Director, Platform Engineering

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WP Engine is the most trusted WordPress technology company, powering over 1.5M digital experiences in 150 countries for businesses of all sizes. WP Engine’s all-in-one platform enables customers to design, build, power, and manage extraordinary WordPress, eCommerce, and headless sites—all thanks to a nonstop commitment to innovation, award-winning WordPress expertise, and a set of core values that guides us every day.

We are searching for a proven Engineering leader to join our rapidly expanding Product & Engineering team to help build our next generation architecture, create new tools for developers using our platform, and provide intelligent insights to our 200,000 customers in 130 countries. Python, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, and Ansible are some of the technologies that your teams will work with. We want smart people to help invent the future of web hosting.

What Is Cool About This Job

Great talent follows great leadership. We want a leader who will continue to build a top-notch team of exceptional engineers. As a member of our P&E Leadership Team, we will rely on you to be an active voice and advocate for our mission and strategic objectives, while championing the needs of your team.

We see our culture as a competitive advantage and believe that it is important to hire the best and ensure that we provide an environment where the best get better. If you are able to attract and hire top engineering talent, are great at solving problems, a hard worker, and an inspiring leader, you may be the Director of Engineering that we are looking for.

The Day to Day

Responsibilities

• In this role you will build and lead world-class Infrastructure and Edge engineering teams reporting to Vice President of Engineering
• Coach and mentor highly talented and motivated managers, architects and engineers
• Build high functioning, highly engaged engineering teams that build great products
• Partner with Product to create an investment strategy and roadmap that incrementally delivers Customer Inspired value
• Ensure that we are taking a long-term view by building technically sound products that will scale and deliver amazing customer experiences
• Help our engineering teams connect their work to the company mission and strategy
• Foster cross-departmental collaboration with other departments to deliver revenue impacting products
• Connect and collaborate across various business units to deliver amazing business results and customer experiences
• Create a culture of continuous improvement Where The Best Get Better
• You will help build a data-driven culture by helping establish group wide OKRs and important metrics
• Continuously challenge status quo to deliver industry leading high performance and cost-effective platform capabilities
  
  

Your Expertise and Passion

Required Skills

• 8-10 years leadership experience in building and delivering high performance cloud platform with Edge engineering experience
• Experience with CDN, Networking, Automation, Kubernetes, Docker, micro-service architecture, and CI/CD
• Experience in GKS/EKS/AKS, LAMP, Ansible, Chef, Go, Python, GCP/AWS/Azure cloud platforms
• Enjoys working in a highly demanding and fast paced environment; ability to operate under constraints, ambiguity and high context switching
• Strong leadership experience to collaborate with Senior Leadership team for Strategy Planning and Execution, Operational excellence, Security and Compliance
• Strong financial acumen to manage multi-million dollar budget, vendor management and negotiation skills, ability to partner and influence vendors/partners
• Passionate about staying up to date on technology trends; be the core driver of innovation and research
• Proven track record and strong experience building and running large scale applications in the public cloud environments
• Ability to lead strategic, cross-departmental initiatives in highly demanding environment
• Ability to communicate and collaborate between Engineering, Products and other business units
• Has strong experience in building and running large scale globally distributed cloud platform services delivering four 9’s of availability, high performance and impregnable security
• Ability to balance results-driven and relationship-focused management styles through communication, empathy, and emotional intelligence
• Proven experience building and managing globally distributed world-class teams
• Has great soft-skills and experience needed to handle customer escalations and be able to interact directly with customers, vendors and partners
• Driven to deliver innovative products in a competitive market and motivated to win
• Experienced with performance and compensation management best practices
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related discipline. Technical Certifications are a plus
  
  

The perks & benefits

• Company Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)
• Great Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance)
• Fertility Benefits (IVF/Fertility drug coverage)
• HSA Company contribution $500 for employee / $1000 for family
• 401(k) with a 4% match
• Disability Insurance
• Paid Family and Caregiver’s Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn’t like time off)
• One-time $500 payment to set up your home office
• 4 Company Wellness Days a year
• 1 floating holiday
• $100 monthly wellness allowance to spend on what you want
• Access to free on-demand fitness classes
• Free subscription to Calm
• Pet Insurance
• On-going education through LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning and our Career Growth Portal
  
  

At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Base Salary Range

$192,000.00 - $288,000.00

We believe that compensation should be reflective of the impact you have within the organization relative to the market value of your role. The estimated base salary range for this position is as listed above. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Our salary ranges are determined by job role and responsibilities and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for salaries for the position nationwide. The actual base pay will vary based on various factors including job-related skills and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. Your talent acquisition partner can share more about the total rewards package at WP Engine including any additional total rewards components such as equity, variable pay plans (if applicable), and benefits during the hiring process.