Business Systems Intern
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WP Engine is the most trusted WordPress technology company, powering over 1.5M digital experiences in 150+ countries for businesses of all sizes. WP Engine’s all-in-one platform enables customers to design, build, power, and manage extraordinary WordPress, eCommerce, and headless sites—all thanks to a nonstop commitment to innovation, award-winning WordPress expertise, and a set of core values that guides us every day.
Company: WP Engine
Job Title: Business Systems Intern
Pay rate: €28,800 p.a. pro rata
Location: Our Irish hub is based in Limerick but we operate a remote first, working from home model. You decide where you do your best work. If you prefer working from an office, you have the option of working from our Limerick hub anytime you wish. (You do not need to live in Limerick for the internship).
What's cool about this job
Our continued growth, supporting over 200,000 customers, ensures there are many opportunities at WP Engine to tackle hard problems at scale. gaining experience in an agile environment where you will have the opportunity to learn from an experienced Business Systems team. You will be part of an exciting team taking our internal platform to the next level both in scale and functionality. Learning to implement, manage, and optimise internal systems and software that streamline business processes, enhance efficiency, and support company operations.
The Day to Day
Write, test, integrate, debug, and troubleshoot software applications that are resilient, robust, and perform at scale.
Deliver business value incrementally and iteratively.
Improve automated test coverage and build deployment pipelines to safely and rapidly push new code to production.
Be a great teammate to the other members of your Agile team
Constantly look for opportunities to automate and optimize
Freedom to work remotely anywhere in Ireland.
Your Expertise and Passion
Experience writing web applications (in any language)
Participate in implementation and integration projects working with Enterprise System teams to refine user roles, permissions and controls
Improve automated test coverage and build deployment pipelines to safely and rapidly push new code to production.
Provide outstanding internal support on system issues including system availability, and performance optimisation
Strong development skills, in any object-oriented language, such as Java or Python.
Front-end development skills, such as JavaScript or React, would be advantageous but not essential.
Natural problem solving abilities, an inquisitive personality, and an eagerness to tackle new challenges
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Passionate about working alongside a team to determine what solution best fits the customer’s needs
Currently pursuing a Computer Science, Computer Software or MIS degree.
At WP Engine, we strive to have the broadest possible view of diversity, going beyond visible differences to include the background, experiences, skills, and perspectives that make each person unique. WP Engine is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.