Etsy · 2 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer I, Service Platform Team
Brooklyn, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$204K/yr - $240K/yr
7+ years expEtsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to innovate and scale their systems and infrastructure. The role involves architecting systems in GCP, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with stakeholders to align technical designs with project roadmaps.
Consumer GoodsE-CommerceInternetRetailSales
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for architecting our systems in GCP as well as leading and delivering on multiple critical and complex technical initiatives in GCP
You will work with stakeholders and internal customers to align their requirements with project roadmaps and technical design
At important junctures, you will evaluate pros and cons and provide guidance and recommendations on which design decisions or technical direction to take
You will help determine project priorities and quarterly deliverables and help drive the team and initiative roadmaps
You will produce stellar technical specs and documentation that can be read and understood by team members and other technical leads and engineering leaders
You will mentor and coach junior engineers on the team and in the engineering organization
You will participate in hiring efforts
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in an SRE or DevOps role in a cloud environment coupled with strong software and/or platform engineering experience
Experience as a technical lead or architect for large scale, distributed, consumer facing applications
Bash/Python/Go proficiency essential
In-depth knowledge of Linux operating systems and have experience with hypervisors, Linux containers and orchestration managers
Design experience with Service Oriented Architecture and hands on experience with container management tooling (like Cloud Run or Kubernetes)
Comfortable providing estimates or project ideas that will influence your team's roadmap
Strong collaborator and communicator and can mentor other engineers
Written communication is concise and clear
Able to step up to lead the team when necessary, or dive deep to help with most challenging technical details
Preferred
PHP/Node proficiency is more of a bonus
Benefits
Equity package
Annual performance bonus
Competitive benefits that support you and your family
Company
Etsy
Etsy is an e-commerce site and a smartphone application for buying and selling handmade and vintage items.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$747.26MKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Index VenturesAccel
2025-06-12Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2024-02-01Post Ipo Equity
2017-05-15Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Josh Silverman
CEO
Zofia Ciechowska
Vice President, People Strategy
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