Applied AI Engineer

About Automattic

Now in our 20th year, we're the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, Beeper, and more. We believe in making the web a better place. We're a distributed company with more than 1400 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe.

About This Opportunity

We're looking for exceptional AI engineers who've shipped breakthrough products that millions actually use. You'll work with Automattic's ecosystem, spanning WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Beeper, Clay, and more.

What You'll Do:
- 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 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, Clay, Beeper, Pocket Casts.
- Stay current with AI developments that unlock new user experiences.

You'll Thrive Here If You:
- Have shipped AI features that users actually use — production experience valued over theory.
- Move fast without breaking things: prototype quickly while building for scale.
- Think product-first — great AI is invisible to users, it just makes their experience better.
- Have production experience with LLMs (APIs or custom implementations) at meaningful scale.
- Strong full-stack development (PHP, TypeScript, and React primarily).
- Machine learning fundamentals and staying current with rapid field developments.

Salary: $70,000 - $170,000 USD.

Benefits: Open vacation policy, competitive base salary, comprehensive benefits by country.