Staff Engineer - Reliability Developer Experience Platforms Who we are Wayfair is seeking a passionate and driven Staff Engineer to join our Reliability and Developer Experience Platforms team In this pivotal role you will be instrumental in shaping and executing our strategy for Reliability Observability and Platform Insights across Wayfair s extensive distributed systems You will be at the forefront of building and engineering Platform as a Product offerings and driving enablement initiatives that empower our engineering organization to build and operate highly reliable and efficient systems at scale With the broad reach of the technologies we are using you will have the opportunity to grow your network and skills by being exposed to new people and ideas who work on a diverse set of cutting-edge technologies If you are the type of person who is fascinated by engineering extremely large and diverse data systems and if you are passionate about troubleshooting challenging technical problems in a rapidly innovating cloud environment you could be a great fit What You ll Do Play a key role in developing and driving a multi-year technology strategy for The Reliability and Developer Experience Platforms that handled Reliability Complexities across Wayfair s large scale system strategy 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 Indirectly manage several architects and managers by offering coaching guidance and mentorship to support individual and team growth Inspire coach mentor and support your the technology team members in order to grow retain the engineering talents 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 platforms Identify propose and drive initiatives to advance the technical skills standards practices architecture and documentation of our platforms Facilitate technical brainstorm and decision making with an appreciation for trade-offs Continuously rethinking and pushing the status quo even when it challenges your our established ideas What You ll Need As a Senior Architect or Staff Engineer a key focus has been on collaboratively building impactful products and platforms working closely with both Product Management and Engineering stakeholders This collaborative approach has been driven by a deep understanding of market opportunities enabling the strategic development of solutions designed to achieve significant adoption A results-oriented and collaborative individual with a pragmatic approach and a continuous improvement mindset possessing hands-on experience in driving impactful software transformations within complex high-growth environments involving cross-continentally owned products 17 years of experience in engineering out of which at least 10 years spent in building and adoption of the highly performant products and platforms Proven experience in making critical architectural and design decisions for large-scale platforms demonstrating a strong understanding of the trade-offs between time-to-market and long-term flexibility coupled with a track record of designing and building high-scale generalizable products that deliver an outstanding user experience Capability to communicate and collaborate across the wider organization influencing decisions with and without direct authority and always with inclusive adaptable and persuasive communication Demonstrated analytical and decision-making skills effectively integrating technical feasibility with business requirements to drive informed and impactful outcomes We Are a Match Because You Have Deep Expertise in Scalable Observable Platform Engineering Proven track record in architecting scalable backend systems using modern patterns microservices event-driven with built-in observability via tools like Datadog Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Experienced in building resilient self-monitoring services and critical components like API gateways and ingestion layers Robust SRE Mindset for Developer Platforms Applies SRE principles SLOs error budgets automation to platform products ensuring reliability and reducing toil for developers Led SLO definition and implementation for CI CD systems Infrastructure as Code Automation Expertise Extensive use of Terraform and automation tools to build reusable self-service infrastructure on platforms like Kubernetes empowering developers with reliable easy-to-consume environments Developer-Centric Tools API Design Built intuitive APIs CLI tools and self-service deployment systems with deep empathy for developer workflows significantly improving developer experience and productivity Robust Software Engineering Developer Journey Focus Strong coding skills and deep understanding of the developer lifecycle consistently driving platform features that align with developer needs and workflows Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals including individuals with disabilities As part of this commitment Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form Need Technical Assistance For more information about applying for a career at wayfair visit our FAQ page here About Wayfair Inc Wayfair is one of the world s largest online destinations for the home Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world we re reinventing the way people shop for their homes Through our commitment to 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