This role is designed for a **mid-to-senior level full-stack engineer** who prioritizes shipping over theory. You should have a proven track record of moving AI
Work type: onsite
Location: New York City
Salary: $170,000 – $230,000/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is designed for a **mid-to-senior level full-stack engineer** who prioritizes shipping over theory. You should have a proven track record of moving AI features from prototype to production at scale, specifically using LLMs. While the company is famous for being remote-first, this specific "AI Lab" team is a rare exception: they are looking for high-caliber builders who want to work **in-person in Manhattan** to iterate rapidly on products for WordPress, Tumblr, and WooCommerce. The standout feature of this position is the **$170,000 – $230,000 salary**, which includes a specific geographic adjustment for NYC. It offers the best of both worlds: the high-intensity, collaborative energy of a small AI startup/lab environment, backed by the massive distribution and stability of a profitable global tech giant. You’ll have the unique opportunity to influence tools used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Are a "full-stack capable" engineer comfortable with Python, PHP, and JavaScript. * Prefer working in an office 5 days a week for high-bandwidth, face-to-face collaboration. * Have successfully deployed user-facing AI products (not just research or hobby projects). * Value "functional" AI that solves real user problems over flashy but impractical tech.
Location: New York City (In-person)About This Opportunity
[We’re](https://automattic.com/) assembling an exceptional team of AI engineers in NYC. The kind of people who’ve shipped breakthrough AI products that millions actually use. This isn’t about office amenities or typical startup perks (although we have those too!). It’s about working alongside some of the most talented engineers and product minds in AI, solving fascinating problems at scale.
You’ll collaborate in-person with a carefully selected group designed for breakthrough thinking, backed by the resources and reach of Automattic’s ecosystem, spanning [WordPress.com](https://wordpress.com/), [WooCommerce](https://woocommerce.com/), [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/), and more. Think of it as an elite AI lab with the distribution and impact of Automattic’s broad and deep ecosystem.
What You’ll Do
Shape how AI transforms products used by hundreds of millions people across the planet. From helping creators tell better stories to enabling merchants to compete effectively. You’ll tackle fascinating challenges across our entire ecosystem with the backing of a profitable, mission-driven company.
At Automattic, we use global salary ranges that do not vary by location. However, because this role is required to be based in our New York City office 5 days a week, we have applied an adjustment to the global band to support additional costs associated with the office-based role requirements. The salary for this role is $170,000–$230,000 USD.
If you later move to a different team or role at Automattic that is not NYC office‑based, your salary would be adjusted to the applicable global pay band for that role, which could result in a reduction in salary. Note that the global range would apply even if your chosen location of residence is NYC.
We are searching for high-caliber candidates with the skills and qualities to have a net positive for Automattic. Pay will reflect the potential contribution and the impact you can bring. #LI-DNI
About Automattic
Now in [our 20th year](https://timeline.automattic.com/), we’re the people behind [WordPress.com](http://wordpress.com/), [WooCommerce](https://href.li/?http://woocommerce.com/), [Beeper](https://www.beeper.com/), [Tumblr](https://href.li/?https://www.tumblr.com/), [Simplenote](https://href.li/?http://simplenote.com/), [Jetpack](https://href.li/?http://jetpack.com/), [Longreads](https://href.li/?http://longreads.com/), [Day One](https://href.li/?https://dayoneapp.com/), [PocketCasts](https://href.li/?https://www.pocketcasts.com/), and more. We believe in making the web a better place.
We’re a distributed company with more than 1500 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we’re united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source. In short, we help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly—regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.
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