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

PHP

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Scala

Airflow

MySQL

Mid and Senior level

Remote in US

New York

More information about location

eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods

Open for applications

eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods

1001+ employees

B2CLifestyleMarketplaceeCommerceSales

Open for applications

$158-186k

PHP

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Scala

Airflow

MySQL

Mid and Senior level

Remote in US

New York

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CLifestyleMarketplaceeCommerceSales

Company mission

To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.

Job

Company

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

Top investors

8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.4)

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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