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Wayfair · 6 days ago

Software Engineering Manager

Boston, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Play a key role in developing and driving a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform

Lead multiple software development teams - architecting solutions at scale to empower the business, and owning all aspects of the SDLC: design, build, deliver, and maintain

Directly and indirectly manage several software engineers by providing coaching, guidance, and mentorship to grow the team as well as individuals

Inspire, coach, mentor, and support your team members in their day to day work and their long term professional growth

Attract, onboard, develop and retain diverse top talents, while fostering an inclusive and collaborative team and culture

Lead your team and peers by example. As a senior member of the team your methodologies, technical and operational excellence practices, and system designs will help to continuously improve our domain

Identify, propose, and drive initiatives to advance the technical skills, standards, practices, architecture, and documentation of our engineering teams

Facilitate technical debate and decision making with an appreciation for trade-offs

Continuously rethink and push the status quo, even when it challenges your/our established ideas.

Qualification

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Driving software transformationsPlatform experienceEngineering experienceScrum team managementArchitectural decisionsDesign-related decisionsLarge scale platformsTime-to-market tradeoffsFlexibility tradeoffsHiring experienceDeveloping engineering teamsLeading interdisciplinary teamsAgile environment experienceCollaboration skillsTechnical requirements integrationBusiness requirements integrationResults-orientedCollaborativePragmaticContinuous improvement mindsetHands-on experienceComfortable managingSignificant experienceVocation in managingEnabling people's growthOutstanding user experienceInclusive communicationAdaptable communicationPersuasive communicationAnalytical skills

Required

Results-oriented, collaborative, pragmatic, and continuous improvement mindset

Hands-on experience driving software transformations within high-growth environments, previous platform experience is required.

7+ years of experience in engineering, out of which at least 1 year spent managing a highly performant team

Comfortable managing more than 1 scrum team

Experience making architectural and design-related decisions for large scale platforms, understanding the tradeoffs between time-to-market vs. flexibility

Significant experience and vocation in managing and enabling people’s growth and performance

Experience designing and building high-scale generalizable products with outstanding user experience. Practical experience in hiring and developing engineering teams and culture and leading interdisciplinary teams in a fast-paced agile environment

Capability to communicate and collaborate across the wider organization, influencing decisions with and without direct authority and always with inclusive, adaptable, and persuasive communication

Analytical and decision-making skills that integrate technical and business requirements

Company

Wayfair

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Wayfair is an online retailer that offers a wide range and selection of home products.

Founded in 2002

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.wayfair.com

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