Architect, GST

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 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 Wayfair’s 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 Wayfair’s 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 You'll Do:

• Serve as the local technical lead in the critical domain, designing & building a platform that interfaces with many different systems within and outside Wayfair and partner globally.
• Take complex engineering problems, design appropriate solutions and deliver on them fairly independently with limited oversight.
• Work on a variety of technologies - from large batch processes using Apache Beam and Spark, to event based systems using Kafka, K8s and Flink to robust REST APIs .
• Architect and implement robust, well-tested services. Provide technical design and code reviews for peers within your team and across the broader Marketing and Data platform team.
• Provide insights into opportunity areas for the platform, influencing priorities and team roadmaps in close partnership with Engineering and Product leadership.
• Be a multiplier, mentor other engineers on the team and help them become more productive and implement engineering best practices.
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, up-leveling the technical expertise of engineers across Marketing and Data platform org.

We Are a Match Because You Have:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and designing systems at scale.
• Experience developing applications using technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, SQL and React, GraphQL
• Experience with Google Cloud Services such as PubSub, Dataflow and Dataproc would be a plus
• Experience with Continuous Integration (CI/CD) practices and tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders alike
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading code reviews.
• A track record of delivering in increments and learning as you go