Software Engineer II

As a centrally positioned, high-impact team, we collaborate with partners across the entire company-including storefront, supply chain, finance, and customer service-to maintain the integrity of our order data. We focus on engineering excellence and operational rigor to ensure our systems remain responsive and scalable as our business evolves. As a Software Engineer on this team, you'll work on mission-critical backend services and event streams that sit at the core of Wayfair's order processing. You'll help build resilient infrastructure and write high-quality code that directly influences the customer experience and business outcomes for every purchase made on our platform.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain high-concurrency backend services and event-driven workflows that manage the end-to-end order lifecycle
• Design and implement scalable APIs and event streams to facilitate order placement, fulfillment, and modifications
• Write and optimize high-quality code in object-oriented languages such as C#/.NET or Java for core order management applications
• Build and improve validation, monitoring, and alerting to help ensure system reliability and order data integrity
• Build and support services and interfaces that expose orders data to downstream systems
• Partner with product managers, analysts, and engineers to identify and implement enhancements to order management systems
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices across application and data pipeline code
• Use observability and monitoring tools to troubleshoot issues and improve system performance

• You bring a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field
• You have 3+ years of experience in software engineering
• You have 3+ years of experience developing production systems in an object-oriented language such as C#/.NET, Java, or a similar language
• You have experience with Kafka or similar event streaming platforms
• You're comfortable writing SQL and have 2+ years of experience working with relational data concepts such as joins, keys, partitions, and data types
• You're familiar with backend service or API patterns
• You understand data quality, validation, and monitoring concepts for data pipelines or backend systems
• You bring strong problem-solving skills, clear communication, and a collaborative mindset
• You have experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tooling, observability platforms such as Datadog or Grafana, and caching technologies such as Redis or Aerospik

Tuition reimbursement, Parental leave, Health insurance, 401(k) matching, Paid time off, Employee discount, Vision insurance, Health savings account Full-time Hybrid work in Boston, MA 02114, Time Off:

• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Health & Wellness:

• Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability)
• Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
• Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
• Caregiver Services

Financial Growth & Security:

• 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
• Tax Advantaged Accounts

Family Support:

• Family Planning Support
• Parental Leave
• Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy

Professional Development & Recognition:

• Rewards & Recognition
• Global Employee Anniversary Awards
• Paid Volunteer Work

Unique Perks:

• Employee Discount
• U.S. Bluebikes Membership
• Global Pod Outings

Work/Life Balance:

• Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments
• We are looking forward to your application!
• Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities
• Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About Wayfair Inc.

Wayfair is one of the world's largest online destinations for the home. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you're looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you'll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

The Order Management Systems team powers one of the most critical parts of the customer journey: managing the full lifecycle of orders from placement through fulfillment and post-order modifications. We build and operate a suite of high-scale APIs and event-driven systems that ensure every order is processed accurately and reliably across Wayfair's global ecosystem., Wayfair is one of the world's largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we're reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you're looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you'll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.