Associate Director

Job Description

Associate Director, Software Engineering

Global Supplier Tech

Job Description

Who we are

The Global Supplier technology team is responsible for building the scalable platforms for the supplier ecosystem in Wayfair. It starts with establishment of supplier entities, their catalog journey, advertisement, pricing & order management. This platform provides all necessary accelerants for supplier business growth like supplier ads, business insights & recommendations. We build scalable platforms to meet the demands of customers and suppliers alike. This position is under the Catalog Engineering team that makes it easy for Wayfairs suppliers to add or update their product catalog quickly, accurately and easily and Internal users to thoroughly review to provide the best customer experience on Wayfairs websites. Our work requires us to move fast and collaborate with some of the most talented engineers, creatives, product managers, data scientists, operators, and analysts to discover, build, and scale world-class software products.

What Youll Do:

- Play a key role in developing and driving a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform
- Lead multiple software development teams - architecting solutions at scale to empower the business, and owning all aspects of the SDLC: design, build, deliver, and maintain
- Directly and indirectly manage several software engineers by providing coaching, guidance, and mentorship to grow the team as well as individuals
- Inspire, coach, mentor, and support your team members in their day to day work and their long term professional growth
- Attract, onboard, develop and retain diverse top talents, while fostering an inclusive and collaborative team and culture (our latest DEI Report)
- Lead your team and peers by example. As a senior member of the team your methodologies, technical and operational excellence practices, and system designs will help to continuously improve our domain
- Identify, propose, and drive initiatives to advance the technical skills, standards, practices, architecture, and documentation of our engineering teams
- Facilitate technical debate and decision making with an appreciation for trade-offs
- Continuously rethink and push the status quo, even when it challenges your/our established ideas.

What Youll Need:

- Results-oriented, collaborative, pragmatic, and continuous improvement mindset
- Hands-on experience driving software transformations within high-growth environments, previous platform experience is required.
- 18+ years of experience in engineering, out of which at least 8+ years spent in leading highly performant teams and their managers
- Experience making architectural and design-related decisions for large scale platforms, understanding the tradeoffs between time-to-market vs. flexibility
- Significant experience and vocation in managing and enabling peoples growth and performance
- Experience designing and building high-scale generalizable products with outstanding user experience. Practical experience in hiring and developing engineering teams and culture and leading interdisciplinary teams in a fast-paced agile environment
- Capability to communicate and collaborate across the wider organization, influencing decisions with and without direct authority and always with inclusive, adaptable, and persuasive communication
- Analytical and decision-making skills that integrate technical and business requirements

About Wayfair Inc.

Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. 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 youre looking for rapid growth, constant

learning, and dynamic challenges, then youll find that amazing career opportunities are

knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were 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. Thats

why were 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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