Career and Professional Development


  • How to profit from an Analytics Skill Matrix

    These job postings usually arise due to a problem of inaccurate needs assessments, resulting in a delayed and complex hiring process Javier Andrés Tiniaco Leyba – Tumblr Data Science Analytics Team Lead at Automattic The Analytics Skill Matrix is a tool we use in Data teams throughout Automattic. It developed from our interest in creating…

  • Advance your Career with Automattic Rotations

    One distinguishing feature of Automattic’s work culture is a team rotation, through which an individual can move from one team to another. A rotation can happen for a few reasons: to “try out” a new role and gain new skills, to backfill an understaffed team, or to cultivate cross-pollination and diversity across the company. Some rotations…

  • Join us at Tumblr!

    During an interview, a candidate recently asked me why, after more than five years, I still work at Automattic. Why? I like the people I work with, and they alone are a good reason to stay. Being globally distributed means I get to work with colleagues from various backgrounds. This helps me understand first‑hand what’s happening…

  • Five Paths to Automattic

    Greg, Anna, Anand, Anna, and Robert — who come from a variety of backgrounds ranging from fullstack software development to linguistics, hardcore math, and more — share how they came to work with data at Automattic.

  • Data Science Insights from Cameron Davidson-Pilon

    Cameron Davidson-Pilon talks to the Automattic data scientists about his work post-Shopify, data practices, and how data scientists can best serve their organizations.