Production Engineer

WP Engine

Production Engineer at WP Engine utilizing SRE mentality to develop scalable systems. Managing performance across public cloud environments for optimizing production infrastructure.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇦🇺 AustraliaJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in production infrastructure management across public cloud environments, with a strong focus on automation, scalability, and incident response. Proficient in container orchestration and scripting, ensuring efficient resource utilization and system reliability.

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Production Infrastructure ManagementKubernetes OrchestrationPython ProgrammingRoot Cause AnalysisInfrastructure Automation

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringSystem ArchitectureDistributed MicroservicesContainerizationAutomated ScriptingMonitoring SystemsChange ManagementSecurity Management

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsTroubleshootingTeam CollaborationForward-Thinking

Tools & Technologies

GCPAWSDockerLinuxNginxApacheMySQLAnsibleTerraformPrometheus

Industry Keywords

Production-Ready ConfigurationsInfrastructure ChallengesAlert TrendsSelf-Healing SystemsOperational Tasks

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleApacheAWSCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesMySQLNGINXPHPPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Monitor, alert, investigate, and resolve production infrastructure challenges across public cloud environments (including GCP and AWS).
Actively identify opportunities and implement automated, scalable solutions to optimize code and operational tasks, reducing toil across the platform.
Participate in incident response during critical issues, track alert trends, and assist with root cause analysis (RCA) to drive structural improvements.
Execute production change and security requests, safely managing code deployments and patching pipelines.
Work closely with your team and cross-functional partners to align technical solutions and execution strategies with roadmap priorities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-4 years of software engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience building and running production-ready configurations at internet scale.
Strong understanding of system architecture, distributed microservices, and self-healing systems with efficient resource and network utilization.
Experience executing containerized workloads using Kubernetes orchestration and Docker across public cloud hosting providers.
Proficient in structural and automated scripting using object-oriented languages, with strong experience in Python and Go preferred.
Solid understanding of the modern web serving stack and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Linux, Nginx/Apache, MySQL, PHP, Ansible, Terraform).
Hands-on familiarity implementing metrics, monitoring, and alerting systems (such as Prometheus or EFK stacks) to maximize infrastructure visibility.
A forward-thinking learner with superb analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis capabilities who loves a team-first environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Company Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)
Superannuation Program
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Maternity & Paternity Pay
Generous Vacation Time (Who doesn't like time off)
One-time $745 AUS Home Office Stipend
Company Wellness Days