Software Engineer II, Channel Optimizations

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.

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What’s the role?

As a Software Engineer on the Channel Optimizations squad within our Growth group, you'll drive traffic growth to Etsy while enhancing the buyer landing experience. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize how users experience Etsy when arriving from external sources. The role involves rapid hypothesis validation through A/B testing to identify high-impact improvements. Additionally, you'll maintain third-party integrations critical for marketing team decisions about ad campaigns and develop automated processes to enhance campaign management capabilities.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager, Channel Optimizations. 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 the United States. Candidates living within commutable distance of Etsy’s Brooklyn Office Hub or in the San Francisco Bay Area may be the first to be considered. For candidates within commutable distance, Etsy requires in-office attendance once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office. 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?

• 4 engineers working closely with the Designer, Product Manager, and Engineering Manager, while partnering with cross-functional teams like marketing analytics and user research

• Helpful, compassionate team players who are comfortable owning projects end-to-end but are also comfortable collaborating and working together on larger tracks of work

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable, high-performance software solutions that enable our marketing and analytics teams to make data-driven decisions and optimize the landing experience on Etsy

• Work closely with third-party marketing APIs to enable our marketing analytics teams to make business-critical decisions and gain visibility into paid search performance

• Work closely with the marketing team to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements

• Break down large projects into smaller deliverable tasks and independently tackle well-scoped tracks of work established by your team and other stakeholders

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

• Contribute at all levels of our web application stack, primarily in back-end technologies. We mainly use PHP, BigQuery, MySQL, and Airflow, but it's okay if you don't have experience with all of these!

• Participate in team’s agile development ceremonies and processes as well as monthly on-call support rotation

• Develop software with an eye on quality, using performance monitoring tooling, automated and manual testing, and observability tools to verify the correctness and quality of your code

• 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:

• 2+ years of practical software development experience.

• Experience operating in a full-stack environment and owning the development of features end-to-end

• Close attention to detail, with the ability to translate design and product requirements to production-ready code

• A bias toward data-driven decision making and desire to build out experiments that enable big product and design decisions

• A sense of self-direction, and ability to learn quickly

• Experience in PHP; some experience in the rest of the tech stack would be helpful but not required

• Experience working on large-scale data problems

• Experience operating within a large codebase and knowledge of how to craft simplicity from complex systems

• Comfortability with collaborating with Product Managers and Designers to ensure that you’re delivering impactful product features

• Strong communication that adapts to technical and non-technical audiences

• An enthusiastic and forward-looking attitude!

• Investment in Etsy’s vision, mission and values.

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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. 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, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.