Senior Systems Engineer

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The Systems Engineer position might be a good fit if you:

• Have maintained large Nginx setups with advanced routing configuration, load balancing, reliable performance and high availability;
• Have run very large MySQL/MariaDB deployments while maintaining an unparalleled level of performance, uptime and data integrity;
• Have experience running and debugging PHP applications at scale;
• Understand the relationship of these services with the lower level systems stacks - filesystems, network, memory management, kernel internals, etc;
• Have deep operational and maintenance experience with very large and complex public facing web hosting systems;
• Can autonomously architect, prototype, and maintain solutions to different problems and hosting requirements;
• Possess extreme attention to detail and strive for unparalleled operational excellence;
• Are open and available for a 2-3 week post-COVID travel per year to meet up with your teammates in person. Want to know more about how we do things? Watch:

We are looking to expand our team and aim to reflect and expand on the diversity of Automatticians currently working with us. At Automattic, we value diversity and know that different perspectives will ensure our team is innovative and creative thinking. Salary range: $120,000-$180,000+ USD. Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency. We are searching for high-caliber candidates with the skills and qualities to have a net positive for Automattic. Pay will reflect the potential contribution and the impact you can bring, which may, in some cases, go beyond the range stated for the right candidate. We’re pleased to offer a straightforward, competitive base salary, providing financial clarity without complex variable components. This isn’t your typical work-from-home job: we are a fully-remote company with an open vacation policy. To see a full list of benefits by country, consult our Benefits Page. And check out these links to learn more about How We Hire and What We Expect from Ourselves. #LI-DNI

About Automattic

Now in our 20th year, we’re the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Beeper, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place. We’re a distributed company with more than 1500 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we’re united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source. In short, we help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly—regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world. We believe in Open Source, and the vast majority of our work is available under the GPL. (Here’s what that might mean for you.) If you need disability-related accommodations during the application or interview process, please fill out this form. We are committed to ensuring an accessible hiring process for all candidates. Learn more about our Employee Resource Groups. You can track your application status and more at MyGreenhouse. To learn about how we handle your data, please review our Privacy Policy. View the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster* here*. Automattic participates in the* E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.