Software Engineer II
Wayfair · Posted Nov 4
Online retail platform for home furnishings, furniture, decor, and housewares
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About the role
Wayfair runs the largest custom e-commerce large parcel network in the United States, with a highly variable logistics ecosystem requiring flexible, reliable, and resilient systems. The Growth & Ad Platforms Engineering team builds a data-centric technology platform that optimizes Wayfair's paid advertising, interacts with ad vendors in real time, and uses hundreds of terabytes of data and ML algorithms for optimization and decision-making. This role is a backend software engineering position focused on hands-on development of low-latency REST APIs, real-time streaming systems, and high-performance large-scale batch systems.
What you will do
- Be a technical evangelist within the team you work with.
- Working in a highly collaborative environment interacting closely with other software engineers,product managers, designers, and operations to identify opportunities and implement solutions.
- Hands-on development, including inception, design, execution, and delivery following good design,coding practices and engineering rigor.
- Obsessively focus on quality and production readiness for the team including testing,monitoring, deployment, documentation, support and proactive troubleshooting of the deliverables owned and delivered.
- Identify risks and gaps in technical approaches and propose solutions to meet team and project goals.
- Create proposals and action plans to garner support across the department.
- Influence and contribute to the team’s strategy and roadmap.
- Help grow other engineers technically by sharing, pairing, and developing other opportunities for education.
- Continuously rethink and reevaluate the status quo, even when it argues with your/our past ideas.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 3-5 years of experience in backend software engineering architecting and implementing robust, distributed web applications.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Track-record of technical leadership for teams following software development best practices(e.g. SOLID , TDD, GRASP , YAGNI, etc).
- Track-record of being a hands-on developer efficiently building technically sound systems.
- Experience building web services with Java and Springboot.
- Experience with Continuous Integration (CI/CD) practices and tools (Buildkite, Jenkins, etc.).
- Experience architecting solutions leveraging distributed infrastructure (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes,etc).
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Aerospike, Redis.
- Experience leveraging monitoring and logging technologies (e.g. DataDog, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, etc).
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Wayfair
Wayfair is a leading online e-commerce platform specializing in home furnishings, decor, home improvement, and housewares. The company offers millions of items from thousands of global suppliers, serving customers across North America and Europe. Wayfair also operates several specialty and luxury retail brands including AllModern, Birch Lane, Joss & Main, and Perigold.
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 2002
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $4.9B raised
- 2026-05-13Post Ipo Debt$700M
Leadership
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chairman
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
Chief Technology Officer
President
Recent coverage
Home Page News
Wayfair Launching New 'Way Day' Promotion, Adds Perigold Luxury Loyalty Program2026-10-15
Wayfair Investor Relations
Wayfair Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results, Reports Strongest Free Cash Flow Since 20202026-08-04
Wayfair Investor Relations
Wayfair Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call2026-10-01