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Etsy · 18 hours ago

Senior Engineering Manager

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods, seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead their Models team. In this role, you will manage a team to build the next generation of Etsy's models platform, enhancing the quality of search, ads, recommendations, and other machine learning applications.

Consumer GoodsE-CommerceInternetRetailSales
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Responsibilities

Meet with customers to understand their latest use cases. Work with your team and partners to translate those use cases into concrete requirements. Offer an informed point of view on engineering, system design, and machine learning considerations
Keep track of ongoing issues (stability, performance, cost) with models on the platform, and identify short-term fixes and long-term platform improvements
Maintain a product roadmap, lead agile processes and plan workstreams for a team of 4 ICs. Occasionally lead multi-functional "tiger teams" for dedicated projects
Coach your ICs and support their career development trajectories
Own and maintain the team's customer-facing surfaces: documentation, code examples, metrics, dashboards, UIs, launch announcements, etc
We are proud of our engineering culture that encourages career growth and learning in a blameless environment. You can learn more about our philosophies, tools, and some of the challenges we’ve been solving on our Engineering blog
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

Qualification

Machine Learning ModelsCloud TechnologiesLeadership ExperienceBackend DevelopmentCoachingCollaborationCommunication

Required

A strong track record of developing and serving machine learning models at scale, with at least 4 years in a leadership capacity (tech lead or EM) and 2 years as an engineering manager
You like to be deep in the technical work, but you can also build partnerships across teams in a highly collaborative environment
Passion for building platforms that don't just work, but that are easy to maintain and extend, and are delightful to use
You are a strong collaborator, communicator, and coach and you are passionate about helping the engineers around you grow and learn
You have 5+ years of experience building, iterating and solving complex problems with a significant backend component

Preferred

Background and hands-on experience with Cloud technologies (Google Cloud, AWS, Kubernetes) is a plus

Company

Etsy is an e-commerce site and a smartphone application for buying and selling handmade and vintage items.

H1B Sponsorship

Etsy has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$747.26M
Key Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Index VenturesAccel
2025-06-12Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2024-02-01Post Ipo Equity
2017-05-15Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Josh Silverman
CEO
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Zofia Ciechowska
Vice President, People Strategy
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