Senior Cloud Engineer, Platform

Automattic is hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer, Platform to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Senior Cloud 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 (EST)). 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: • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code What we offer: • Home office and wellness stipends • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Generous paid time off and company holidays 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: • 5+ years of relevant experience • On-call and incident response experience • Strong troubleshooting skills • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) Nice to have: • A growth mindset and eagerness to keep learning • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear)