Technical Architect (Platform)

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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.

What's cool about this job:

At WP Engine, architects help shape our technology vision, influence decisions, inspire engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally in order to build impactful products that improve the lives of our customers.

Our culture is renowned; we believe it is important to hire the best and ensure that we provide an environment where the best get better. If you are great with technology evaluations, technology transformations, service oriented architectures, data analytics, and are motivated by the challenge of shaping our Platform vision, you may be the architect we are looking for!

The day to day:

• Define the technical vision – Partner with Product, Engineering, and external stakeholders to shape the next generation of WP Engine’s platform.

• Architect at scale – Design, validate, and communicate macro-architectures, APIs, and high-performance distributed systems for engineering teams to build against.

• Evaluate & implement technologies – Drive decisions on frameworks, platforms, and cloud infrastructure that power millions of websites worldwide.

• Set best practices – Establish and champion modern engineering standards for reliability, observability, and maintainability.

• Mentor and influence – Serve as a technical leader, fostering a high-performance engineering culture through coaching and knowledge sharing.

Your expertise and passion.

Minimum qualifications: 

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least one position in an architectural leadership role.

• Experience designing RESTful APIs, GraphQL, or gRPC services in languages like Go, Python and Typescript.

• Expertise in building and scaling distributed, high-availability cloud platforms on GCP, AWS, or Azure.

• Hands-on experience with modern cloud architectures, including Kubernetes, containers and serverless computing

• Proven ability to drive end-to-end technical decisions that impact performance, security, scalability, and cost.

• Deep understanding of tradeoffs in cloud design, including cost vs. performance, security vs. usability, and latency vs. scalability.

• Experience architecting CI/CD pipelines for large engineering teams working on multi-service, interconnected deployments.

• Ability to lead complex technical discussions and communicate architectural decisions effectively across teams.

Preferred Experience: 

• Prior experience working in high-traffic web environments with millions of users or high-volume APIs.

• Familiarity with observability tools and site reliability engineering (SRE) best practices.

• Experience in automating cloud deployments with Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.

• Deep knowledge of security and compliance.

• Strong WordPress experience, including plugin development

The perks and benefits.

• Company Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)

• Great Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)

• Paid Family Leave

• Employee Assistance Program

• Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn’t like time off)

• One-time work from home allowance

• 4 Company Wellness Days a year

• Wellness allowance

• Free subscription to Calm

• On-going education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning, and our Career Growth Portal
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