Wayfair is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for enabling scalable, reliable access to core catalog data, driving the modernization of key systems, and empowering teams to independently manage their data migration and discovery processes. The goal is to build interfaces between customer-facing platforms and foundational data systems, separating customer-facing functions from fulfillment operations to enable flexible, large-scale merchandising and improve customer experiences.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with expertise in designing and building scalable platforms.
- 5+ years managing high caliber Software Engineers delivering complex, world-class, scalable systems.
- Experience with Cloud Native architecture platforms (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure).
- Experience in backend software engineering using object oriented languages like Java, C, etc
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience working with event-driven architectures, DDD, and TDD
- Hands-on experience with GraphQL Federation and large-scale API/schema design
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of 6-10 engineers delivering high-throughput, low-latency services.
- Own the output of the team from both a technical and performance perspective.
- Accountable for the systems built by your team including technical design, development, test, monitoring, and deployment.
- Engage your team to construct the technical roadmap and lead planning, delivery and continuous improvement.
- Drive migration of clients off of legacy GraphQL to Federated GraphQL, including documentation, tooling, and direct client support.
- Lead the development of interfaces between Storefront and Catalog Foundations, ensuring performant and standardized identifier handling for complex product scenarios.
- Design and deliver loosely coupled systems that decouple Customer-facing (Storefront, Ads) concerns from Fulfillment (inventory, billing, shipping).
Other
- Candidates for this position are based in Boston, MA, USA and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements.
- Mentor engineers through training, coaching, code reviews, and 1:1 mentorship, providing career and professional development.
- Partner with product on defining roadmaps and ensure the team has a compelling mission with well defined KPIs to measure progress and success.
- Raise the bar from both a technical and process perspective.
- Strong track record partnering with product/program management and cross-functional teams
