Platform Reliability Architect

Staff Engineer - Reliability and Developer Experience Platforms- Software Engineering

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 :

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