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?

The Etsy Seller App team is hiring an API engineer to contribute to app facing APIs and Etsyweb generally. The Esty Seller App is the most frequently used interface for Etsy sellers. Our team is distributed between the US and Mexico.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager. 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.
 

For this role, we are considering candidates based in Mexico. Candidates living within commutable distance of Etsy’s Mexico City Office Hub or in Guadalajara may be the first to be considered. Depending on where you are located in Mexico, your work mode will be Local Hybrid, Regional Hybrid or Remote. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more details about our  work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will be responsible for taking the lead on directing and implementing solutions to moderately complex, loosely scoped problems that are aligned with your team's goals. Your work extends to many parts of a product or system. You deliver projects independently or by leading your teammates to do so. You enable other engineers on your team to be successful.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Collaborate with our platform teams, ML teams, and product partners to build the next generation of APIs for our mobile apps.

• Develop sophisticated solutions to help our sellers list products, engage with customers, fulfill orders, and run their shops.

• Own A/B experiments to validate product improvements and drive data-informed decisions.

• Partner with PMs, designers, analysts, researchers, and other specialists to create the best possible user experience for our sellers.

• Mentor and coach other engineers on the team and across our company.

• Demonstrate leadership on every project, whether as a tech lead or a contributor.

• Regularly ship performant PHP code using our continuous delivery pipeline.

• Use Grafana, Google Cloud Logging and our in-house observability tools to gain insights and inform development.

• 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:

• A proven track record of working within a large codebase and simplifying complex systems, consistently leaving things better than you found them.

• An analytical approach and the ability to use data to make informed decisions about our work.

• A passion for understanding the impact of your work on end-users and a collaborative spirit when working with multi-functional teams.

• Strong communication skills and a willingness to mentor and guide teammates.

• Experience working on a multi-functional product team with PM, Design, Research, and Data Analysis.

• Expertise in information retrieval systems and habit of writing high-performance, production-quality code.

• A proven understanding of the fundamentals of building robust services.

• Adaptability to different programming languages and cloud-native environments.

• Must be located in Mexico.

• Must have strong English language proficiency.

• 10+ years of practical software development experience.

• Experience in one of the following languages: PHP, Python, Go, Ruby, Java, C++.

• Ability to write understandable, testable, and maintainable code.

• Nice to haves: Experience with Scala and functional programming languages, experience with big-data processing frameworks like Spark, experience with Google Cloud.

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.