Software Engineer Ii, Smart

Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Bangalore India and will be expected to comply with their team s hybrid work schedule requirements Who we areWayfair runs the largest custom e-commerce large parcel network in the United States approximately 1 6 million square meters of logistics space The nature of the network is inherently a highly variable ecosystem that requires flexible reliable and resilient systems to operate efficiently We are looking for a passionate Backend Software Engineer to join the Fulfilment Optimisation team This team builds the platforms that determine how customer orders are fulfilled optimising for Wayfair profitability and customer delight A big part of our work revolves around enhancing and scaling customer-facing platforms that provide fulfilment information on our websites starting at the top of the customer funnel on the search pages all the way through orders being delivered Throughout this customer journey we are responsible for maintaining an accurate representation of our dynamic supply chain determining how different products will fit into boxes predicting how these boxes will flow through warehouses and trucks and ultimately surfacing the information our customers need to inform their decision and the details our suppliers and carriers require to successfully execute on the promises made to our customers We do all of this in milliseconds thousands of times per second The Growth Ad Platforms Engineering team is responsible for building Wayfair s class leading data centric technology platform that optimizes and powers all of Wayfair s paid advertising It touches hundreds of millions of consumers and drives billions of dollars in annual revenue Our platforms allow us to scale our marketing efforts efficiently by automating key processes interacting with ad vendors in real time and leveraging hundreds of terabytes of data and ML algorithms for optimisation and effective decision making on millions of items in our catalog The types of systems built by this team range from low latency REST APIs to real time streaming systems to high performance large scale batch systems What you will do Work with a broader highly collaborative cross-functional team that includes product managers data scientists and analysts Work with a variety of technologies including Java Spark Kafka Aerospike Hadoop Airflow RESTful web services gRPC Kubernetes Additionally you ll work with various managed GCP offerings like BigQuery Composer and Vertex AI Build platforms and services that allow us to make realtime ML powered decisions that improve the customer s onsite search experience Deliver direct measurable results for our business and customers through improved product recommendations Mentor junior engineers to develop the next generation of Wayfair engineering Provide high quality code and technical design reviews Contribute to the code base with a mind to best practices and an equally high degree of autonomy What you will need A Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science Data Science or a related engineering discipline 3 years of experience in a modern programming language preferably Java Knowledge of scalable distributed systems with deep understanding of object oriented design and design patterns Knowledge of designing APIs and microservices Experience working on cloud technologies specifically GCP is a plus Experience with Lucene-based Search engines like Elasticsearch is a plus Knowledge of recommendation systems and productionalizing ML models is a plus Experience using Kubernetes Docker Buildkite and Terraform for containerization and CI CD is a plus Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with engineers product managers data scientists analysts and business stakeholders 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 If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws please contact us at