Staff Software Engineer I, Backend Developer

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, Depop, or Elo7 you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

What's the role?

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Orchestration Platform team to play a major role in driving the platform vision and strategy for the Machine Learning Orchestration services at Etsy.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing the orchestration platform at Etsy. Different teams use our innovative orchestration layer that in turn will help nearly 100M buyers and over 5M sellers navigate Etsy’s extensive marketplace and deliver many more outstanding customer experiences. Do you find joy in big picture thinking and playing long term while driving business critical metrics? If so, this could be the perfect match.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager, ML Orchestration. 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 Mexico who are either remote, flex, or office-based. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more about our flexible work options and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

• The Orchestration group builds and maintains the platform and applications that powers our Search, Ads, Trust & Safety, and Recommendations systems.
  The Machine Learning Enablement Initiative builds and maintains software systems that help all Etsy customers quickly resolve issues through intuitive self-service tools and human, real support experiences. 
• We work on meaningful, complex challenges, but small enough that you can make a rewarding impact
• We build platforms & services to solve problems at scale
• We are a platform team with a product driven mentality
• We drive innovation using our software systems in effective and creative ways. 

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Design, build and support the core services/infrastructure of our orchestration layer platform, including on-call production support rotations.
• Practice continuous learning and agile delivery model to stay informed and focused on our deliverables.
• Work cross-functionally with various platform teams, Machine Learning teams and product partners to build the next generation of our high availability retrieval platform in the cloud.
• Play a central role in building a real time Orchestration Platform and services that will empower multiple business critical Machine Learning use cases at Etsy
• We are proud to have an 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:  http://codeascraft.com/
• 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:

• You have proven engineering and coding skills, data structure knowledge and ability to write high performance production quality code.
• You have experience working with functional programming languages and Scala
• You are a strong collaborator and communicator and you make the engineers around you grow and learn.
• 5 +yr experience in building, iterating and troubleshooting solutions to complex problems with a significant backend component
• You have built distributed services with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Spark, etc
• You have fundamental experience with infrastructure engineering and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Background and hands-on experience with Cloud technologies (Google Cloud or AWS) is a plus.
• Experience with Machine Learning Operations is a plus but not required.

What's Next

If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about.

Our Promise

At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.