Senior Software Engineer II, Core Buyer Listing

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:

$178,000.00 - $208,000.00

What’s the role?

We are looking for an experienced frontend leaning, full stack engineer to  join our established yet evolving Listings web team.

As a Senior Software Engineer II you will be responsible for building and maintaining product features for enhancing the core buyer experience at Etsy, architecture, documentation and mentoring engineers. Do you find joy in writing high-quality code and helping other engineers learn and work more effectively? If so, this could be the perfect match.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, Core Buyer Listing. 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?

• As part of the core buyer experiences group, the listings web team is responsible for maintaining and improving the Etsy buyer experience on the web product detail screen, one of the highest trafficked screens on Etsy!

• We are a true product engineering team that focused on building delightful products and experiences for people buying and selling with Etsy

• You will work directly with Design, Product and Engineering across product and enablement teams and collaborate with sister native app teams. Your work will have a multiplier effect, touching all of Etsy’s product teams as well as every piece of the customer journey. 

• Listings is a cross-functional, cross platform initiative made up of 20+ web and native engineers who are fun, curious, collaborative and passionate leaders - if that resonates with you, please join us!

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Be responsible for the design, development and implementation of highly maintainable and scalable systems by contributing at all levels of our web application stack

• Collaborate with teammates to independently tackle well-scoped problems, regularly deliver work to end users and be a primary contributor to team’s goals

• Contribute to and lead projects - such as enhancing the information architecture of the product detail screen and make it easier to build new features through product as well as technical investments

• Create and update reusable components that are used by product teams across all of Etsy

• Provide daily support for peers across Etsy (ex. Writing documentation, reviewing pull requests, answering Slack questions)

• Identify and propose tracks of work and tech debt that move our product forward

• Serve as an advocate for engineering best practices and contribute to the engineering vision

• Be a mentor and guide to fellow engineers

• 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 ma