Remote Performance Engineer, Backend at Automattic Careers

- Skills: MEAN stack, MySQL, PHP, Go, MariaDB, WordPress - Experiences: Senior - Employments: Full-time - Benefits: Medical benefits, 13th month pay, Async collaboration, Health insurance, Company retreats, Coworking budget, Dental insurance, Disability insurance, Distributed team, Employee referral program, Equity compensation, Flexible working hours, Generous vacation, Home office budget, Learning budget, Life insurance, Location independent salary, Mental wellness budget, No politics at work, No whiteboard interview, Paid sick leave, Paid time off, Pension matching, Performance bonuses, Retirement benefits, Unlimited vacation, Vision insurance, Wellness benefits, Employee Assistance Program, 4 day work week, Paid parental leave Description: - Join Automattic's PerfOps team as a Backend Performance Engineer to enhance the speed of products like WordPress.com and WooCommerce. - Collaborate with engineers to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize backend systems, and improve performance observability. Requirements: - Extensive experience with PHP performance profiling and optimization. - Strong understanding of caching strategies, particularly with Memcached. - Proven experience in performance work at scale, handling millions of requests. - Ability to measure and validate performance improvements using profiling tools and dashboards. - Excellent written communication skills for remote collaboration. - Self-directed with a focus on high-impact performance work. - Bonus: Experience with WordPress and WooCommerce in high-traffic environments. Benefits: - Competitive salary range of $70,000-$170,000 USD, adjusted for local currency. - Fully remote work with an open vacation policy.