Job Description

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 Growth & Ad Platforms Engineering team is responsible for building Wayfair's class leading, data centric technology platform that optimizes and powers all of Wayfair's paid advertising. It touches hundreds of millions of consumers and drives billions of dollars in annual revenue. Our platforms allow us to scale our marketing efforts efficiently by automating key processes, interacting with ad vendors in real time and leveraging hundreds of terabytes of data and ML algorithms for optimization and effective decision making on millions of items in our catalog.The types of systems built by this team range from low latency REST APIs, to real time streaming systems to high performance large scale batch systems.

What You'll Do

Be a technical evangelist within the team you work with



Working in a highly collaborative environment interacting closely with other software engineers, product managers, designers, and operations to identify opportunities and implement solutions



Hands-on development, including inception, design, execution, and delivery following good design , coding practices and engineering rigor



Obsessively focus on quality and production readiness for the team including testing, monitoring, deployment, documentation, support and proactive troubleshooting of the deliverables owned and delivered



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 department



Influence and contribute to the team's strategy and roadmap Help grow other engineers technically by sharing, pairing, and developing other opportunities for education



Continuously rethink and reevaluate the status quo, even when it argues with your/our past ideas

We Are a Match Because You Have:

3-5 years of experience in backend software engineering architecting and implementing robust, distributed web applications 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

Java and Springboot.

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).

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 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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