Software Engineer II, Risk Experience

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?

Etsy is seeking a Software Engineer II to join our Risk Experience team. You will be joining a team of software engineers, building features and systems to enable our international sellers to reach millions of buyers globally.

This role will be focused on improving the Buyer and Seller experience for the Etsy community from a Trust & Safety perspective, whilst ensuring the experience for bad actors is as difficult as possible. All the members of this squad will be experienced engineers at Etsy that will support you in your onboarding. 

The technology we build spans the full stack end to end; from user experience, to API design, backend service development, vendor integrations, and database design. Depending on the needs of the business our team may need to move up and down the stack, and in many cases collaborate with other teams to get to what needs to be done.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager, Threat Mitigation & Risk Experience. 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 Dublin office once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office. Candidates living within commutable distance of our Dublin office, 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?

Risk Experience’s mission is to mitigate risk by closing various experience gaps prone to exploitation within the buyer and seller journey. This team is focused on adding friction to the buyer and user seller journey through user experience changes. Most members of the team are based in Dublin with some based in New York.

Here are a few questions our team helps answer:

• How do we increase the difficulty for bad actors to take over user accounts without making it painful for genuine user and impacting their user journey?

• How do we protect existing users from having their accounts taken over and used for illicit means?

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Contribute at all levels; from front-end (HTML, CSS, JS, and relevant frameworks), to API design and back-end (PHP, MySQL, BigQuery), and standalone supporting services running in containers.

• Document technical design decisions.

• Participate in code and design reviews and maintain high standards of code quality to adhere to modern best practices.

• Work with supporting functions, such as analytics, product management, and design, to make sure we are building the right product for the right set of customers.

• Continuously learn from your teammates and share your own insights with them.

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

• Empathy, ownership, communication, and technical skill are valued equally.

• 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:

• At least 2+ years of software engineering experience

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

• Write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and scalability.

• Find value in empowering data-driven decision making and building out experiments that enable big product and design decisions. 

• Experience running A/B tests

• Enjoy thinking about the implications of your work on end users. You are comfortable collaborating with Product Managers and Designers to ensure that you’re delivering impactful product features.

• Have excellent communication skills, and are enthusiastic and forward-looking!

• Are invested in Etsy’s vision, mission and values.

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. 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.