Automattic’s experimentation platform squad (ExPlat) is looking for a self-directed software engineer to help take ExPlat to the next level. You will partner with our resident engineers and data scientists to maintain and improve a rock-solid platform for running and analyzing experiments, ranging from simple A/B tests to more exotic approaches.
You can learn more about the project by reading our recent data.blog posts and checking out Abacus, ExPlat’s open-source UI.
What You’ll Do:
- Contribute well-tested code across the ExPlat stack, from the Python/SQL/Scala data processing pipelines, through the PHP/WordPress production back-end, to the TypeScript/React UI and assignment clients.
- Help with architecture and product decisions within ExPlat.
- Support internal users through experiment and code reviews.
- Integrate into a multi-functional team of software engineers, data scientists, and data engineers.
Who You Are:
- You have production experience building backend applications with a variety of languages, frameworks, and systems.
- You understand backend challenges around scalability, caching, database load management, and API design.
- You are familiar with multiple programming languages and paradigms including functional programming.
- You have experience working with some of PHP (or other backend languages), Typescript/React, Python.
- You are experienced with test automation at all levels of the test pyramid.
- You are knowledgeable about design patterns, testability, and maintainability.
- You care about simplicity, code quality, and best practices, and appreciate a robust code review processes.
- You are hard-working, humble, and have an equal willingness to learn and teach.
- You have strong interpersonal skills with experience working autonomously in a diverse, multi-functional team.
Bonus:
- You have experience running A/B tests.
- You have WordPress programming experience.
- You have experience working with data and visualization.
- You have experience/a solid understanding of probability and statistics or machine learning.
- You have experience with functional programming languages.