Senior Software Engineer, Supplier Advertising

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

Who We Are:

Wayfair Sponsored Products (WSP) is our flagship, native, pay-per-click advertising platform currently available on Wayfair US, Wayfair CA, Wayfair Professional, and Wayfair DE/UK that allows suppliers to boost the exposure of their products. 

The Sponsored Product Engineering team is tasked with presenting Wayfair Sponsored Products on our storefront web application, utilizing marketing campaigns provided by Wayfair suppliers. This involves several steps, such as selecting eligible products based on context, conducting an auction process to determine a winning set of products and their placements, all aimed at ensuring a seamless and exceptional customer experience. These tasks are accomplished through cutting-edge technology stack on the Google Cloud Platform, including GraphQL, Apollo Federation, Block Builder, React for frontend development, and Java-based microservices deployed on GKE using the Spring Boot framework. We're also seeking to expand our presence on other storefronts and brands. If you're interested in joining a dynamic engineering team that thrives on innovation and scaling to meet increased customer demand, we'd love to hear from you.

Interested in learning more about Wayfair’s Engineering community? 

• Check out our Wayfair Tech Blog: https://www.aboutwayfair.com/careers/tech-blog. 
• Kamal Jagadevan leads Sponsored Product Engineering
• Brijesh Sharma is the Head of Advertising Engineering

What You’ll Do:

• Partner with your business stakeholders to provide them with transparency, data, and resources to make informed decisions
• Be a technical leader within and across the teams you work with.
• Drive high impact architectural decisions and hands-on development, including inception, design, execution, and delivery following good design and coding practices.
• Obsessively focus on production readiness for the team including testing, monitoring, deployment, documentation and proactive troubleshooting.
• Identify risks and gaps in technical approaches and propose solutions to meet team and project goals.
• Create proposals and action plans to garner support across the organization.
• Influence and contribute to the team’s strategy and roadmap.
• Tenacity for learning - curious, and constantly pushing the boundary of what is possible.
• Hone your technical leadership skills as you help grow engineers on your team to develop the next generation of Wayfair engineering
• Provide high quality reviews, for both code and technical designs

We Are a Match Because You Have:

• 5+ years of experience architecting highly complex, interconnected systems that solved complex business problems
• 8+ years of experience in backend software engineering using object oriented language and preferably Java
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Track-record of technical leadership for teams following software development best practices (e.g. SOLID, TDD, GRASP, YAGNI, etc).
• Track-record of being a hands-on developer efficiently building technically sound systems.
• Experience building web services with .NET Core and C#. 
• Experience with Continuous Integration (CI/CD) practices and tools (Buildkite, Jenkins, etc.).
• Experience architecting solutions leveraging distributed infrastructure (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc).
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Aerospike, Redis.
• Experience leveraging monitoring and logging technologies (e.g. DataDog, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, etc).

The base pay for this position is $172,500 - $190,000 annually. The base pay offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Why You’ll Love Wayfair:

• 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:
• 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
• 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!

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 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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