Senior Staff Data Platform Architect

Staff Engineer - Data Platforms- Software Engineering

Who we are

Wayfair is seeking a passionate and driven Staff Engineer to join our “Data Platforms” team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in shaping and executing Wayfair’s New-Age Data Platform strategy across large-scale Data Ingestion, Transformation, Real-time Messaging Platforms and Data Consumption. You will play a pivotal role in also defining, designing and implementing a Data Platform that’s Cloud-Native, AI and Agentic ready. You will be at the forefront of building and engineering 'Data Platform as a Product' offerings and critically driving all Data principles including Data Discovery, Lineage, Quality, Data Contracts and overall Data Governance across Wayfair . You will lead Data Platform initiatives that empower our engineering, business organization to build and operate highly reliable and efficient data systems at scale. With the broad reach of the data within Wayfair, 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 data technology strategy for The Data Platforms that handle Next-Gen Data platform strategies and complexities across Wayfair's large scale system strategy.
• Play the technical lead role across 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 :

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