Software Engineering Manager, Wayfair
App Gather, Storefront Engineering
A global online homeware marketplace
Job no longer available
A global online homeware marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home.
Role
Who you are
- At least 3+ years of engineering leadership or management experience
- At least 7+ years of software development experience with ideally 3+ years of native app development (iOS or Android)
- Experience in either Swift or Kotlin in building mobile applications with a desire to continuously learn as you strive to develop and improve your team
- Knowledge of mobile software design patterns and experience working with a variety of architectures
- Experience recruiting, managing, fostering and retaining talent on a technical team
- Agile experience and extensive experience working on an agile development team
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- High level of accountability, bias to action and a desire to empower individuals on the team to perform at their best
- Focus on team building and collaboration over individual performance
What the job involves
- We are looking for a driven leader who is passionate about releasing high-quality software and empowering our users to have an excellent shopping experience throughout our native apps
- The ideal candidate has experience in native app development (iOS or Android), and a proven track record of managing stakeholders and external partners
- Experience or general interest in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision is a big plus!
- This person will leverage their breadth of knowledge in these areas to lead and grow a multi-disciplinary engineering team that delivers features for Wayfair shoppers to make their shopping experience frictionless and delightful
- Lead a team of iOS and Android developers working on features and tech that powers our native app’s shopping experience
- Promote, coach, and drive a high quality culture into the team and organization
- Proactively manage critical project issues, risks and challenges, utilizing project management tools and business expertise to deliver projects
- Lead and drive engineering initiatives from inception to development, and deployment. Initiatives may cut across multiple aspects of the applications
- Work closely with product management and business stakeholders to understand and translate business objectives into technical solutions
- Represent the engineering team in cross-functional projects and to the company at large
- Utilize strong leadership skills to build the best high performing team
- Coach, mentor, and keep 1:1 with team members as well as gather feedback and implement necessary improvements
- Ensure high quality and performance standards for the Wayfair mobile platform
- Oversee the definition of best practices and coding standards across the entire team; review code and provide guidance for other code reviewers participating in our release approval process
- Use data and metrics to collaboratively drive impactful changes across the application; work closely with product and engineering management to anticipate areas for improvement and investment, and highlight these for inclusion in the team's project roadmap
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Wayfair emerged in the early era of eCommerce with a mission to revolutionize online shopping, offering customers a convenient platform to purchase goods. Today, it stands as one of the foremost global players in the online furniture delivery industry, boasting an impressive inventory of over 33 million products.
Renowned for its extensive product range and comprehensive service offerings, Wayfair distinguishes itself by providing an end-to-end customer experience, from browsing to doorstep delivery. Despite its prominence, the company faces profitability challenges attributed largely to expansion expenses. Nonetheless, its solid presence in the competitive online homeware sector solidifies its position as a key contender.
With ambitious global expansion plans, Wayfair remains committed to maintaining its leadership in the industry. As it aspires to become the ultimate destination for all home needs, its more recent ventures into physical retail represent significant strides toward this overarching goal.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company values
- Relentless Customer Focus: Delivering an exceptional customer experience drives everything we do. We invest in understanding our customers and partners. We are all in customer service
- Deliver Rsults With Agility: We prioritize work that drives long-term value. We execute with urgency, learn from failure, and nimbly pivot. The outcomes of our efforts are impactful, measurable results
- Use Good Judgement: We are bold and confident, never reckless. We make reasoned, calculated decisions based on data, critical thinking, and pattern recognition
- Build the Best Team: We lead by setting the bar high, articulating clear goals, and diving deep. We hire, develop, and leverage only the best. Our leaders continually reevaluate and strengthen their teams and do not shy away from hard decisions. We expect and demonstrate excellence
- Collaborate Effectively: We invest in cross-functional global partnerships that maximize impact and minimize duplication. We prize collaboration in all interactions – with our teammates, stakeholders, and suppliers. We disagree, align, and commit. Effectiveness and efficiency in collaboration are required.
- Respect Others: We earn and show respect, treating our teammates and partners with empathy and inclusion. We presume good intent while prioritizing impact. We balance confidence and candor with humility and kindness.
- Be an Owner: We are Wayfair first. We act on what’s best for the company, ahead of team or individual goals. We spend every dollar as if it is our own. We take pride in Wayfair’s success while planning the next win. We always think long-term
- Innovate & Improve: We are not limited by precedent. We boldly challenge the norm. We continually identify opportunities to innovate, improve, and simplify. We value incremental improvements, but we also look for game-changing breakthroughs.
- Adapt & Grow: We value adaptability and self-reflection. We find opportunity in every change, experience, and mistake. We are committed to continuous self-improvement.
Company HQ
Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, MA
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Founders
Niraj Shah
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Cornell University before co-founding Spinners, a Boston-based IT services company. Previously acted as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greylock and has served as CEO of Wayfair since co-founding the company in 2002.
Steven Conine
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Spinners before working for Operations at iXL. Conine also co-founded Pillar VC in 2016.
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