Wayfair.com is a leader in the e-commerce space for all things home. Our Data Platforms Engineering team is looking for smart, passionate and curious people who are excited to help us scale, support and engineer our distributed and streaming infrastructure. With the broad reach of the technologies we are using, you will have the opportunity to grow your network and skills by being exposed to new people and ideas who work on a diverse set of cutting-edge technologies.
As an Engineer, you will join one of our core platform teams as a key contributor to the development and maintenance of our messaging infrastructure. In this hands-on role, you’ll be able to see how your work powers the data engineering, analytics and the platforms team to do their daily jobs more effectively.
Monitors Production environment, provides support for incidents/alerts, provides technical guidance to junior engineers for resolving issues.
Takes on complex problems, designs and implements appropriate and scalable solutions
Delivers solutions with limited supervision and is able to autonomously overcome roadblocks
Leads / Participates in Kafka consultations, platform improvements, and capacity planning
Demonstrates technical ownership, gives accurate estimates of work and completes multi-week/month scoped initiatives which are impactful to the team and the business
Work closely with our team to understand their day to day issues and recommend automated solutions to solve their problems
Follow best practices in troubleshooting methodology to investigate complex problems
Work with minimal supervision and have a self-starter approach towards working on a variety of technologies
Participates in decision-making around architecture and roadmaps
Proposes ideas for technical improvements scoped at the team level
Work with an eye towards automation and efficiency, and look for opportunities to streamline processes and work
Follow best practices in documentation for all work completed, including updating existing, and writing new
Always use data to lead decisions and back up your assertions
Lead and run Subject Matter Expert programs for Kafka, PubSub and Technologies used in Messaging Tech to spread the knowledge to our large and diverse user base
Participate in an on call rotation which is distributed across the team
Communicate clearly and effectively with both internal and external stakeholders to keep all parties informed and up to speed on initiatives and projects
3+ years of SRE and/or SWE experience while thinking like a data engineer
Strong experience in working with Kafka, Terraform, Puppet, Git
Experience with working with an enterprise cloud provider such as GCP (especially PubSub) or with Azure, AWS is a plus
Strong programming skills: Ideally in Python or Java
Experience working with both Linux and Windows
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 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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