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Automattic (WordPress.com, Gravatar, WooCommerce, etc.)

Backend developer

CompanyAutomattic (WordPress.com, Gravatar, WooCommerce, etc.)
Websiteautomattic.com
Roles
  • Backend developer
  • modern JavaScript single-page app frontend, 100% open-source
Role taxonomyBackendFrontend
SpecialtiesBackend, Frontend
LocationRemote
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://automattic.com/work-with-us/code-wrangler/
Hiring notes
TechJavaScriptPythonGoJavaPHP
Posted bynikolayb
PostedNov 7, 2017
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Original posting

Automattic (WordPress.com, Gravatar, WooCommerce, etc.) | Backend developer | Remote | https://automattic.com/work-with-us/code-wrangler/ I never thought I would work for 10 years with the same company, but here I am :-) Automattic is the nicest group of people (brings 10x personal happiness), almost no bureaucracy (given it’s 600+ people), just common sense on every level. On to technical things. We’re looking for more backend developers to work both on APIs, but also on user-facing features. Teams are small, a lot of the code is open-source, backend deploys take few seconds and we do 100+ a day, the CI says tests are passing, scaling and performance are daily concerns. And some not-so-technical. Users are millions and kinda like us, 100% distributed – we meet in person few times per year anywhere in the world, growing stable business, all internal communication is open to anybody, people rarely leave the company. Stack: - PHP REST API - modern JavaScript single-page app frontend, 100% open-source: http://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso - various other systems in Python, Go, Erlang, Java…