Software Engineer I

About the Role

• This is an ongoing role that Wayfair hires for regularly.
• This is a Boston-based opportunity with a 3-day in-office expectation (Tuesday - Thursday) and 2 days remote (Monday and Friday).
• Wayfair is committed to hiring and supporting talent early in their careers, focusing on filling opportunities with recent graduates.
• This position is for entry-level Software Engineers (L1).
• As part of Wayfair’s Accelerated Onboarding Program, you will start your engineering journey alongside a cohort of peers, building core technical and problem-solving skills through collaborative learning and meaningful work.
• You will have guidance from your manager, mentorship from a dedicated Tech Coach, clear development milestones, and exposure to applied AI tools.

Key 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 & Tech Stack

• Object-oriented design, data structures, & algorithms.
• Object-oriented programming languages.
• Experience or exposure to SQL, Java, Python, and .NET.
• Ability to grow skills over time.
• Eagerness to work in a highly collaborative team.
• Passion for programming.
• Ability to innovate and create new tools from scratch.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of transferable experience in a corporate environment, including internship and co-op experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1-3 years of transferable software development experience (backend and/or full stack, including some frontend) in a corporate environment, including internship and co-op experience.
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another related technical discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 & Perks

• Full health benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA) on day one for eligible employees.
• No-cost access to 2nd.MD, a virtual expert medical consultation and navigation service.
• Global Traveler Health Insurance through GeoBlue.
• 24/7 access to mental, financial, physical, and emotional wellbeing support, plus an enhanced offering of therapy and coaching.
• Automatic enrollment into Basic Life and Accidental Death & Disability Insurance.
• 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
• Paid Parental Leave, Surrogacy & Adoption Reimbursement and Caregiver Services.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Wayfair Employee Discount.
• Gym/Fitness Discounts.
• Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.
• Yearly match up to $500 for personal donations made by employees to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits.