What’s the role?

We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Data Platform team at Etsy. You’ll be a leader in our initiative, driving technical strategy and contributing directly to our most critical projects. This role blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership. You’ll be responsible for guiding our tools and platforms towards a cohesive vision, ensuring they align with business priorities and unlock new opportunities by incorporating the latest industry capabilities. You’ll stay in close communication with our internal customers and ensure our work is tightly aligned to their areas of greatest need. 

This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, Data Platform. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy.

For this role, we are considering candidates based in the United States. Candidates living within commutable distance of Etsy’s Brooklyn Office Hub or in the San Francisco Bay Area may be the first to be considered. For candidates within commutable distance, Etsy requires in-office attendance once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more details about our  work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What does this team look like at Etsy?

Our mission is to build seamless and intuitive tools for collecting and processing data at scale, in support of machine learning, marketing, business analysis, and ultimately delightful buyer and seller experiences. This is a big job as Etsy has millions of buyers and over 100 million unique, vintage, and handmade items! Our team values are empathy, kindness, accountability, and autonomy and we strive to foster an environment where individuals are supported, respected, and empowered to take ownership and collaborate effectively. 

What does the day-to-day look like?

• You will contribute directly to projects, shaping our technical direction, and collaborating with our customers.

• You will engage in development work on projects, guide your team in technical decisions, deeply understand the problem space, and mentor engineers.

• You will also collaborate closely with engineering managers, product managers, internal data customers, and other engineers to design robust end-to-end solutions and incorporate industry trends that can drive business value.

• You will help build alignment and support for your ideas and will create presentations, write technical documentation, and share insights widely across a variety of stakeholders. 

• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• 6+ years of industry experience 

• Ability to balance hands-on engineering with strategic planning

• Strong communication skills for influencing across teams and leadership levels

• Ability to guide architectural direction while being receptive to feedback

• Collaborative mindset, comfortable working with a diverse range of roles and departments

• Enjoys mentoring and growing other engineers

• Deep familiarity with at least some of our tools: Airflow, Spark, SQL, Python, Scala. 

• Familiarity with big data cloud platforms. We use GCP, including BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow. 

Additional Information

What's Next
If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about.

Our Promise
At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.