Software Engineer I, Marketplace Makers
Etsy
About the Role
Etsy is seeking a Software Engineer I to join the Marketplace Makers team. This early-career role focuses on building and shipping full-stack web features, learning the end-to-end Etsy platform, and growing your craft with team support.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain well-scoped product features across our PHP backend and React/TypeScript frontend.
- Translate designs and product requirements into production-ready code.
- Write tests to ensure code functionality.
- Participate in code review, providing and receiving feedback.
- Instrument and analyze A/B experiments on seller-facing features.
- Investigate bugs and support issues, communicating findings and fixes.
- Collaborate with product, design, research, and analytics partners in planning, standups, and retrospectives.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- PHP
- React/TypeScript
- Star Seller program
- Shop Manager tooling
- Ability to build and ship full-stack web features.
- Understanding of how Etsy's platform works end to end.
- Experience with A/B experiments.
- Experience with continuous deployment is implied by team practices.
- Experience with blameless culture is implied by team practices.
Qualifications
- A foundation in software engineering, obtained through a degree in computer science or a related field, a bootcamp, or equivalent self-directed experience.
- Some experience building web applications, through internships, co-ops, personal projects, or professional work, in languages such as PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Curiosity about how things work and persistence to debug.
- Comfort asking questions, taking feedback, and learning in the open.
- Interest in solving user problems and writing readable, maintainable code.
- Clear written and spoken communication with technical and non-technical teammates.
This is an early-career role.
The role reports to the Engineering Manager of Marketplace Makers.
The team is multi-functional and distributed across the US and Mexico.
The team works on seller recognition programs and seller tooling.