Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Bangalore and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements.
Who we are
Wayfair runs the largest custom e-commerce large parcel network in the United States, approximately 1.6 million square meters of logistics space. The nature of the network is inherently a highly variable ecosystem that requires flexible, reliable, and resilient systems to operate efficiently.
The Global Supplier technology team is responsible for building the scalable platforms for the supplier ecosystem in Wayfair. It starts with establishment of supplier entities, their catalog journey, advertisement, pricing & order management. This platform provides all necessary accelerants for supplier business growth like supplier ads, business insights & recommendations. We build scalable platforms to meet the demands of customers and suppliers alike.
The teams you build in the Bengaluru technology center will work across multiple domains that drive speed and convenience for the customer and cost efficiency across the full value chain. Our work requires us to move fast and collaborate with some of the most talented engineers, creatives, product managers, data scientists, operators, and analysts to discover, build, and scale world-class software products.
The initial focus for the site will be to build various supplier platform initiatives cross catalog, pricing and data science to serve our vast marketplace. You will play a pivotal role in building the site including hiring, setting up the culture and establishing right ownership for the teams.
What You’ll Do:
- Work cross-functionally with different roles and teams, such as product management, core areas of the business, and other engineering teams to understand the problems we need to solve, and solution against them in a globally distributed environment.
- Own the entire platform's architecture and help make decisions to drive the technology platform and roadmap for the team to ensure current and future scalability and performance -you'll be helping us solve some complex architectural problems!
- Implement and advocate for engineering best practices, helping level up the engineers inside and outside your team
- Demonstrate the drive to improve the team at every step, whether it's leveling up your or the team's knowledge, making process improvements, or rearchitecting our platform for the next level of scale
- Lead technical debate and decision making ensuring no-regret decisions with appreciation for trade-offs
- Nurture collaborative ways of working that grow the team, its members and the product: testing practices, TDD, pairing/mobbing, continuous deployment, domain-driven design
What You’ll Need:
- 6+ years experience in Software Engineering with designing and building large scale platforms.
- Experience leading/supervising and/or mentoring engineers, leading code reviews, and establishing best engineering practices.
- Passion for leading cross functional projects through collaboration and influencing design decisions.
- Deep understanding of modern programming languages such as Java, Python, PHP, C#, Go,Scala, or similar languages.
- Ability to develop creative solutions with customer experience and scalability on top of mind.
- Experience developing microservices in highly available and large scale distributed systems.
- Experience deploying solutions into production within GCP, AWS, Azure or similar cloud platforms
- Experience in developing and deploying services/applications in Kubernetes (K8s)
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders alike
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 Berlin, 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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What We Do
Wayfair is the destination for all things home: helping everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home. From expert customer service, to the development of tools that make the shopping process easier, to carrying one of the widest and deepest selections of items for every space, style, and budget, Wayfair gives everyone the power to create spaces that are just right for them.
