Support Software Engineer II, SMART

Full Time
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3 months ago

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

Who We Are:Wayfair runs the largest custom e-commerce large parcel network in the United States, approximately 1.6 million square meters of logistics space. The nature of the network is inherently a highly variable ecosystem that requires flexible, reliable, and resilient systems to operate efficiently. 

The Marketing Technology team builds the global engine for the world’s leading online home destination, powering customer acquisition, retention and relationship management touching hundreds of millions of consumers. We’re looking for an Support Software Engineer II for our internally facing customer success team to help speed adoption and enhance support of our in-house communications platform. This team works closely with internal customers throughout Wayfair to serve as a first responder to technical and non-technical issues, implement and customize platform configurations, and train users.

Support Software Engineer II will support duties for the Communications Platform streaming event-based system called GrayMatter and other related messaging tools such as our Batch communications tool; design support procedures and service-level agreements; and assist departmental leadership in reporting and stakeholder management.

There are many opportunities for automation within this team’s processes, and the possibility to expand support beyond the Platform to other areas within our MarTech organization.

What You’ll Do:

  • Manage Internal Ticket Queues: Participate in and oversee the triaging and resolution of help questions and incident reports from Slack/SupportHub queues. Ensure timely and effective response to internal stakeholders.
  • Establish and Maintain SLAs: Develop and enforce service-level agreements to meet the needs of internal customers. Monitor performance metrics and implement improvements to enhance support efficiency.
  • Stakeholder Interaction and Management: Communicate regularly with non-technical stakeholders to understand their requirements and ensure their needs are met. Act as a liaison between the technical team and other departments.
  • Process Documentation: Document processes, solutions, and best practices to facilitate knowledge sharing and improve team efficiency. Ensure that documentation is up to date and accessible to team members.
  • Technical Communication: Collaborate with engineers to investigate and resolve platform issues. Facilitate technical communication between the support team and engineering/product groups to ultimately improve the product.

We Are a Match Because You Have:

  • 4+ years in a hands-on technology role such as support, development, architecting solutions, or technical implementation in a B2B environment, working with complex platform interactions, data integration, end-user support, or training.
  • Hands-on proficiency with parsing JSON data, writing and understanding SQL and testing and implementing API integrations.
  • Programmatic mindset in investigating and debugging platform issues (comfort and familiarity with using dashboards, metrics, error logs and SQL to dig through data).
  • Solid customer-facing and communications skills, to both technical and non-technical stakeholders; enjoy working with people.
  • Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements using our in-house platform.

Preferred Skills:

  • Knowledge of dashboard, metrics, monitoring, and logging technologies (e.g.: Grafana, DataStudio, DataDog, ELK/Kibana, Looker)
  • Experience with Email/Mobile Marketing, Advertising Technology, or CRM systems
  • Familiarity with HTML and CSS

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

  • Oversee technical support operations from start to finish, ensuring alignment with business objectives and priorities.
  • Document processes, solutions, and best practices.
  • Enter tickets to prevent future questions and maintain tracking.
  • Communicate regularly over Slack and Google Meet.
  • Provide technical communication with engineers and non-technical communication with stakeholders.

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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