Junior Infrastructure Engineer, Platform

Automattic is hiring a Junior Infrastructure Engineer, Platform to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Junior Infrastructure Engineer, Platform, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code What we offer: • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Home office and wellness stipends • Generous paid time off and company holidays • Paid parental leave How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Automattic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 0–2 years of experience or equivalent training • On-call and incident response experience • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Strong troubleshooting skills • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) Nice to have: • A growth mindset and eagerness to keep learning • Comfort communicating clearly and proactively in writing