Wayfair's Supply Chain and Retail Technology team needs to build technology that ensures customers receive their orders as promised in the most optimal fashion by building a Fulfillment Lifecycle State and Orchestration system.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in a technical leadership or people management role.
- Proven success leading teams that deliver scalable, distributed systems, services, or integrations in a complex business environment.
- Strong technical acumen with the ability to dive deep into architecture and design decisions while enabling your team’s autonomy.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of 5-9 engineers responsible for building and scaling the platforms that power Supply Chain Systems at Wayfair.
- Own the technical output of your team across design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Raise the bar on engineering best practices – driving improvements in reliability, scalability, and velocity.
- Collaborate across Supply Chain and Retail Technology and broader Wayfair Engineering to establish and leverage common APIs, services, and frameworks.
- Engage your team in technical roadmap planning, ensuring long-term sustainability and innovation alongside near-term delivery.
- Provide mentorship and coaching through 1:1s, code reviews, and career development support, fostering a culture of growth, inclusion, and technical excellence.
- Partner closely with Product Managers to define roadmaps, shape requirements, and ensure delivery against a clear mission and KPIs.
Other
- 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.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to align technical and business perspectives.
- Experience collaborating with Product, Design, Analytics, and business stakeholders to define and deliver impactful solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers at varying levels of experience.
- A bias toward action, with a passion for iterating quickly, testing, and learning to achieve customer and business outcomes.
