Wp Engine
Technology
ProductionEngineer,Senior
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“Production Engineer, Senior at Wp Engine. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud infrastructure, Containerization, Automation. Curate engineering culture. Maintain high standards”
What You'll Achieve.
Help customers win online; Elevate customers toward success; Take platform to next level
Industry & Context.
Analytical; Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years software engineering, 5+ years DevOps, 5+ years SRE experience, Experience building production configurations, Experience running production configurations, Experience with system architecture, Experience with distributed microservices, Experience with self-healing systems, Experience with efficient resource utilization, Experience with efficient network utilization, Expertise executing containerized workloads, Proficient in object-oriented languages, Experience with Linux, Experience with Nginx/Apache, Experience with MySQL, Experience with PHP, Experience with Ansible, Experience with Terraform, Familiarity implementing metrics systems, Familiarity implementing monitoring systems, Familiarity implementing alerting systems, Analytical capabilities, Troubleshooting capabilities, Root cause analysis capabilities
Nice to Have
Experience in Python preferred, Experience in Go preferred, Kubernetes orchestration expertise, Docker expertise, Experience with GCP, Experience with AWS, Experience with Prometheus, Experience with EFK stacks
What You'll Do.
Curate engineering culture
Maintain high standards
Monitor production infrastructure
Alert production infrastructure
Investigate production infrastructure
Resolve production infrastructure challenges
Identify automation opportunities
Implement automated solutions
Implement scalable solutions
Optimize operational tasks
Serve as technical point of contact
Facilitate cross-functional communication
Perform root cause analysis
Drive structural improvements
Execute production change requests
Execute security requests
Manage code deployments
Manage patching pipelines
Partner with Product Management
Partner with Engineering Management
Align technical solutions
Align execution strategies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional communication; Product Management; Engineering Management
Communication Scope
Cross-functional communication
Process & Methodology
Roadmap priorities
Full Job Description
We engage the most inspired minds to do their best work wherever they work best—powering the freedom to create worldwide. _WP Engine empowers companies and agencies of all sizes to build, power, manage, and optimize their WordPress websites and applications with confidence. Serving 1.5 million customers across 150 + countries, the global technology company provides premium, enterprise-grade solutions, tools, and services, including specialized platforms for WordPress, industry-tailored eCommerce and agency solution suites, and developer-centric tools like Local, Advanced Custom Fields, and more. WP Engine’s innovative technology and industry-leading expertise are why 8% of the web visits a WP Engine-powered site daily. Learn more at wpengine.com._ __ # Senior Production Engineer ## ## What is Cool About This Job At WP Engine, we are on a mission to help our customers win online. Whether we're enabling an aspiring entrepreneur to turn a hobby into an online business or a multinational corporation to launch a new campaign in weeks instead of months, our platform elevates our customers toward success. By focusing on the customer experience, WP Engine has enjoyed spectacular growth, becoming the platform of choice for online agility. As a Senior Production Engineer, you will lead a team of engineers utilizing an Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mentality to craft, build, and maintain complex systems at scale. You will be an essential part of taking our platform to the next level both in scale and functionality. Our production infrastructure is a hybrid environment utilizing virtual machines, containerization, and serverless technologies that hosts hundreds of thousands of customer websites, reaching a significant portion of the world's population. If you find solving complex problems irresistible, enjoy working collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, and have a passion for delivering an elite customer experience, you may be the engineer we are looking for. ## The
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