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Software Engineer, Buyer Ad Experience 🔥


Company Description


Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect entrepreneurs with buyers around the world. Etsy, Inc.'s 'house of brands' portfolio has expanded to now include four individually distinct ecommerce brands - Etsy, fashion resale marketplace Depop, musical instrument marketplace Reverb, and Brazil-based handmade goods marketplace Elo7. As an Etsy employee, you'll tackle unique problems alongside talented coworkers committed to Keeping Commerce Human. We're large enough that you'll focus on meaningful, complex challenges, but small enough that you can make a rewarding impact.


Job Description


What’s the role?

Etsy is hiring a product focused Software Engineer to join the Buyer Ad Experience team within the Search & Ads group. This role is excellent for a collaborative full-stack or backend engineer with a curiosity in building excellent browsing experiences for our buyers to help broaden the impact of our sellers.

Our team is responsible for building an on-site advertising platform that helps our sellers grow their businesses by driving traffic to their listings. We care deeply about showing the right ad at the right time with the right treatment. We are a multi-functional group of engineers, researchers, designers, and product managers.

Our product work is in PHP, React, MySQL, Memcached/Redis, we build data-intensive applications in Spark and Python; we are proud to have an engineering culture that encourages career growth and learning. You can learn more about our philosophies, tools, and some of the challenges we’ve been solving on our Engineering blog: http://codeascraft.com/

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager. For this role, we are considering candidates based in the U.S. 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 vaccination policy here.

What’s the day-to-day look like?

  • How can we prioritize ads in ways we think they’ll be most attractive to our buyers?

  • How can we surface ads in new and novel ways to showcase a seller’s creativity?

  • How might we extend the reach of our systems to increase the value proposition of Etsy Ads for all our sellers?

  • 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.


Qualifications


Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

  • Have experience working within a large codebase and creating simplicity from complex systems.

  • Love to experiment and use data to drive decision-making. You’re comfortable iterating, backtracking, and making tough calls on what to roll out based on data.

  • Have working knowledge and experience with third party integrations.

  • Write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability.

  • Are excited to think about the implications of your work on our buyers!


Additional Information

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.

For U.S. roles only:

Many Etsy roles are open to remote candidates, and you'll be able to identify which ones within the location header of each job description. We're open to remote hires from all U.S. states except Hawaii and Alaska. For candidates who will work remotely from Colorado, visit this link for information related to Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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