Senior Software Engineer, Display Ads

Toronto, ON
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Toronto, ON, Canada and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements.Who We Are:Display and Sponsored Shops (DSS) is Wayfair's innovative advertising platform, enabling suppliers to maximize product visibility and drive sales across Wayfair US, Wayfair CA, and Wayfair Professional. Leveraging both internal and external technologies, DSS provides advanced ad placements that enhance the shopping experience while delivering measurable impact for brands.If you're excited about building the future of advertising in e-commerce and want to be part of a dynamic, high-growth team, we'd love to hear from you!Interested in learning more about Wayfair's Engineering community?

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. leads our DSS Engineering team is the Associate Director for Supplier AdvertisingAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical vision, architecture, and execution of Wayfair's next-generation video advertising platform. You will:

Define and drive the architecture for scalable, high-performance video ad serving solutions.
Make strategic technical decisions, balancing innovation, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Lead cross-functional collaboration, working closely with engineering, product, and business teams to design and implement complex ad-serving workflows.
Guide technical direction on areas such as dynamic ad insertion, targeting strategies, and advanced ad placement optimizations.
Mentor and influence engineering teams, establishing best practices for software development, system reliability, and performance tuning.
Evaluate and introduce new technologies, ensuring the platform is built with modern, forward-looking architecture that meets business needs at scale.

What We're Looking ForWe seek a technical leader and strategic thinker who can architect enterprise-scale systems and drive the evolution of Wayfair's advertising platform. The ideal candidate will have:

Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale ad tech (real-time bidding, programmatic advertising, ad serving, etc.).
A strong background in software architecture, with experience designing high-availability, low-latency systems.
Proven ability to influence and lead teams, with strong communication and mentorship skills.
Experience with video advertising technologies, ad targeting, and auction-based ad models (preferred but not required).
A track record of delivering high-impact, business-critical systems in a fast-paced environment.

We Are a Match Because You Have:

5+ years of experience architecting highly complex, interconnected systems that solved complex business problems
8+ years of experience in backend software engineering using object oriented language and preferably Java
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
Experience working with event-driven architectures, DDD, and TDD
Mastery of some flavor of modern frontend frameworks and technologies like React, Redux, etc
Experience in Big Data technologies like Apache Kafka/Apache spark/Nosql databases
Preferred experience in the CI/CD tools/platforms like Buildkite/Docker/Kubernetes.
Experience with Cloud Native architecture platforms like Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure.
Experience in system monitoring using tools like DataDog etc.

Why You'll Love Wayfair

Time Off:

Paid Holidays
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Sick Days

Health & Wellness:

Health & DentalBenefits
Life Insurance
Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability)
Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including Peloton, Global ClassPass,)
Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
Caregiver Services
Financial Growth & Security:

RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan)
Tuition Reimbursement
Family Support:

Parental Leave Top-Up Program
Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
Professional Development & Recognition:

Rewards & Recognition
Global Employee Anniversary Awards
Paid Volunteer Work
Unique Perks:

Employee Discount
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!About Wayfair Inc.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.No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We're a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair - and world - for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice ( ). If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws, please contact us at .

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