Founded in 2005, Automattic is a distributed technology company with over 1,500 employees spread across more than 90 countries. Its stated mission is to democratize publishing and commerce. The company's portfolio includes several widely used digital platforms: WordPress.com, a website building and publishing service that powers tens of millions of sites; WooCommerce, an e-commerce platform supporting tens of millions of online stores; the social networking service Tumblr; the podcast app Pocket Casts; the journaling app Day One; the unified messaging app Beeper; and Jetpack, a suite of tools for self-hosted WordPress sites. Its technical work spans web publishing, e-commerce, open-source software development, and distributed systems, with teams deploying code between 60 and 80 times per day.
As a fully distributed company, Automattic's workforce operates remotely from locations around the world, supported by an open vacation policy, generous sabbatical programs, and annual in-person team meetups. The company's culture has been described as retaining the ethos of a scrappy startup, with an emphasis on hiring curious, self-directed individuals and providing them with autonomy to work independently.
