At Wayfair, we are solving complex business problems with technology to serve our millions of customers, to sell and deliver a catalog of millions of products, and to continue growing at a rapid pace. Building on our profitability in North America, Europe is a major focus for growth at Wayfair with its unique market challenges and opportunities.



We're looking for a passionate backend and data engineer who loves to solve complex problems, learns fast, shares knowledge, and balances generating business value with reducing technical debt.



Our growing cross-functional engineering teams extend the e-commerce platform with a focus on efficiency and scalability, impacting the business in real-time.



You will be working onour supplier facing platform, creating superior experiences that exceed expectations.



Your role at Wayfair

Help to optimize existing and to build new backends for PHP-centric applications that are robust, scalable, and user-friendly

Solve a wide range of challenging business problems, in turn extending the competitive advantage that separates Wayfair from other online retailers

Contribute to architectural and database related discussions, that impact our engineering ecosystem

Contribute to relational database design for large and complex Microsoft SQL databases and queries

Conduct performance analysis and tuning for queries, and optimize DB level objects



What you bring to the table

Proven track record of hands-on experience as MS SQL DBA, working with relational database management systems.

Experience working of indices, statistics, execution plans, and locks/waits

Solid understanding of server-side development - ideally using PHP

Experience in query optimisation

Knowledge of SOLR, Kafka, RabbitMQ will be an additional advantage

Experience and/or the desire to work in an agile environment

Interest in being challenged in a fast-paced environment while having fun

Analytical and creative mindset, with a passion for solving business problems with technology

Ability to quickly translate business requirements into working features

Proficient oral and written communication skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering teams



And finally, our proposition to you!