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.

Salary Range:

$197,000.00 - $231,000.00

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 componen