Senior Software Engineer

• Architect and implement backend capabilities for global, high-scale cloud infrastructure services
• 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 reliable data access and service integration patterns
• Contribute to event-driven and asynchronous workflows, message-based processing, and background jobs
• Run and support services across cloud and platform environments, including managed cloud services, containers, and virtual machines
• 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
• Own defined work areas and collaborate with experienced engineers on architectural and cross-team decisions
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development, improve testing, explore codebases, and investigate technical problems
• Maintain ownership of services from initial design through observability and technical support

• Solid software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building backend services or web platforms
• Go/Python preferred; strong experience with another backend language is equally relevant if able to learn new technologies quickly
• Practical exposure to public cloud or modern platform environments
• Experience with either GCP or AWS is valuable
• Understanding of distributed systems fundamentals
• Practical exposure to event-driven systems, asynchronous processing, and scalability
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and monitoring using logs and metrics
• Familiarity with Identity and Access Management, authentication/authorization fundamentals, and basic cloud security practices
• Sound engineering practices including SOLID principles, automated testing, and technical documentation
• Thoughtful use of modern AI tools for implementation, code exploration, and debugging
• Helpful experience: Go, PHP, Ruby, Python; GCP, AWS, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, GKE, EC2, S3; Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform; OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Datadog

• 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
• 1 floating holiday
• 4 Company Wellness Days
• Home Office Stipend
• On-going education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning and our Career Growth Portal