Software Engineer III

Who We Are:
Wayfair operates one of the world's largest online destinations for home goods, leveraging industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving.

The Supplier Castlegate Forwarding Contracts team in Bengaluru manages supplier contract terms (duration, rates, accessorials) to meet market demands. The role involves systemizing contracts and adding new experiences for suppliers to self-serve their agreements.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with stakeholders to provide transparency, data, and resources for informed decisions.
• Serve as a technical leader across teams, driving high-impact architectural decisions from inception to delivery using best practices like SOLID and TDD.
• Maintain production readiness through testing, monitoring, deployment, documentation, and proactive troubleshooting.
• Identify risks in technical approaches and propose solutions aligned with project goals.
• Create action plans to garner organizational support and influence team strategy.
• Demonstrate tenacity for learning by pushing boundaries of what is possible.

You Have:

• 7+ years experience architecting robust, distributed web applications.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent.
• A track record of technical leadership following best practices (SOLID, TDD, GRASP).
• Hands-on development skills building technically sound systems.
• Experience with Java, REST, Microservices for web services.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Buildkite and Jenkins.
• Ability to build high-throughput pipelines for real-time pricing algorithms and cost logic.
• Skill in designing resilient APIs available during peak traffic events like Black Friday.
• Experience with distributed infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in monitoring/logging tools such as DataDog or Elasticsearch.
• The ability to act as a bridge between backend engineering and data science teams for ML integration.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience integrating ML models into systems.
• Solid knowledge of ML science and data pipelines.