WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients' businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.
Front End Engineering
Back End Engineering
Golang development experience in production environments
Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs
Understanding of authentication and authorisation patterns
Experience integrating with third-party services and APIs
Understanding of distributed systems fundamentals
Experience developing and operating backend services at scale
Engineering Practices
Test automation (unit, integration and end-to-end testing)
Git and modern source control workflows
CI/CD pipeline experience, including GitHub Actions
Code review participation and feedback
Debugging and production issue investigation
Agile delivery experience
Cloud & Operations
Experience deploying and operating cloud-hosted applications (AWS preferred)
Application monitoring and observability
Logging, alerting and operational support
Infrastructure and environment management fundamentals
Professional Skills
Ability to break down requirements into deliverable work
Effective collaboration with Product, Design and Engineering peers
Clear written and verbal communication
Ownership mindset and accountability for outcomes
Ability to work independently with moderate direction
Platform & Architecture
Database design and querying (SQL)
Event-driven architectures
Messaging technologies (Kafka, SNS/SQS, EventBridge, etc.)
Domain-driven design
API gateway and service mesh patterns
Experience with high-traffic consumer-facing platforms
E-commerce experience
DevOps & Reliability
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK)
Kubernetes and container orchestration
Site Reliability Engineering practices
DORA metrics understanding
Resilience and failure-testing practices
Performance Engineering
Performance and load testing experience
Experience with tools such as Artillery, JMeter or k6
Capacity planning and performance analysis
Tooling & Delivery
Vercel platform experience
Analytics and experimentation platforms
A/B testing frameworks
AI-assisted engineering tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.)
Security
Secure SDLC practices
OWASP Top 10 knowledge
Identity and SSO integrations
GDPR and privacy considerations
Leadership & Influence
Mentoring junior engineers
Leading small technical initiatives
Running technical design discussions
Contributing to engineering standards and best practices
Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.
Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.
We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships – all united by our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
WPP (VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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