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# Software Engineer II

- **Company:** Wayfair LLC
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $161,500.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C Sharp (Programming Language), Code Review, Data Integrity, Relational Databases, Monitoring of Systems, Object-Oriented Software Development, Redis, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Datadog, Grafana, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=dafa29226df52f1a

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

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


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