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#masthead --> <div id="content" class="site-content"> <div id="primary"> <main id="main"> <h1 class="title global-padding">Careers</h1><div class="text global-padding"><div class="ingress">Are you interested in working on the VIP team at Automattic? This page is for you!</div> <h2>Open Positions</h2> <p>We are currently looking to fill these positions on the VIP team:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/vip-developer/">Development Consultant</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/vip-enterprise-engineer/">Enterprise Engineer</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/enterprise-platform-engineer/">Enterprise Platform Engineer</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/technical-account-engineer/">Technical Account Engineer</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/enterprise-happiness-engineer/">Enterprise Happiness Engineer</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/relationship-management-leader/">Relationship Management Leader</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/head-of-technology-partnerships/">Head of Technology Partnerships</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/director-of-sales-engineering/">Director of Sales Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/careers/product-owner/">Product Owner</a></li> </ul> <h2>About Us</h2> <p><img class="alignright wp-image-33011 jetpack-lazy-image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=280" alt width="349" height="196" data-lazy-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all 3600w, https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=120%2C68&quality=90&strip=all 120w, https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=280%2C158&quality=90&strip=all 280w, https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=768%2C432&quality=90&strip=all 768w, https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=1032%2C581&quality=90&strip=all 1032w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px" data-lazy-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=280&is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7"><noscript><img class="alignright wp-image-33011" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=280" alt="" width="349" height="196" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all 3600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=120%2C68&quality=90&strip=all 120w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=280%2C158&quality=90&strip=all 280w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=768%2C432&quality=90&strip=all 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cos2851_12191.jpg?resize=1032%2C581&quality=90&strip=all 1032w" sizes="(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px"/></noscript>The VIP team provides consulting, support, hosting, training, and other services to some of the biggest and best WordPress sites for clients like Time Inc., Facebook, Microsoft, News Corp, FiveThirtyEight, The New York Times, and hundreds more.</p> <p>As some of the biggest brands on the web, our clients are often defining and evolving models for using WordPress at scale. We work hand-in-hand with them, and treat their applications as if they were our own. The VIP team helps our clients get the most out of WordPress, doing everything from providing guidance, to reviewing their code to ensure security and performance, to developing new tools to help improve our platform.</p> <blockquote style="color: #151e25"><p>“Working with intelligent, kind people is very motivating and makes addressing challenges so much easier.” – Shannon Smith</p></blockquote> <p>We’re a diverse group of people from a wide variety of backgrounds who bring excellence in software engineering, communication and problem-solving skills to help our clients and partners do amazing things with WordPress. Our company is completely distributed, so we work from anywhere we can find a good broadband connection.</p> <div class="tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized" data-original-width="900" data-carousel-extra="null" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageGallery"> <div class="gallery-row" style="width: 900px; height: 409px;" data-original-width="900" data-original-height="409"> <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 612px; height: 409px;" data-original-width="612" data-original-height="409"> <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/img_0138/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="608"> <meta itemprop="height" content="405"> <img data-attachment-id="21270" data-orig-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0138.jpg?quality=90&strip=all" data-orig-size="1280,853" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Company meetup in Park City, UT" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0138.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=280" data-large-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0138.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=900" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://i0.wp.com/wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0138.jpg?w=608&h=405&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1" width="608" height="405" data-original-width="608" data-original-height="405" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Company meetup in Park City, UT" alt="Company meetup in Park City, UT" style="width: 608px; 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height: 213px;"/></noscript> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> Training sessions in Napa, CA </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 288px; height: 217px;" data-original-width="288" data-original-height="217"> <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/k-ear-sten_is_receiving_instructions_by_radio/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="284"> <meta itemprop="height" content="213"> <img data-attachment-id="21275" data-orig-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/k-ear-sten_is_receiving_instructions_by_radio.jpg?quality=90&strip=all" data-orig-size="776,582" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Team meetup in New Orleans, LA" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/k-ear-sten_is_receiving_instructions_by_radio.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=280" data-large-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/k-ear-sten_is_receiving_instructions_by_radio.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=776" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://i0.wp.com/wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/k-ear-sten_is_receiving_instructions_by_radio.jpg?w=284&h=213&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1" width="284" height="213" data-original-width="284" data-original-height="213" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Team meetup in New Orleans, LA" alt="Team meetup in New Orleans, LA" style="width: 284px; 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height: 160px;" data-lazy-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://i1.wp.com/wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/co-u3wyveae63jb.jpg?w=214&is-pending-load=1#038;h=160&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class=" jetpack-lazy-image"><noscript><img data-attachment-id="21284" data-orig-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/co-u3wyveae63jb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all" data-orig-size="1024,768" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Hosting a meetup at The New York Times" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/co-u3wyveae63jb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=280" data-large-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/co-u3wyveae63jb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=900" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955im_/https://i1.wp.com/wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/co-u3wyveae63jb.jpg?w=214&h=160&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1" width="214" height="160" data-original-width="214" data-original-height="160" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Hosting a meetup at The New York Times" alt="Hosting a meetup at The New York Times" style="width: 214px; height: 160px;"/></noscript> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> Hosting a meetup at The New York Times </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> </div> <!-- close row --> </div> <h2>About You</h2> <p>If you want to join the VIP team, that means you’re passionate about building partnerships, collaborating to solve complex problems, and helping innovative organizations launch some of the most high-profile, high-traffic WordPress sites out there. You’re an amazing communicator. You’re proactive, you get things done with minimal or no direction, and you rarely pass up a chance to learn something new.</p> <blockquote style="color: #151e25"><p>“Every day I get to work with significant and diverse clients in a team of outstanding individuals to meet bold and exciting challenges at a global scale. I also get to work with great technology in a supportive environment which fosters excellence in all areas, continual development, where I have great autonomy and where we all have a lot of fun especially at our meetups.” – Klaus Harris</p></blockquote> <h3>In a typical day you can expect to:</h3> <ul> <li>Work closely with a client to advise them on the best way to structure their CMS, theme, feature or plugin;</li> <li>Troubleshoot tough problems that often deal with edge cases and WordPress internals at scale;</li> <li>Build tools to help us support our clients;</li> <li>Write and contribute to community plugins;</li> <li>Do performance audits of sites and the platform as a whole;</li> <li>Review code and provide feedback and guidance to client developers;</li> <li>Fix security issues impacting the platform or popular plugins;</li> <li>Learn, laugh, and help out fellow co-workers in Slack.</li> </ul> <blockquote style="color: #151e25"><p>“I learn new things every day working on VIP — from my teammates, from clients and from the code. I’ve found VIP to be a place where I can bring my whole self to the job — the team’s diversity is a big part of our strength.” – Matt Perry</p></blockquote> <h3>Skills that come in handy:</h3> <ul> <li>Advanced proficiency coding with WordPress.</li> <li>A strong understanding of the Web including HTTP, PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.</li> <li>Experience with code security. You’re familiar with the items on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190828171955/https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project">OWASP top 10</a> and know how to prevent them.</li> <li>Experience with code performance. 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