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Senior Backend Engineer, Tumblr
Overview
Automattic is looking for talented engineers worldwide to join Tumblr’s Backend Engineering team, building features and maintaining the platform that is used by millions every day.
Job Description
Tumblr launched in 2007 with the belief that people need a place to say what they want, be who they want, and connect over their interests. We continue to build Tumblr as a platform for free expression, individuality, and human connection.
Responsibilities
- - Build features and maintain the platform used by millions every day
- - Participate in code reviews and discussions about architecture or design
- - Collaborate with a global and distributed workforce
- - Deploy code frequently with peer code review and continuous integration
Required Skills
- - Production experience with several programming languages, especially PHP
- - Experience working on a large-scale system
- - Knowledge of systems architecture
- - Highly collaborative and love participating in code reviews
- - Advanced PHP knowledge is a plus
- - Knowledgeable about design patterns and testability
- - Experience with testing frameworks, performance testing, and unit testing
- - Thoughtful about product design with good user experience instincts
- - Ability to clearly communicate in both long and short form
Benefits
- - Flexible work arrangements
- - Open vacation policy
- - Generous personal development budget
- - Opportunities for leadership roles
- - Work in a fully-remote company
- - Participate in a unique company culture that values creativity, authenticity, and individuality
About the company
We are the people behind WordPress.com, Woo, Jetpack, WordPress VIP, Simplenote, Longreads, The Atavist, WPScan, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, Tumblr, Day One, Pocket Casts, Newspack, Beeper, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.