ENGINEERING MANAGER - APP ACQUIRE & ACTIVATE (TORONTO TDC)
The base pay for this position is $207,700 - $228,771 CAD annually. The base pay
offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and
experience.
Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Toronto, Canada and
will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements.
Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology
and innovation, we make it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find
exactly what they want from a selection of more than 14 million items across
home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares, and more. Partnering with
Product, Experience Design, Analytics, and business leaders across Wayfair, our
Native App Engineering teams contribute to an award-winning mobile experience
that makes shopping for your home delightful and engaging. iOS and Android
engineers leverage the full capabilities of mobile devices and their SDKs. For
example, our apps take advantage of augmented reality, computer vision-assisted
product search using the device’s camera, and machine learning to create
personalized experiences and improve the speed of the app.
The App Acquire & Activate team charter is to facilitate smooth onboarding of
customers and continuous engagement and retention during our customers shopping
and home project lifecycle by creating new value propositions for the Wayfair
App Experience designed to serve the needs of early lifecycle and low-purchase
intent users. The ideal candidate has experience in native app development (iOS
or Android), and a proven track record of managing stakeholders and external
partners. Experience or general interest in modern native application
development techniques, Artificial Intelligence and GraphQL is a big plus! This
person will leverage their breadth of knowledge in these areas to lead and grow
a multi-disciplinary engineering team that delivers features for Wayfair
shoppers to make their shopping experience frictionless and delightful.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead a team of iOS and Android developers working on features and tech that
powers our native app’s shopping experience.
- Promote, coach, and drive a high quality culture into the team and
organization
- Proactively manage critical project issues, risks and challenges, utilizing
project management tools and business expertise to deliver projects.
- Lead and drive engineering initiatives from inception to development, and
deployment. Initiatives may cut across multiple aspects of the applications.
- Work closely with product management and business stakeholders to understand
and translate business objectives into technical solutions.
- Represent the engineering team in cross-functional projects and to the
company at large.
- Utilize strong leadership skills to build the best high performing team.
- Coach, mentor, and keep 1:1 with team members as well as gather feedback and
implement necessary improvements.
- Ensure high quality and performance standards for the Wayfair mobile
platform.
- Oversee the definition of best practices and coding standards across the
entire team; review code and provide guidance for other code reviewers
participating in our release approval process.
- Use data and metrics to collaboratively drive impactful changes across the
application; work closely with product and engineering management to
anticipate areas for improvement and investment, and highlight these for
inclusion in the team's project roadmap.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- At least 3+ years of engineering leadership or management experience
- At least 7+ years of software development experience with ideally 3+ years of
native app development (iOS or Android)
- Experience in either Swift or Kotlin in building mobile applications with a
desire to continuously learn as you strive to develop and improve your team.
- Knowledge of mobile software design patterns and experience working with a
variety of architectures.
- Experience recruiting, managing, fostering and retaining talent on a
technical team.
- Agile experience and extensive experience working on an agile development
team.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- High level of accountability, bias to action and a desire to empower
individuals on the team to perform at their best.
- Focus on team building and collaboration over individual performance.
HOW WILL YOU BE CHALLENGED?
As an engineering manager you will be a technical leader working hand in hand
with your product counterpart in setting the direction for one of the most
impactful development teams in the Wayfair app development organization. As we
continue to grow, we have been tackling challenges of launching and supporting
multiple apps, modularizing our code, and achieving feature parity across
Android, iOS, web, and mobile web. We seek managers who are comfortable leading
these efforts and building on the existing foundation of our award winning
Wayfair app.
ABOUT US
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether
you work in our global headquarters in Boston or one of our satellite offices,
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, or genetic information.
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.
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