Company Description
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

What’s the role?

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join Etsy's Fulfillment Platform team. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with teams across the organization to ensure Etsy's ecosystem has accurate, complete, and easily accessible fulfillment data. Your contributions will be crucial in creating seamless experiences for both our internal teams and customers. As a member of this mission-critical team, your work will impact many areas within the domain and may even shape the strategic direction of your entire department.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager, Fulfillment Platform. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. 

This role requires your presence in Etsy’s Mexico City office once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office. Candidates living within commutable distance of our Mexico City office or in Guadalajara may be the first to be considered. Learn more details about our work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

• We have full-stack engineers on the team, but most of our work is focused on backend development.

• We ensure that every piece of fulfillment data within Etsy's ecosystem is thoroughly vetted, corrected, and maintained to the highest standards of accuracy.

• We strive to fill every gap in Etsy's fulfillment data, leaving no piece of crucial information untracked or missing.

• We work closely with all domains within fulfillment to ensure alignment and understanding of data needs and priorities.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Serve as an advocate for making fulfillment data accessible across Etsy.

• Gain insights through research, data analysis, and our A/B tests.

• Push code to production early and often using our continuous deployment systems.

• Build and maintain observability and test tooling - logging, monitoring, distributed tracing, alerting and offline test tools needed for search and recommendation systems

• You will mainly focus on backend technologies, including PHP or Scala, MySQL, Bigtable, GCS, Memcache, Gearman, and more.

• You will improve the overall quality of engineering done on your team and consistently take steps to support the growth and success of your teammates.

• You will ensure systems are maintainable and expandable by others to prevent single points of failure for both systems and people.

• You will move the business forward in unknown problem spaces with creative solutions backed in proofs of concept.

• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• Over 10 years of experience.

• Experience with data streaming / processing platforms like Apache Kafka and Spark

• Experience operating within a large codebase and you know how to craft simplicity from complex systems. You understand the fundamentals of building robust services.

• Demonstrate written understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability.

• Proven success in leading and solving complex, undefined problems.

• Flexibility in multiple programming languages and deep expertise in cloud-based infrastructure, specifically Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Experience leading, mentoring, and coaching other engineers in a compassionate manner

• Strong track record of working closely with product managers and designers, providing estimates and product ideas that impact the team’s roadmap.

• You have a “leave it better than you found it” mentality, and are willing to work with and improve on code written by others.

Additional Information

What's Next
If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about.

Our Promise
At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.