L1 Software Engineer - Experienced Graduates

About the position

This is a Mountain View, CA based opportunity with a 3 day in office expectation. Wayfair is continuing to expand our commitment to hiring and supporting talent early in their careers, focusing on filling opportunities with experienced graduates who have 1-3 years of experience. Wayfair is on a mission to find the most talented engineers entering the tech world! Do you love innovating and creating new tools from scratch? We’re looking for engineers who love sharing ideas, collaborating to improve them, and being a part of the full software development process. Our engineers are enthusiastic problem solvers and our teams are highly collaborative. Wayfair is looking for candidates who are passionate about programming, and have strong core fundamentals. If you feel confident in your knowledge of object oriented design, data structures, & algorithms and your ability to grow your skills over time, please apply! We want to connect with developers who are eager to work in a highly collaborative team and add to Wayfair’s culture.

Responsibilities

• Support designing and perform hands-on building of applications that are reliable, scalable and easy to maintain
• Ensure that engineering quality standards are met within your team
• Contribute to architectural and code review discussions that impact our engineering ecosystem
• Collaborate with leads and engineers on your team to solve a wide variety of business and technical problems
• Ensure our systems are properly documented
• Contribute to the growth and development of the Wayfair engineering organization

Requirements

• 1-3 years of transferable software development experience in a corporate environment, including internship and co-op experience
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another related technical discipline
• Knowledge and experience working with object oriented programming languages
• Experience or exposure to SQL, Java, and Python

Nice-to-haves

• Excellent team player with a passion for collaboration
• Familiarity with creating software tools and functionality, debugging code, and successfully incorporating feedback into your work
• Strong skills in solving complex problems with simple abstract solutions
• An interest in working with big data and machine learning
• Experience with using cloud platforms to solve problems
• Experience working in agile environments
• Strong communication skills and the ability to take on projects or tool autonomously

Benefits

• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability)
• Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
• Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
• Caregiver Services
• 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
• Tax Advantaged Accounts
• Family Planning Support
• Parental Leave
• Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
• Rewards & Recognition
• Global Employee Anniversary Awards
• Paid Volunteer Work
• Employee Discount
• U.S. Bluebikes Membership
• Global Pod Outings
• Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments