Staff Software Engineer, Etsy
$197-231k
+ Eligible for an equity package & an annual performance bonus
More information about location
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Open for applications
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$197-231k
+ Eligible for an equity package & an annual performance bonus
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Etsy is seeking a senior engineering individual contributor who can bring industry-grounded experience to lead technical designs and planning, contribute to and support, and guide decision-making around our service platform ecosystem
- 7+ years of software and/or infrastructure engineering experience, with some being in the Platform Engineering domain
- You are a generalist familiar with and comfortable in the components of our stack: CICD, observability, security, networking, containerized runtime environments as well as our platform software that binds everything together
- You also have experience and knowledge of most of the tools and languages we support: docker, protobuf, go, python, node, Java, Scala, Terraform, Github Actions, GKE or CloudRun
- You have the capacity to operate within large or small codebases and you know how to craft simplicity from complex systems and ideas
- Flexibility with different programming languages and cloud-native environments, with GCP as a plus
- Partnering as a strong collaborator, listener and communicator and making the team around you grow and learn
- Taking the lead on technical decision making by both advising and listening to the ideas of others
- Demonstrate written understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability
- You enjoy thinking about the implications of your work on end users, and tailor your actions, decisions and communications to give them the best development experience possible
- Experience leading, mentoring, and coaching other engineers in a compassionate manner
- Successful track record of planning and leading complex projects to completion
- A growth mindset with excitement towards receiving feedback and learning opportunities
- A strong sense of ownership towards your work
- A constant desire to understand the “why” behind what we are doing and what and who will be impacted
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer I to lead Etsy’s Service Platform initiative and team. You will be directing and implementing solutions to significantly complex, often unscoped problems
- Your work will extend to all parts of the domain and will also influence your entire department and customers working in other domains
- You will set the technical direction for your teammates, improve the overall quality of engineering done on your team, and consistently take steps to support the growth and success of your teammates
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager of Etsy’s Developer & Service Platform group
- This role is situated in an established Service Platform team that is part of a newly created organization focused on Developer and Service Platform tooling and support within our Foundation initiative
- Providing daily support for peers across Etsy (ex. writing documentation, reviewing pull requests, answering Slack questions, auditing new features, hosting office hours and classes)
- Driving our day-to-day technical project management in JIRA and helping lead our team ceremonies (standups, sprints, story breakdowns, etc)
- Contributing and leading at all levels of design and development of the service platform
- Engaging with peers and customers to align our roadmaps and OKRs to their plans and needs, to deliver the most impactful features in a timely manner
- Mentoring more junior members of the team both in their day to day work, and their technical and career development
- Provide detailed and constructive design and code reviews
- Engaging with Staff Engineering peers to further Etsy Engineering whether in the platform domain, or in other areas of expertise
- 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. The recent hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers has created significant discontent amongst sellers. Etsy must reconcile these issues to ensure artists continue to operate on the same scale within the platform. It plans to attract 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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