Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Automattic is a mission-driven company seeking exceptional AI engineers to ship innovative products used by millions. The role involves working on user-facing AI features across a diverse product ecosystem, collaborating with various teams, and tackling challenges that impact a global user base.
Responsibilities
- Ship user-facing AI features across Automattic’s product ecosystem; from site building tools to ecommerce recommendations to messaging experiences
- Build and iterate rapidly on AI-powered products that directly impact millions of users
- Collaborate with PMs, designers, and engineers (in-person in NYC or distributed globally) in a fast-paced environment optimized for innovation
- Experiment and scale successful AI innovations from prototype to production across multiple products
- Embed with teams to work on products such as WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Mesh, Beeper, Pocket Casts, etc
- Stay current with AI developments that unlock new user experiences
Skills
- Have shipped AI features that users actually use. Production experience is valued over theoretical knowledge
- Are exceptionally talented. You're the person other great engineers want to work with
- Are strong across the stack OR deeply expert in your domain. We value both breadth and depth
- Move fast without breaking things. Prototype quickly while building for scale
- Think product-first. You know great AI is invisible to users; it just makes their experience better
- Work well in distributed teams or love in-person collaboration if you're NYC-based
- Are drawn to working with other exceptional people rather than just seeking comfortable work environments
- Production experience with LLMs (APIs or custom implementations) at meaningful scale
- Strong full-stack development (we use PHP, TypeScript, and React, primarily)
- Building AI-powered user interfaces that perform well at scale
- Machine learning fundamentals and staying current with rapid field developments
- Track record of technical leadership or influence on high-performing teams
- Developed consumer AI products that scaled to a significant numbers of users
- Experience with WordPress, ecommerce, or messaging platforms
- Open source contributions showing your thinking
- Previous startup experience as a founder or early engineer
- Based in NYC or willing to relocate (strong preference, but not required)
Benefits
- Fully-remote company
- Open vacation policy
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