Staff Software Engineer I

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?

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer I to lead Etsy’s Service Platform initiative and team. You will be directing and implementing solutions to significantly complex, often unscoped problems. Your work will extend to all parts of the domain and will also influence your entire department and customers working in other domains. You will set the technical direction for your teammates, improve the overall quality of engineering done on your team, and consistently take steps to support the growth and success of your teammates.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager of Etsy’s Developer & Service Platform group. 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?

This role is situated in an established Service Platform team that is part of a newly created organization focused on Developer and Service Platform tooling and support within our Foundation initiative. Etsy has invested in foundational infrastructure and has built its own service platform supporting a wide range of teams and use cases. Etsy is seeking a senior engineering individual contributor who can bring industry-grounded experience to lead technical designs and planning, contribute to and support, and guide decision-making around our service platform ecosystem. 

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Providing daily support for peers across Etsy (ex. writing documentation, reviewing pull requests, answering Slack questions, auditing new features, hosting office hours and classes)

• Driving our day-to-day technical project management in JIRA and helping lead our team ceremonies (standups, sprints, story breakdowns, etc)

• Contributing and leading at all levels of design and development of the service platform

• Engaging with peers and customers to align our roadmaps and OKRs to their plans and needs, to deliver the most impactful features in a timely manner

• Mentoring more junior members of the team both in their day to day work, and their technical and career development

• Provide detailed and constructive design and code reviews.

• Engaging with Staff Engineering peers to further Etsy Engineering whether in the platform domain, or in other areas of expertise

• 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:

• 7+ years of software and/or infrastructure engineering experience, with some being in the Platform Engineering domain

• You are a generalist familiar with and comfortable in the components of our stack: CICD, observability, security, networking, containerized runtime environments as well as our platform software that binds everything together

• You also have experience and knowledge of most of the tools and languages we support: docker, protobuf, go, python, node, Java, Scala, Terraform, Github Actions, GKE or CloudRun  

• You have the capacity to operate within large or small codebases and you know how to craft simplicity from complex systems and ideas

• Flexibility with different programming languages and cloud-native environments, with GCP as a plus.

• Partnering as a strong collaborator, listener and communicator and making the team around you grow and learn.

• Taking the lead on technical decision making by both advising and listening to the ideas of others

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

• You enjoy thinking about the implications of your work on end users, and tailor your actions, decisions and communications to give them the best development experience possible

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

• Successful track record of planning and leading complex projects to completion.

• A growth mindset with excitement towards receiving feedback and learning opportunities

• A strong sense of ownership towards your work

• A constant desire to understand the “why” behind what we are doing and what and who will be impacted

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.