Job Description

AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (FRONTEND, JAVASCRIPT) YOU:

Are passionate about and have a rock-solid understanding of the core JavaScript language, HTML5, and CSS3.
Are accomplished at developing well-structured web applications using modern JavaScript tools like React and Redux.
Have a passion for crafting experiences that users rave about.
Are able to iterate and ship ideas quickly, within a highly collaborative yet autonomous team.
Have experience with a server-side language such as NodeJS, Go, PHP, Ruby, or Python.

Extra credit if you have:

Experience using type safe JavaScript based languages, such as TypeScript.
WordPress programming experience.
Experience using containers, Kubernetes, and Prometheus.
Open source contributions.
Contributions to programs designed to help underrepresented people enter the tech field.
Experience and enthusiasm for building accessible web pages and products.
Data analysis experience, and understanding of how analytics can help with product decisions.
Experience setting up and customizing JavaScript tooling and build systems.

Valid through: 4/23/2021

About Automattic

Automattic Inc. is an American global distributed company which was founded in August 2005 and is most notable for WordPress.com, as well as its contributions to WordPress. The company's name is a play on founder Matt Mullenweg's first name. Automattic raised US$617.3 million in six funding rounds. In the last round, in September 2019, the company was valued at US$3 billion. The company had 1,273 employees as of September 2020. Its remote working culture was the topic of a participative journalism project by Scott Berkun, resulting in the 2013 book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work.

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$111,240

Total value of jobs:

$13,905,000

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60%

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