Senior Software Engineer, Sales Technology

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Who We Are:

Sales Tech builds the platforms and tools to provide our sales and service associates a world class B2C pre-sales customer support and solution engine as well as creates systems and experiences that makes Wayfair the go-to destination for the FF&E needs of every business. To support our long term vision, we build customer-intelligent, market-driven customer and prospect acquisition channels and are responsible for all aspects of the agent experience including engineering the tools they use to manage leads, opportunities, orders, and the process systems they rely on such as compensation tracking. In addition, we own areas such as CRM management, top of funnel/sales intelligence analysis, and post-order customer experience for our B2B customers.

What You’ll Do:

  • As a Senior Software Engineer you will actively work alongside other engineers to work on highly technical projects and deliver high quality contributions to the codebase
  • Motivate and influence teams to buy into team vision and quarterly roadmap, pushing individuals outside of their comfort zones where necessary
  • Drive high impact architectural decisions including inception, design, and delivery
  • Identify risks and gaps in technical approaches to meet team and project goals.
  • Be externally recognized as credible technical and product subject matter expert for broader team’s focus area
  • Provide visibility into team results and bottlenecks, and drive data-driven action plans
  • Work within an Agile culture to foster continuous improvement at the team and departmental level

What You'll Need:

  • Expertise in cross-functional consensus building and influencing without given authority
  • Proven success in mentoring junior engineers to improve standards and reduce defects in dynamic environments
  • Expertise in driving implementation and provide visibility to progress through short feedback loops and data-driven action
  • Successful background in designing production systems at scale including fault tolerance, reliability, performance, and security
  • 7+ Years of Expertise with a modern programming language (such as Python, Java, JavaScript, PHP, C#, Scala, GO, or others)
  • Expertise in writing SQL queries against a relational database

Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, 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, or genetic information.

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 Berlin, 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, or genetic information.