Candidates for this position are required to be based in Boston MA, and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements (Tues-Thurs in office, Mon and Fri remote).
Who We Are:
At Wayfair, the Pricing Engineering teams develop tools, data streams, and algorithms to optimize and manage profit, revenue, and price perception. We work with a large set of data, including all cost and price impacting data points for the entire catalog. This helps the business set competitive prices, drive promotional sales, and manage margin expectations. We work at a fast pace and maintain a high performing system.
We are looking for engineers that will help us tackle important work on our roadmap. We are looking for engineers that will help us tackle important. This may include, but is not limited to, continuing our Tech transformation towards Cloud Native solutions, and work on our next generation Dynamic Differential Pricing Systems.
These tasks are accomplished through cutting-edge technology stack on the Google Cloud Platform, including C# and Java-based microservices, GraphQL, and Distributed Storage. If you're interested in joining a dynamic engineering team that thrives on innovation and scaling to meet increased customer demand, we'd love to hear from you.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead, mentor, code, and review for best practices, stability, and uptime.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to understand the domain.
- Own platform architecture, driving scalable technology and roadmap decisions.
- Implement and advocate engineering best practices, leveling up engineers.
- Provide visibility into team results and bottlenecks, driving data-driven action plans.
- Think beyond current tech limitations for collaborative, feasible solutions.
- Foster continuous improvement via agile processes for enterprise-grade experiences.
- Use C# or Java to design data consumption/production processes and build backend applications for Wayfair Pricing Platforms.
- Design and implement data processing pipelines using Google Cloud Platform technologies.
- Provide superior monitoring visibility for platform health using DataDog.
- Hone technical leadership by growing engineers.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to refine product requirements.
- Uphold high-quality standards, advocating for best practices and leading code reviews.
- Explore and implement new technologies and frameworks.
- Use e-commerce business knowledge to convert product requirements into technical solutions.
We Are a Match Because You Have:
- 7+ years of experience and deep understanding of C# programming language
- Proven success in mentoring junior engineers to improve quality and reduce defects
- Ability to provide visibility to progress through short feedback loops and data-driven action
- Successful background designing production systems at scale including fault tolerance, reliability, performance, and security
- Experience with scaling distributed systems, streaming technologies, microservice architectures in a cloud environment (ideally Google Cloud Platform)
- Passion for leading a large, cross-cutting technical initiative to delivery, cross-functional consensus building and influencing design decisions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience with Cloud Native architecture platforms like Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure.
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience working with event-driven architectures, DDD, and TDD
- Experience and desire to work in an agile environment
- Preferred experience in the CI/CD tools/platforms like Buildkite/Docker/Kubernetes.
- Experience in system monitoring using tools like DataDog etc.
- Experience in development and technical design of frontend and backend applications from start to finish
- Understanding of functional programming and javascript best practices
- Experience and deep understanding of atomic design (reusable components)
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 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.
Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice (https://www.wayfair.com/careers/privacy). If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws, please contact us at [email protected].
Top Skills
Wayfair Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
4 Copley Place, Boston, MA, United States, 02116
Wayfair Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
500 Boylston St, Boston, MA, United States, 02116
Similar Jobs
What you need to know about the Boston Tech Scene
Key Facts About Boston Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 269,000; 9.4% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Toast, Klaviyo, HubSpot, DraftKings
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, software, aerospace
- Funding Landscape: $15.7 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Summit Partners, Volition Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, MassVentures, Highland Capital Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: MIT, Harvard University, Boston College, Tufts University, Boston University, Northeastern University, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Bureau of Economic Research, Broad Institute, Lowell Center for Space Science & Technology, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
