SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER, (QE/DevOPs) 

Wayfair is looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to organize and drive Quality Engineering and DevOps initiatives that support our Supplier Engineering team. Our team is now building cutting-edge applications and self-service tools which will aid Wayfair sellers in every step of the e-commerce journey. From onboarding to creating and updating their product catalog, to improving the merchandising and pricing of individual products - we will be offering guidance and recommending world-class solutions at every step. Our goal is to make it as easy for anyone to sell on Wayfair as it is to buy from Wayfair.

The Supplier Engineering team has been tasked with spearheading the next set of major growth for Wayfair as we strive towards our goal of growing from a $15B company to a $100B company. With this comes the opportunity for you to work on and lead high-visibility projects that have an extremely high impact on Wayfair. Furthermore, you will be green fielding the way we’re going to build applications for our sellers going forward.

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will be primarily responsible for scoping and delivering large projects end-to-end to improve the engineering efficiency and release quality. Responsibilities include ownership of quality ecosystems, automation design, development, and execution, golden dataset, and branching strategies, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the program launch. You will be making appropriate tradeoffs to optimize for quality and time-to-market, clearly communicating goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal and external cross-functional and remote project teams.

The right candidate will possess a strong program management background, will have demonstrated experience leading medium to large projects, and will have a well-rounded technical background in current software and/or hardware disciplines. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in, and get the job done.

An ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, innovative (both with technology and in getting things done), and highly influential. They will love using technology to solve complex problems in a high-growth environment with a passionate and engaged team and advocating for the needs of our 21 million customers. The ideal candidate will have strong communication, organization, and planning skills.  They will be able to create repeatable program frameworks leveraging methodologies like scaled agile or hybrid frameworks that make multiple teams come together to deliver the value.

Who We Are:

Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation, we make it possible for 21 million shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 14 million items across home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares, and more. Partnering with Engineering, Product Management, Experience Design, Analytics, and business leaders across Wayfair, our teams ensure that we’re building technology that solves important customer problems in elegant, scalable, and measurable ways.

What You'll Do

• Build and manage multiple cross-functional/cross-platform QE Automation and DevOps engineering teams.
• Lead architectural design and development of 100% coverage of automation matrix, different testing environments/ecosystems, and CI/CD to improve the efficiency and quality of the releases.
• Guide team strategy, roadmap definition, negotiation and prioritization, resource allocation, and team building.
• Plan and execute technical projects that span multiple sprint lines and multiple quarters.
• Propose and own initiatives to completion, while balancing various technical trade offs including speed to delivery vs ongoing maintainability and others.
• Work cross-functionally with various teams such as other engineering and product teams, UI/UX designers, internal stakeholders, and other core areas of the business. to envision the next generation end-to-end suppliers workflows.
• Collaborate with Design Leads and Product Managers to turn wireframes and mockups into responsive, engaging, and intuitive user experiences.

What You'll Need

• Experience managing a team of 40 to 60 engineers.
• Expertise with modern programming language and technologies (e.g., JavaScript, Python, PHP, Java, or others) and mastery of some flavor of modern frontend frameworks and technologies (e.g., React, Ember, Angular, Vue).
• Experience with automation frameworks, testing tools, testing environments, CI/CD implementation, monitor/alert systems, DR implementation.
• Track record of successfully delivering strong business outcomes as both an individual contributor and a manager.
• Experience making architectural and design-related decisions for large applications, and understanding the tradeoffs between time-to-market vs. flexibility.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with engineers, product managers, UI/UX designers, and business stakeholders alike.