Senior Software Engineer, Etsy
Web Recommendations
$158-186k
In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy
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eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
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eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$158-186k
In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- You have 4+ years of proven web development experience and are excited to grow along with the team
- You have experience building web applications, using both back-end and front-end technologies (we use PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and React)
- Any experience with TypeScript, Scala, Airflow, or basic understanding of ML algorithms and recommendation systems is a bonus
- You are comfortable collaborating closely with product managers and designers, providing estimates or product ideas that will influence your team’s roadmap
- You have a “leave it better than you found it” mentality, and are willing to work with and improve on code you did not originally write
- You thrive when faced with customer and product-focused challenges and care as much about building great products as you do writing great code
- You love to experiment and use both quantitative and qualitative methods to drive decision-making
- You enjoy being a mentor and mentee
- You take pride in owning work from ideation through completion
- You are a mindful, transparent and thoughtful communicator
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced full stack engineer to join our established yet evolving Recommendations web team
- As a senior software engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining product features for enhancing the core buyer experience at Etsy, architecture, documentation and mentoring engineers
- Do you find joy in writing high-quality code and helping other engineers learn and work more effectively? If so, this could be the perfect match
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager
- The Web Recommendations team is focused on enhancing the user journey throughout the Etsy marketplace, focusing on creating high quality Discovery experiences. We work to reduce friction for our buyers, making sure they have an easy and inspiring experience throughout their buying journey
- We also work to improve performance and architecture to pave the way for future product features
- We are a cross-functional product development team consisting of engineers, product managers, designers, product marketers, data analysts and user researchers. We collaborate closely and learn via data, user interviews, experimentation and iteration so that we can take a holistic approach to improving the buyer experience
- Be responsible for the design, development and implementation of highly maintainable and scalable systems by contributing at all levels of our web application stack
- Collaborate with teammates to independently tackle well-scoped problems, regularly deliver work to end users and be a primary contributor to team’s goals
- Contribute to and lead projects - such as enhancing the UX and data powering recommendations modules, and make it easier to build new features through product as well as technical investments
- Create and update reusable components that are used by product teams across all of Etsy
- Provide daily support for peers across Etsy (ex. Writing documentation, reviewing pull requests, answering Slack questions)
- Identify and propose tracks of work that reduce tech debt and move our product forward
- Serve as an advocate for engineering best practices and contribute to the engineering vision
- Be a mentor and guide to fellow engineers
- 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 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
Articles
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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