Staff Software Engineer, Etsy

$197-231k

Eligible for an equity package and an annual performance bonus

SQL
GCP
Python
Scala
Airflow
Spark
Data Flow
BigQuery
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
New York

More information about location

Etsy

eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods

Job no longer available

Etsy

eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods

1001+ employees

B2CLifestyleMarketplaceeCommerceSales

Job no longer available

$197-231k

Eligible for an equity package and an annual performance bonus

SQL
GCP
Python
Scala
Airflow
Spark
Data Flow
BigQuery
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
New York

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CLifestyleMarketplaceeCommerceSales

Company mission

To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.

Role

Who you are

  • 6+ years of industry experience
  • Ability to balance hands-on engineering with strategic planning
  • Strong communication skills for influencing across teams and leadership levels
  • Ability to guide architectural direction while being receptive to feedback
  • Collaborative mindset, comfortable working with a diverse range of roles and departments
  • Enjoys mentoring and growing other engineers
  • Deep familiarity with at least some of our tools: Airflow, Spark, SQL, Python, Scala
  • Familiarity with big data cloud platforms. We use GCP, including BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow

What the job involves

  • We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Data Platform team at Etsy
  • You’ll be a leader in our initiative, driving technical strategy and contributing directly to our most critical projects
  • This role blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership
  • You’ll be responsible for guiding our tools and platforms towards a cohesive vision, ensuring they align with business priorities and unlock new opportunities by incorporating the latest industry capabilities
  • You’ll stay in close communication with our internal customers and ensure our work is tightly aligned to their areas of greatest need
  • This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, Data Platform
  • You will contribute directly to projects, shaping our technical direction, and collaborating with our customers
  • You will engage in development work on projects, guide your team in technical decisions, deeply understand the problem space, and mentor engineers
  • You will also collaborate closely with engineering managers, product managers, internal data customers, and other engineers to design robust end-to-end solutions and incorporate industry trends that can drive business value
  • You will help build alignment and support for your ideas and will create presentations, write technical documentation, and share insights widely across a variety of stakeholders
  • 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

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Insights

Top investors

8% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

May 2012

$40m

LATE VC

Aug 2010

$20m

SERIES E

Total funding: $91.7m

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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