are, however, looking for Systems Developers, so if you fit the bill or know someone who does, we’re looking forward to hearing from you.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Happiness Engineer ? Automattic

Happiness Engineer

As a Happiness Engineer, helping people is your passion. Our goal is to build relationships based on trust which result in happy, passionate, loyal customers and colleagues through listening to their needs and guiding them to the fullest use of the products we offer.

Interested in learning more about how our team works? Check out Andrew Spittle’s talk at UserConf.

In general, a typical day involves:

  • Helping people use Automattic’s products, including WordPress.com, Jetpack, Gravatar, and more
  • Troubleshooting, investigating, and creating detailed bug reports
  • Crafting and editing helpful support documentation
  • Being an active member of a team that provides around the clock support to our users via live chat, forums, and email
  • Building a community of support by sharing knowledge and insight amongst team members

Being a Happiness Engineer requires:

  • Patience, grace, and a sense of humor
  • Excellent writing and communication skills
  • Working knowledge of WordPress, HTML, and CSS
  • A knack for taking technical language and making it understandable
  • A passion for solving tough problems and proposing elegant solutions

Happiness Engineers must be fluent and eloquent in written English. If you know additional languages, be sure to let us know! We’re always looking for friendly folks to help our global community.

The WordPress.com and WordPress.org forums are fantastic places to gain the experience required for this position. If you are already active there, let us know! Send a link to your forum profile and we’ll check it out.

Transforming publishing on the web is no small task. We are looking for people with the right mix of compassion, writing skills, and technical knowledge to get the job done. If that describes you, then we would love to chat.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Euro Human (Resources) Wrangler ? Automattic

Euro Human (Resources) Wrangler

Want to help build the future of the workplace? Automattic is a place like no other: our fast-growing team of 250 works from home, in one of 33 countries, to democratize publishing and make the web a better place. See Work With Us for more info.

Our HR team’s goal is to ensure our company is the best place Automatticians have ever worked. We are looking for a Euro Human (Resources) Wrangler to help make our distributed model scale as we grow. Your projects would include global compensation, benefits, and employee relations with a particular focus on Europe where this position is based. Do you have:

  • Experience with a lean, fast-growing, fast-paced software, internet, or creative startup?
  • An insatiable curiosity for new technology and gadgets? Experience using WordPress?
  • Experience working with remote team members?
  • Experience implementing multinational compensation and benefits programs in Europe?
  • A passion for elegant, simple, automated solutions that keep operations running smoothly?
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English?

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Theme Wrangler ? Automattic

Theme Wrangler

You live and breathe WordPress themes. You are equally at home in Photoshop/Gimp, PHP, CSS, or the terminal. You’ve built numerous WordPress-as-CMS sites from scratch. Everything you’ve touched is GPL. You’ve probably created your own starter theme. Come help us wrangle the wild and woolly world of themes.

  • World-class HTML + CSS + WordPress skills.
  • Nuanced sense of design.
  • Understanding of Open Source and the various licenses around it.
  • Ability to take a project from idea to execution to website to blog.
  • JavaScript and jQuery skills are a bonus.
  • Excellent writing and documentation skills and the ability to teach people are a bonus.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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JavaScript Engineer ? Automattic

JavaScript Engineer

We’re building new ways to interact with WordPress. They’re simple, fast, and highly usable. They’re written in the latest web technologies and are being used by millions of people. We want you to help. We’re looking for an experienced JavaScript engineer with:

  • A rock solid understanding of the core JavaScript language, HTML5 and CSS3.
  • Familiarity with a server-side language like PHP, Ruby or Python.
  • Proficiency developing well structured web applications using jQuery, Backbone and Underscore.
  • A passion for creating experiences that users will rave about.
  • The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly, with loose (at best) direction.
  • A love of Open Source software.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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WordPress.com VIP Engineer (aka VIP Wrangler) ? Automattic

WordPress.com VIP Engineer (aka VIP Wrangler)

Through our WordPress.com VIP program, we provide support, hosting, training, and other services to some of the biggest and best WordPress sites on the web (CNN, NY Times, NFL, Major League Baseball, and hundreds more). Our engineers (affectionately called VIP Wranglers) are responsible for providing support to all of our customers, building and shaping our products, and just generally Making Stuff Go. Here are some skills that will come in handy:

  • Advanced proficiency with WordPress. Low-level language or systems experience a plus, but not required.
  • A strong understanding of the Web including HTTP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Must be comfortable working primarily in a customer-facing role, including providing support and training.
  • You enjoy collaborating with other developers, reviewing code, and making recommendations on technique or approach.
  • Great troubleshooting skills. Must be able to take big problems and break them down into manageable pieces with elegant solutions?and importantly, keep our customers apprised of progress throughout.
  • The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly, with loose (at best) direction.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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User Interface Designer ? Automattic

User Interface Designer

The secret to our sauce? Combining high technology with great design. As a user interface designer at Automattic, you’re responsible for making sure the amazing things our engineers can build are easy to use and beautiful to behold. You’ll develop your original ideas from half-formed thoughts to wireframes, mockups, and front-end code.

Requirements

  • You can act as the creative force in a small interdisciplinary team, responsible not just for what a product looks like but for how it works.
  • You’ve got experience designing web apps. Your work shows an uncluttered, focused approach to user interface design.
  • You employ a refined, modern, clean visual aesthetic throughout all your work.
  • You’re passionate about good typography, and love applying those principles to the web.
  • You understand the mechanics of user testing and A/B testing, and the importance of a data-informed (not data-driven) design philosophy.
  • You are skilled at giving and receiving design criticism and appreciate its importance in the creative process.
  • You can write your own front-end code (HTML, CSS, maybe JavaScript) and your knowledge of web standards is ever-growing. Your most recent work is both responsive and HiDPI-ready.
  • You have a portfolio that reflects all of the above.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed team, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast, who knows what will be the skills of tomorrow? Flexibility is key.
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Mobile Developer ? Automattic

Mobile Developer

Take WordPress and other Automattic projects to phones and tablets by developing Open Source mobile apps and the systems that power them. Work on future versions of WordPress, Simplenote, and other native apps for iOS and Android. The kinds of people we’re looking for have:

  • Strong programming skills in Objective-C, Java, or both, with deep knowledge of development for iOS and/or Android.
  • Substantial mobile experience developing user interfaces, low-level systems (like storage and networking), or both.
  • Experience developing and launching at least one high quality app.
  • Familiarity with backend technologies and how to interface with them. Backend development experience is a plus.
  • Opinionated about products, with good user experience instincts.

How to Apply

If you feel you might be the best person in the world for this job please send a short email to jobs @ this domain telling us about yourself and attach a resumé. Include the title of the position you’re applying for and your name in the subject. Proofread! Make sure you spell and capitalize WordPress and Automattic correctly. We are lucky to receive hundreds of applications for every position, so try to make your application stand out. If you apply for multiple positions or send multiple emails there will be one reply.

← Work With Us

All Jobs Require

  • Great communication skills. We’re a distributed company, so frequent and clear written communication is a must.
  • Self-driven work ethic. All our developers are experienced and work with minimal supervision. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.
  • Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is changing and growing fast. Flexibility is key.
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