Staff Software Engineer

Who We Are:

Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world .Were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking. No matter who you are Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were a community of innovators risk-takers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees customers community and suppliers to help guide us as. We build a better Wayfair and world for all. Every voice every perspective matters. Thats Why were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity gender expression veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic . Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation we make it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 14 million items across home furnishings dcor home improvement . housewares and more. Partnering with Product Experience Design Analytics and business leaders across Wayfair our Engineering teams ensure that were building technology that solves important customer problems in elegant scalable measurable ways.

What Youll Do:

• Play a key role in developing and driving a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform.
• Play a key role in developing and driving a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform

• Lead multiple software development teams - architecting solutions at scale to empower the business and owning all aspects of the SDLC: design build deliver and maintain

• Work extensively with back-end technologies such as Java Spring boot and React for web application development.
• Utilize your expertise in front-end technologies like ReactJS JavaScript and CSS to build intuitive and responsive user interfaces.
• Contribute to the monitoring and automation of critical systems and operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements design solutions and deliver impactful features
• Directly and indirectly manage several software engineers by providing coaching guidance and mentorship to grow the team as well as individual.

• Attract onboard develop and retain diverse top talents while fostering an inclusive and collaborative team and culture (our latest DEI Report)

• Lead your team and peers by example.
• As a senior member of the team your methodologies technical and operational excellence practices and system designs will help to continuously improve our domain

• Identify propose and drive initiatives to advance the technical skills standards practices architecture and documentation of our engineering teams

• Facilitate technical debate and decision making with an appreciation for trade-offs
• Continuously rethink and push the status quo even when it challenges your/our established ideas.

We Are a Match Because You Have:

• Results-oriented collaborative pragmatic and continuous improvement mindset
• Hands-on experience driving software transformations within high-growth environments previous platform experience is required.

• 16 years of experience in engineering
• Experience making architectural and design-related decisions for large scale platforms understanding the tradeoffs between time-to-market vs. flexibility

• Significant experience and vocation in managing and enabling peoples growth and performance

• Experience designing and building high-scale generalizable products with outstanding user experience. Practical experience in hiring and developing engineering teams and culture and leading interdisciplinary teams in a fast-paced agile environment

• Capability to communicate and collaborate across the wider organization influencing. decisions with and without direct authority and always with inclusive adaptable and persuasive communication

• Analytical and decision-making skills that integrate technical and business requirements