Senior Systems Engineer
Automattic
full-remoteseniorpermanentbackend Full remote 9 days ago via WTTJ
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Systems EngineeringInfrastructure ReliabilityHigh AvailabilityPerformance EngineeringSecurityMonitoringAutomationIncident ResponseData IntegrityBackups
About the role
Role Overview
As a Senior Systems Engineer at Automattic, you’ll help deliver high availability, performance, and security for the company’s global infrastructure. You’ll work across the full lifecycle of infrastructure management—reducing developer friction so they can ship software faster.
Key Missions
- Maximize service availability and uptime through:
- proactive planning
- sound architectural decisions
- automation
- rapid response to failures
- Keep services safe and secure for users and employees via:
- proactive monitoring and enforcement
- real-time incident response
- maintaining data integrity and backups
- Reduce friction for developers by providing fast, effective answers to infrastructure-related questions.
Responsibilities (Summary)
- Drive reliability, performance, and security improvements across global infrastructure.
- Automate operational processes and respond quickly to incidents.
- Ensure data protection and integrity through backups and operational controls.
- Support developers with timely guidance to accelerate software delivery.
About Automattic
Automattic is the company behind widely used web platforms and services including WordPress.com, Jetpack, Tumblr, and WooCommerce. It operates as a software and infrastructure organization supporting global internet services, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, and security.
Scraped 6/11/2026