Full Stack Software Engineer, Wayfair
Supplier Advertising
A global online homeware marketplace
Open for applications
A global online homeware marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of experience in backend software engineering using object oriented language
- Proficient in Java. Nice to have: Python, Java Script
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience with Cloud Native architecture platforms like Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience working with event-driven architectures, DDD, and TDD
- Experience and desire to work in an agile environment
- Analytical mindset and passion for solving business problems with technology
- Experience as a full stack engineer
- Mastery of some flavor of modern frontend frameworks and technologies like React, Redux, etc
- Experience in Big Data technologies like Apache Kafka/Apache spark/Nosql databases
- Preferred experience in the CI/CD tools/platforms like Buildkite/Docker/Kubernetes
- Experience in system monitoring using tools like DataDog etc
- Experience in development and technical design of frontend and backend applications from start to finish
- Understanding of functional programming and javascript best practices
- Experience and deep understanding of atomic design (reusable components)
What the job involves
- At Wayfair, we harness the power of technology innovation to connect suppliers with our extensive customer base
- The advertising platform is an integral part of our mission
- Operating on a vast selection of sponsored items of decor, home improvement, housewares, and more, our platform ensures that suppliers can showcase their offerings to the extended audience, enhancing visibility and driving sales
- Wayfair is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business
- Wayfair Advertising team owns features that form the core of our onsite and offsite advertising business
- We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action
- With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities
- Our offsite Retail Media Network is a new addition to our Supplier Advertising Experience suite
- This addition allows suppliers to promote their products directly on the offsite Retail Media Network, providing customers with an enhanced shopping experience
- With RMN, suppliers have increased visibility and control over their offsite advertising campaigns through a dedicated platform to manage sponsored offerings, performance and budgets
- These tasks are accomplished through cutting-edge technology stack on the Google Cloud Platform, including and Java-based microservices using the Spring Boot framework, GraphQL, and React for frontend development
- If you're interested in joining a dynamic engineering team that thrives on innovation and scaling to meet increased customer demand, we'd love to hear from you
- Produce high quality, enterprise grade experiences
- Use Java to design processes that consume/produce data and build backend applications to power Wayfair Supplier Advertising Experience platforms
- Use JavaScript/React to design and build frontend applications leveraged by our suppliers to create and manage their advertising campaigns
- Design and implement data processing pipelines utilizing Google Cloud platform technologies
- Provide superior monitoring visibility to technical and operational health of the platform using DataDog
- Hone your technical leadership skills as you help grow engineers on your team to develop the next generation of Wayfair engineering
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to refine product requirements, aligning development efforts with strategic business goals
- Uphold high quality standards, advocating for best practices and leading code reviews to maintain excellence in development
- Explore and implement new technologies and frameworks to enhance platform functionality and user experience
- Use ecommerce business knowledge to convert the product requirements into a technical solution
Our take
Wayfair emerged in the early era of eCommerce with a mission to revolutionize online shopping, offering customers a convenient platform to purchase goods. Today, it stands as one of the foremost global players in the online furniture delivery industry, boasting an impressive inventory of over 33 million products.
Renowned for its extensive product range and comprehensive service offerings, Wayfair distinguishes itself by providing an end-to-end customer experience, from browsing to doorstep delivery. Despite its prominence, the company faces profitability challenges attributed largely to expansion expenses. Nonetheless, its solid presence in the competitive online homeware sector solidifies its position as a key contender.
With ambitious global expansion plans, Wayfair remains committed to maintaining its leadership in the industry. As it aspires to become the ultimate destination for all home needs, its more recent ventures into physical retail represent significant strides toward this overarching goal.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, MA
Leadership
Niraj Shah
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Cornell University before co-founding Spinners, a Boston-based IT services company. Previously acted as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greylock and has served as CEO of Wayfair since co-founding the company in 2002.
Steven Conine
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Spinners before working for Operations at iXL. Conine also co-founded Pillar VC in 2016.
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