Engineering Manager, Etsy
Tax Foundations
+ Equity + Performance bonus
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Open for applications
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Equity + Performance bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- You value people who are curious, enthusiastic, generous, and responsible. You lead by example in these areas
- You are an experienced engineering manager able to support and grow inclusive teams. Can spin yarns about how you've done this right and wrong at your previous jobs. And we'll give bonus points if you can actually spin yarn!
- You are experienced in working with multiple squad partners and external vendors and can articulate risks and dependencies on projects
- A plus if you're familiar with tax legislation in multiple regions
- Bonus points if you have experience in e-commerce, payments systems, ledger systems, tax collection, reporting and remittance platforms
What the job involves
- Etsy is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Payments Tax Foundations team within Payments
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Payments Consumer Products
- You will lead an amazing squad responsible for products where money changes hands on and off the site, including checkout, billing, tax and fees
- Tax Foundations supports the growth and operations of Etsy Payments as an agile and sophisticated product and makes a significant impact on the user experience our buyers and sellers have
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Director
- You will work in tandem with our product management, design and analytics teams to provide a great payments experience to our buyers and sellers while developing resilient systems that help keep Etsy and our sellers compliant with tax and legal requirements on a global scale
- You will manage a squad of full-stack engineers focused on Tax integrations at Etsy
- You will serve as a coach, mentor, and advocate for the engineers on your team
- This role will work with other leaders within Payments, Tax and Legal to develop and evolve the Payments Tax strategy and manage delivery across the portfolio
- You will work alongside product management and design to improve new and existing Payments products to make iterative improvements to our core platforms
- Your team will be responsible for the operation of critical systems that process billions of dollars in payments and require around-the-clock availability
- You will collaborate with other engineering teams to efficiently use our infrastructure and platforms and with other product teams building on our payments platform
- 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.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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
Company values
- We commit to our craft - Our work has the power to change lives. That’s why we strive to learn continuously and excel at what we do
- We minimize waste - Time, resources, and energy are precious, so we focus only on what will have the greatest impact
- We embrace differences - Diverse teams are stronger, and inclusive cultures are more resilient. When we seek out different perspectives, we make better decisions and build better products
- We dig deeper - The best solutions to meaningful challenges are rarely easy or obvious. We stay curious, balance our intuition with insights, and decide with confidence
- We lead with optimism - We believe in our mission, and we believe in each other. We see the world as it is, set ambitious goals, and inspire one another with generosity of spirit. Together, we reimagine what is possible
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
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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.
People progressing
Became the Director of International Strategy and Operations after a year and 2 months as a senior manager in the division. After nearly 5 years in that role, they became Director of Marketing and International Strategy & Operations, and six months after that was promoted to Senior Director in that same department.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Etsy
- Diversity is a priority at Etsy, owned by everyone:
- A diverse workforce is critical to Etsy’s success—it makes us a stronger, better, more resilient and more relevant company. We have an inclusive culture and each of us actively creates opportunities for underrepresented groups to join, thrive and advance at Etsy
- We welcome all perspectives:
- As individuals, we invite a variety of viewpoints and experiences—especially when they conflict with our own. We encourage questions more than statements, and provide a safe environment in which all employees can surface and discuss concerns
- We measure and share openly:
- We contribute to broader progress by evaluating, iterating and transparently communicating our successes and failures internally and externally
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