Android Software Engineer, 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 3-5+ years of professional Android development on publicly available apps
- A passion for writing clean, readable, and thoroughly tested code, and an eagerness to share your expertise with others
- A mastery of Android fundamentals, interacting with endpoints, debugging, and memory management
- Experience having architected or designed complex features with product managers or other stakeholders
- A deep understanding of architecture patterns such as MVP, MVVM, Clean/VIPER, etc., as well as async patterns
- A drive to learn about new libraries and technologies, stay on the cutting edge of the evolving mobile landscape and an eagerness to create experiences that will delight users
- A genuine belief that constructive and respectful code reviews are the bedrock of a healthy team
- Knowledge of Material Design, Android UI/UX development, and best practices
- The ideal candidate has experience in native Android development, and a proven track record of delivering high quality features efficiently
Desirable
- Jetpack Compose and GraphQL
- Ruby or similar scripting languages
- Working on other platforms such as with iOS and/or Full-Stack
What the job involves
- Lead development for in-depth mobile projects surrounding upper-funnel functionality such as homepage, sales, category, authentication, and landing experiences, including architecting and developing new features, application maintenance and refactoring, and increased performance and automation
- Review code and provide guidance for other developers participating in our release approval process
- Being passionate about test coverage and quality engineering are paramount
- Use data and metrics to collaboratively drive impactful changes
- Frequently interface and interact with quality, UX, back-end/API, product, analytics, and other teams
- Though primarily focused on Android, collaborate with iOS and full-stack teams to ensure solutions are robust and aligned
- Lead by example; share knowledge, experience, and best practices through mentoring, tech talks, and presentations
- This person will leverage their breadth of knowledge to deliver features for Wayfair shoppers to make their shopping experience frictionless and delightful
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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