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Overview

WP Engine is a managed WordPress hosting and technology company that powers millions of websites for businesses, agencies and developers. It provides managed hosting, the Flywheel and Local developer tools, headless WordPress through Atlas, Genesis themes and security and performance services, with round-the-clock customer support. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States.

News

News hackernoon 2 months ago
Continuous Aggregate Refresh, Demystified: Invalidation, Lookback, and Late-Arriving Data
Learn why late-arriving time-series data can leave aggregates stale and how TimescaleDB continuous aggregate refresh windows determine reconciling corrections.
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Blog 2 months ago
Deploying a Composer-Based WordPress Site (Including Bedrock) to WP Engine
Modern WordPress1 development has increasingly embraced Composer as a way to manage dependencies and improve workflow consistency. Whether you're using a custom Composer setup or a framework like Bedrock, WP Engine supports deploying these projects-with a
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Blog 2 months ago
Is Your Website HIPAA Compliant? 8 Questions to Ask Your Hosting Provider
Building a web presence for a healthcare organization, medical practice, telehealth provider, or healthtech brand comes with a unique set of compliance challenges. When evaluating hosting infrastructure for a WordPress1 site, navigating terms like HIPAA c
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Blog 2 months ago
How to Sell Your Clients on Managed Hosting for WordPress
You know the value of managed hosting built specifically for WordPress1, but your clients often don't. When you're trying to wrap up a web design project or finalize a development budget, the monthly cost of hosting can easily turn into an unnecessary, fr
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Blog 2 months ago
GoDaddy vs. WP Engine: A Complete Comparison Guide
Choosing the right foundation for your digital presence is one of the most important decisions an organization can make. As businesses grow, they often find themselves comparing different hosting environments to see which provides the best balance of spee
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Blog 2 months ago
Pantheon vs. WP Engine: A Complete Comparison Guide
Choosing the platform where you'll manage a website built on WordPress1 software is a critical decision. The right platform provides a foundation for growth and ensures security remains a constant priority. While Pantheon and WP Engine both offer speciali
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Blog 2 months ago
Pantheon Alternatives: A Guide for Scalable Enterprise Workflows
WWhen enterprise development teams begin exploring Pantheon alternatives, their search is rarely driven by a simple need for server uptime. Instead, they are typically looking to solve complex, organizational-level challenges surrounding scalability, stri
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Blog 2 months ago
How to Meet the New Standard for Modern Site Search
When a visitor lands on your site, they usually follow one of two paths: they're casually browsing, or they're looking for something specific. For the latter group (which makes up over 43% of website visitors), the very first thing they do is head straigh
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Blog 2 months ago
Understanding WP Engine's Smart Search AI Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server
The Smart Search AI MCP Server is a powerful new feature in WP Engine's AI Toolkit that transforms your WordPress1 site into a dynamic, real-time knowledge base for any external Large Language Model (LLM) you connect to it. When enabled, this server respo
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Blog 2 months ago
WP Engine Newsroom Adoption Guide
WP Engine Newsroom is a suite of tools and functionality designed to help media organizations create, manage, and deliver impactful, reader-focused stories more efficiently and at scale. Investing in new technology can often feel like a daunting, highly t
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at WP Engine over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
43
Postings analysed
18
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
PHP100%
Go28%
Python28%
SQL22%
Frameworks & libraries
OpenTelemetry17%
Databases
BigQuery11%
Google BigQuery11%
MySQL11%
PostgreSQL6%
Cloud & platforms
GCP28%
Kubernetes28%
AWS22%
Amazon EC217%
AI & ML
Claude6%
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Full WP Engine tech stack 43 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$100k
Typical range
$50k – $193k
Open positions
6
6 Jobs
Junior 33.3%
Middle 16.7%
Staff 33.3%
Principal 16.7%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 2 $80k $50k – $110k
Middle 1 $88k $88k
Staff 2 $108k $90k – $125k
Principal 1 $193k $193k
Highest paying role Principal HR Business Partner $193k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at WP Engine By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
60/100
Growing
Open positions
11
1 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
33 days
faster than 38% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~20 hours
10/17/2026
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
19% ▼
Sales
19% ▼
HR
13%
Data Science
6% ▲
Backend
6% ▼
DevOps
6% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Slack to stack Oct 2026
Added Okta to stack Oct 2026
Added Jira to stack Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack Oct 2026
Added Confluence to stack Oct 2026
Added Rest API to stack Sep 2026
Added BigQuery to stack Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026
Added Apache HTTP Server to stack Sep 2026
Added Rollup to stack Sep 2026
Added Claude to stack Sep 2026
Added AI Agents to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
Austin
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Austin United States
HQ
WP Engine
7 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $109k Avg Salary
hires for Support, Communications, Finance
500 W 2nd St, Austin, 78701
seen since Aug 2026 company site, job postings
Kraków Poland
Engineering / R&D
Krakow
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Data Science
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
New York, United States 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
London, United Kingdom 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Washington, United States 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Brisbane, Australia 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026

Jobs

≈ $53k – $88k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Kraków
Python
Go
PHP
SQL
WordPress
Databases
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
AI/ML
Claude Code
dbt
AI Agents
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
CI/CD
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
IAM
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Fivetran
Dimensional Modeling
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$64k – $88k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Austin
PHP
WordPress
Cybersecurity
Okta
Management
Slack
Confluence
Jira
Google Workspace
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≈ $50k – $84k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Kraków
Python
Go
PHP
SQL
Ruby
WordPress
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
OpenTelemetry
Datadog
Prometheus
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Google GKE
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
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≈ $51k – $85k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Kraków
Python
Go
PHP
SQL
Ruby
WordPress
Databases
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
DevOps
Rest API
gRPC
Terraform
GCP
OpenTelemetry
Datadog
Prometheus
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Google GKE
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
IAM
Apply

Financials

Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2018 — Details