Wayfair-posted 3 months ago
$172,500 - $207,000/Yr
Full-time • Manager
Hybrid • Boston, MA
5,001-10,000 employees
Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers

The Software Engineering Manager - Catalog Consumption position at Wayfair involves leading a team responsible for delivering high-throughput, low-latency services that enable scalable, reliable access to core catalog data. The role is pivotal in driving the modernization of key systems and empowering teams to manage their data migration and discovery processes independently. The successful candidate will work closely with Product, Architecture, and other teams to design, build, and evolve the next generation of catalog consumption infrastructure, ensuring that the team has end-to-end ownership of their projects. This position offers exceptional opportunities for technical and leadership growth, allowing the candidate to influence Wayfair's core shopping experience and accelerate innovation.

  • Lead and manage a team of 6-10 engineers delivering high-throughput, low-latency services.
  • Own the output of the team from both a technical and performance perspective.
  • Mentor engineers through training, coaching, code reviews, and 1:1 mentorship.
  • Accountable for the systems built by your team including technical design, development, test, monitoring, and deployment.
  • Engage your team to construct the technical roadmap and lead planning, delivery and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with product on defining roadmaps and ensure the team has a compelling mission with well defined KPIs.
  • Drive migration of clients off of legacy GraphQL to Federated GraphQL.
  • Lead the development of interfaces between Storefront and Catalog Foundations.
  • Design and deliver loosely coupled systems that decouple Customer-facing concerns from Fulfillment.
  • Champion GraphQL Federation adoption and optimization.
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with expertise in designing and building scalable platforms.
  • 5+ years managing high caliber Software Engineers delivering complex, world-class, scalable systems.
  • Experience with Cloud Native architecture platforms (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure).
  • Experience in backend software engineering using object oriented languages like Java, C#.
  • Experience working with relational and non-relational databases.
  • Experience working with event-driven architectures, DDD, and TDD.
  • Strong track record partnering with product/program management and cross-functional teams.
  • Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle.
  • Experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services.
  • Hands-on experience with GraphQL Federation and large-scale API/schema design.
  • Proven ability to lead data migration and schema evolution efforts.
  • Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Computer Science degree or postgraduate study, or relevant skills and equivalent experience.
  • Full health benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA) on day one for eligible employees.
  • No-cost access to 2nd.MD, a virtual expert medical consultation and navigation service.
  • Global Traveler Health Insurance through GeoBlue.
  • 24/7 access to mental, financial, physical and emotional wellbeing support.
  • Automatic enrollment into Basic Life and Accidental Death & Disability Insurance.
  • 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
  • Paid Parental Leave, Surrogacy & Adoption Reimbursement and Caregiver Services.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • Wayfair Employee Discount.
  • Gym/Fitness Discounts.
  • Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.
  • Yearly match up to $500 for personal donations made by employees to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
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