Wayfair is on a path to be the world’s largest online destination for the home. We are the largest tech first platform in the home category. Our marketplace offers over 30 million products from 23,000 suppliers and we served 23 million customers in 2024 alone.
Work in a highly collaborative environment interacting closely with other software engineers, product managers, designers, and operations to identify opportunities and implement solutions
Serve as technical lead on software development projects, driving or contributing to design, architecture, and task work breakdown structure.
Help drive the team’s strategy and roadmap, working closely with the team’s manager and product managers
Drive innovation and productivity improvements within the team utilizing AI and other new technologies
Hands-on development, including inception, design, execution, and delivery following good design, coding practices and engineering rigor
Help and mentor other engineers technically and professionally by sharing, pairing, and developing other opportunities for education
Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient backend services and APIs using Java and Python, ensuring high performance, reliability, and responsiveness
Focus on quality and production readiness for the team including testing, monitoring, deployment, documentation, support and proactive troubleshooting of the deliverables owned and delivered.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex system issues, ensuring platform stability, security, and scalability.
Drive ongoing improvements to CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and system observability
Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure operational excellence and overall platform health
Identify risks and gaps in technical approaches and propose solutions to meet team and project goals
Stay current with evolving technologies and industry best practices to enable continuous system and process improvements
5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong track record of building scalable platforms or internal tools that support large-scale operations
Proficiency with Java and Python
Front end development experience, including technologies such as React, Javascript, Typescript, and HTML
Proficiency in backend development using object-oriented languages (e.g., Java), and proficiency with both relational and non-relational databases
Proficiency with Continuous Integration (CI/CD), agile methodologies, and modern DevOps practices
Expertise building solutions leveraging distributed infrastructure (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
Experience leveraging monitoring and logging technologies (e.g. DataDog, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, etc)
Substantial experience building, deploying, and supporting serverless applications in GCP, Azure, or AWS
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across teams
Experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure as code technologies
Experience in leveraging AI tools to accelerate software development and testing
Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities
Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.
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About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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