2 months ago
Remote, Poland or Kraków, PolandSenior
Responsibilities
- Architect, implement, test, deploy, and maintain backend services and cloud platform capabilities.
- Develop and integrate APIs using established service and architecture patterns.
- Build reliable data-access and service-integration patterns with relational data stores.
- Implement event-driven and asynchronous workflows, message processing, and background jobs.
- Operate and support services across managed cloud services, containers, virtual machines, and other runtime environments.
- Use CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code workflows to deliver changes safely and repeatably.
- Use logs, metrics, and traces to understand application behavior and diagnose production issues.
- Participate in technical designs, ADRs, RFCs, code reviews, and broader architectural discussions.
- Own defined technical areas and collaborate with experienced engineers on cross-team decisions.
- Use AI-assisted engineering tools to support development, testing, code exploration, and debugging.
Requirements
- Solid software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building backend services or web platforms.
- Go or Python experience is preferred, though strong experience with another backend language is acceptable.
- Practical exposure to public cloud or modern platform environments, especially GCP or AWS.
- Understanding of distributed-systems fundamentals and practical experience with event-driven systems, asynchronous processing, and scalability.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and monitoring through logs and metrics.
- Familiarity with Identity and Access Management, authentication and authorization fundamentals, and basic cloud security practices.
- Experience applying sound engineering practices, including SOLID principles, automated testing, and technical documentation.
- Helpful experience includes Go, PHP, Ruby, Python, GCP, AWS, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, GKE, EC2, S3, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Datadog.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and use AI tools thoughtfully while retaining technical ownership.
Benefits
- Company stock options.
- LuxMed Premium Rehab + Dentistry III health benefits.
- Pension scheme with employer matching.
- Life insurance with 100% of the premium paid by WP Engine.
- Free Multisport Card - Light and Classic.
- Short-term disability and sick leave with 100% salary coverage for the first 33 days.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Generous vacation time, one floating holiday, and four company wellness days.
- Home office stipend.
- Ongoing education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning, and the Career Growth Portal.
Tech Stack
About WP Engine
WP Engine provides managed WordPress hosting and related platforms for businesses, agencies, and enterprises, along with developer tools like Local and Advanced Custom Fields. Its subscription-based services cover hosting, security, performance, eCommerce solutions, and site management. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the privately held company runs its infrastructure across major public clouds such as AWS and Google Cloud.