Software Engineer, Etsy
Developer Platform
$138-186k
+ Bonus & Equity
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Brooklyn, NY)
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Open for applications
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$138-186k
+ Bonus & Equity
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Brooklyn, NY)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Curiosity and a desire to keep learning, including picking up new frameworks and technologies as problems demand
- Ability to work collaboratively and take direction well while building toward greater independence over time
- Care about shipping complete, well-tested work, not just getting features across the finish line
- Organized and attentive to detail, with an appreciation for tests and documentation
- Some exposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Chef, or similar) or willingness to learn
- Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, non-production environments, and software development lifecycle workflows
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Software Engineer to help improve Etsy's development workflows and environments
- As a Developer Platform Engineer, you'll build infrastructure and tooling that enables other engineers to write, test, and ship code more effectively
- You'll work alongside experienced engineers on meaningful projects spanning CI/CD, dev environments, and our engineering architecture
- This role is a great fit if you enjoy solving problems, care about code quality, and want to grow your skills in a platform engineering context
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager
- The team focuses on increasing developer velocity and decreasing engineering friction while using industry-standard tooling
- We work closely with other infrastructure, product, and SRE teams to ensure consistency between development and production
- We are actively working on SDLC, CI/CD, and infrastructure architecture at Etsy, as well as improving the developer working environment
- Everyone enjoys working with and getting to know each other, and appreciates a good work/life balance
- Stand-ups, sprint planning, and retros along with other agile ceremonies
- On-call rotations and Slack support for our engineering "customers"
- Pull request reviews and discussions with a focus on quality software engineering practices
- Writing and updating documentation with clear protocols for other engineers to follow
- Collaborating with engineers across teams to solve shared problems
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law
Our take
Created as an alternative to more corporate eCommerce sites, Etsy is a peer-to-peer (P2P) website where users buy and sell handmade crafts, vintage items, art and photography. The online marketplace works similarly to Amazon and eBay, only with an emphasis on unique items rather than mass-produced merchandise.
Since its IPO in 2015, it has managed to hold its own in an increasingly competitive eCommerce industry, including from Amazon's handmade section that launched in 2015. Further, by providing sellers with ownership over pricing and branding, the site is attractive for those wanting to set up a business on an established platform.
However, the seller-side of Etsy is not without problems. A hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers created significant discontent amongst sellers. Despite this, Etsy continues to connect artists and consumers, attracting shoppers with its message of extraordinary, handmade and affordable products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2012
$40m
LATE VC
Aug 2010
$20m
SERIES E
Total funding: $91.7m
Company benefits
- Equity (offers vary by country)
- Performance bonuses
- Paid gender neutral parental leave
- Adoption and family planning
- Back-up care
- Volunteer time off
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Global virtual events
- Employer paid health benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Wellness programming
- Mental health benefits
- 401K matching/Pension contributions
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Leadership
Josh Silverman
(CEO)Previously senior executive at eBay, CEO of Shopping.com, CEO of Skype and President of Consumer Products & Services at American Express.
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