Software Engineer II, Service Integrations

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

Who We Are:

The Service Integration team serves the data needs of various other service engineering teams which build applications on top of the APIs provided by the team. The team works with external teams like Order Systems, Sales, Storefront, Global Supplier Tech, Supply Chain, Transportation etc., to integrate their data and events for service engineering consumption. The work done by this team impacts all of the service post order customer journey as well the service platform teams. Its mission is to provide a unified platform for Service Eng data requirements ensuring performant and consistent distributed data access.

The projects that our teams work on are built from the ground up – we look for entrepreneurial individuals who want to take ownership over their own agenda and thrive in a collaborative team environment. The team works on distributed async event streams based architecture, owns designing event contracts between various systems, translating data available through various external APIs into a unified GraphQL schema and interesting problems related to GraphQL federation.

What You'll Do:

• Provide high-quality contributions to the code base, with a mind to best practices and an equally high degree of autonomy.
• Work with senior leadership to architect solutions and ensure that we deliver the right functionality, in a timely manner.
• Mentor junior engineers to develop the next generation of Wayfair engineering talent.
• Handle ambiguity with limited oversight; leverage technical acumen, experience, and network to answer questions and remove roadblocks.
• Architect and write code to implement high-quality, scalable, future-proof services that will have effective system boundaries and will support long-term vision & strategy
• Propose and own initiatives to completion while balancing various trade-offs including speed to delivery vs. ongoing maintainability and others.
• Identify risks and gaps in technical approaches and propose solutions to meet the department's technical vision
• Collaborate well with senior management, product managers, and all other stakeholders.

We Are a Match Because You Have:

• 6+ years of experience as a full-stack, full lifecycle software engineer and a deep understanding of a modern programming language (such as, Java, Spring Boot, PHP, GraphQL, C#, or others)
• Passion for leading a large, cross-cutting technical initiative to delivery, cross-functional consensus building, and influencing design decisions
• Ample experience gathering requirements from business stakeholders and deriving software requirements
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading code reviews
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with engineers, product managers, design and business stakeholders alike
• Proficient in effective troubleshooting and issue resolution techniques with minimal guidance
• Experience in building and working with APIs/Restful services
• Working knowledge of large scale distributed systems and streaming platforms is a plus
• Experience working with Docker Containers and Kubernetes is plus

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!

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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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