About the position
Software Engineer L3, Supplier Advertising Engineering. Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Boston, MA and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements. At Wayfair, we harness the power of technology innovation to connect suppliers with our extensive customer base. The advertising platform is an integral part of our mission. Operating on a vast selection of sponsored items of decor, home improvement, housewares, and more, our platform ensures that suppliers can showcase their offerings to the extended audience, enhancing visibility and driving sales. Wayfair is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business. Wayfair Advertising team owns features that form the core of our onsite and offsite advertising business. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities. Our offsite Retail Media Network is a new addition to our Supplier Advertising Experience suite. This addition allows suppliers to promote their products directly on the offsite Retail Media Network, providing customers with an enhanced shopping experience. With RMN, suppliers have increased visibility and control over their offsite advertising campaigns through a dedicated platform to manage sponsored offerings, performance and budgets. These tasks are accomplished through cutting-edge technology stack on the Google Cloud Platform, including and Java-based microservices using the Spring Boot framework, GraphQL, and React for frontend development. If you're interested in joining a dynamic engineering team that thrives on innovation and scaling to meet increased customer demand, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Produce high quality, enterprise grade experiences
- Use Java to design processes that consume/produce data and build backend applications to power Wayfair Supplier Advertising Experience platforms
- Design and implement data processing pipelines utilizing Google Cloud platform technologies
- Provide superior monitoring visibility to technical and operational health of the platform using DataDog
- Hone your technical leadership skills as you help grow engineers on your team to develop the next generation of Wayfair engineering
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to refine product requirements, aligning development efforts with strategic business goals
- Uphold high quality standards, advocating for best practices and leading code reviews to maintain excellence in development
- Explore and implement new technologies and frameworks to enhance platform functionality and user experience
- Use ecommerce business knowledge to convert the product requirements into a technical solution
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in backend software engineering using object oriented language
- Proficient in Java. Nice to have: Python
- Experience working with Generative AI
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience working with event-driven architectures, DDD, and TDD
- Experience and desire to work in an agile environment
- Analytical mindset and passion for solving business problems with technology
- Experience in Big Data technologies like Apache Kafka/Apache spark/Nosql databases
- Preferred experience in the CI/CD tools/platforms like Buildkite/Docker/Kubernetes
- Experience with Cloud Native architecture platforms like Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure
- Experience in system monitoring using tools like DataDog etc.
- Experience in development and technical design of backend applications and data processing pipelines from start to finish
- Experience and deep understanding of atomic design (reusable components)
Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
- Life Insurance
- Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability)
- Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
- Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
- Caregiver Services
- 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
- Tax Advantaged Accounts
- Family Planning Support
- Parental Leave
- Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
- Rewards & Recognition
- Global Employee Anniversary Awards
- Paid Volunteer Work
- Employee Discount
- U.S. Bluebikes Membership
- Global Pod Outings
- Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments
