Software Engineer, Events Exchange 

Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Toronto, CAN and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements.

Who We Are

Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation, Wayfair makes 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, décor, home improvement, housewares, and more. Committed to delighting its customers every step of the way, Wayfair is reinventing the way people shop for their homes – from product discovery to final delivery.

The Event Exchange platform is composed of platforms aimed at empowering every Wayfair team with high-quality data. It accomplishes this through ingesting, organizing, and activating data in a scalable fashion. The platform was born out of an original mission to produce insights that would power a single view of the customer for far-reaching purposes from personalization to predicting behaviors to analytics. Today, those same tools have grown to ingest any type of data (product, customer, order, etc.) in real-time, support any type of prediction (e.g. shipping times, best email send time, class affinity), and activate that data in all the ways teams desire to consume it. 

What You’ll Do

• As a Software Engineer, you will actively work alongside other engineers to contribute to highly technical projects and deliver high quality contributions to the codebase.
• Build scalable systems using Java, Python, Kubernetes, Kafka,GraphQL  and other technologies
• Think outside of the current technology/stack limitations to push the boundaries on what is possible and deliver feasible solutions collaboratively
• Champion open source solutions and Google Cloud native technologies, and their application to our use cases
• Provide superior monitoring visibility to technical and operational health of the platform
• Contribute to as well as learn from a culture of engineering excellence and strengthen the technical expertise of our engineering and product teams 

What You'll Need 

• 2+ years of experience as a Backend engineer.
• 2+ years of experience with a modern programming language (such as Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript, PHP, or others)
• Experience in Streaming Data technologies/frameworks like Apache Kafka,Apache Beam.
• Preferred experience in CI/CD tools/platforms like Buildkite/Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience in system monitoring using tools like Grafana/DataDog etc.
• Experience initiating and driving complex projects to completion with minimal guidance
• Experience building a variety of applications ranging from low latency APIs to large scale batch systems, preferably in public cloud, using cloud native services
• Experience with streaming technologies and messaging frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders alike
• Time Off:
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Health & Wellness:
• Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability) 
• Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
• Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
• Caregiver Services
• Financial Growth & Security:
• RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan)
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
• Tax Advantaged Accounts
• Family Support:
• Family Planning Support
• Parental Leave
• Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
• Professional Development & Recognition:
• Rewards & Recognition 
• Global Employee Anniversary Awards 
• Paid Volunteer Work 
• Unique Perks:
• Employee Discount 
• U.S. Bluebikes Membership
• Global Pod Outings
• Work/Life Balance:
• Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments 

We are looking forward to your application!

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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About Wayfair Inc.Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re 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 you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re 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. That’s why we’re 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.

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