Quick Summary
Job ID: R022852
Location: Arizona, United States (Remote)
Department: IT Operations
GoDaddy's Managed Hosting for WordPress platform empowers website designers, developers, and entrepreneurs globally. We are seeking an experienced leader to support platform engineering efforts as we evolve a next-generation architecture leveraging modern technologies, scalable design principles, and AI-driven innovation.
Join us to lead the evolution of a modern hosting platform powering millions of WordPress and application sites. We are looking for a hands-on leader with deep expertise in platform engineering—focusing on cost, performance, security, and scale—who can also drive the adoption of AI and agentic workflows during our stack transformation.
Note on Location: This is a remote position. Candidates must reside in the United States (excluding Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands). GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates in California, Seattle, or NYC.
What you'll get to do...
- Lead a team responsible for building and extending a high-scale, cost-efficient, secure hosting platform.
- Drive modernization initiatives using cloud-native architecture, automation, and developer experience best practices.
- Integrate AI and agentic capabilities into both existing and new platform components.
- Collaborate across product, security, and operations teams to deliver new features and maintain robust compliance.
- Mentor engineers, fostering platform expertise and curiosity about emerging technologies.
- Support and explore infrastructure-related initiatives beyond the WordPress platform.
- Leverage automation to simplify tasks and build highly performant components.
Your experience should include...
- Proven experience leading platform engineering teams for large-scale, high-availability hosting or cloud platforms.
- Deep expertise in managing cost, performance, security, and scalability.
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, OpenStack), automation, and developer tooling.
- Experience integrating new technologies, including AI/ML, into existing platforms.
- Experience with AI/ML tools, agentic workflows, or intelligent automation.
- Familiarity with cost optimization (FinOps), performance monitoring, and platform security best practices.
- Experience supporting WordPress and other modern application stacks.
You might also have...
Knowledge of our tech stack including:
- AI: MCPs, LLMs
- Orchestration: HashiCorp Nomad, Docker, Cilium
- Networking: AWS NLB, Traefik, CoreDNS
- Storage: EBS CSI, FSx, CephFS
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana
- Databases: etcd, Redis
- Application technologies: nginx unit, PHP, Node.js
- IaC & Config: AWS CDK, Terraform, Ansible
- Security tools: OIDC proxy, SELinux, Illumio
GoDaddy offers a range of total rewards, which may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. Benefits vary based on individual role and location.
About GoDaddy: GoDaddy empowers everyday entrepreneurs globally by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.