Senior Backend Engineer

3 weeks ago


Austin, Texas, United States WP Engine Full time
About WP Engine

WP Engine empowers companies and agencies of all sizes to build, power, manage, and optimize their WordPress websites and applications with confidence. We serve 1.5 million customers across 150+ countries, providing premium, enterprise-grade solutions, tools, and services.

The evolution of our cloud-based platform requires innovation and expertise. We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our rapidly growing engineering team. This role involves backend applications, service-oriented architectures, mentoring engineers, and a focus on scale.

Job Description

We are looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to innovate along with our passionate engineering team. Key responsibilities include:

  • Writing, testing, integrating, debugging, and solving resilient, robust, secure, maintainable, and performant backend software applications
  • Continuously iterating on our secure, cloud-based software platform that supports millions of end-users
  • Building and maintaining complex backend workflows supporting website lifecycle management
  • Improving code quality and test coverage, building deployment pipelines to safely and rapidly push new code to production
  • Investing in and fine-tuning observability services to aid engineering and support efforts
  • Automating and optimizing processes
  • Leading technical solutions and system design

We value experience with WordPress but prioritize skills and expertise over specific technology stacks.

Benefits and Perks

We offer competitive compensation and benefits, including:

  • $128,000.00 - $192,000.00 salary range
  • Company Stock Options
  • Great Health Benefits
  • Fertility Benefits
  • HSA Company contribution
  • 401(k) with a 4% match
  • Disability Insurance
  • Paid Family and Caregiver’s Leave
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Generous Vacation Time
  • One-time $500 payment to set up your home office
  • 4 Company Wellness Days a year
  • 1 floating holiday
  • $100 monthly wellness allowance
  • Access to free on-demand fitness classes
  • Free subscription to Calm
  • Pet Insurance
  • On-going education through LinkedIn Learning and Workday Learning
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At WP Engine, we strive for a broad view of diversity, inclusive of background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of protected characteristics.


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