Senior Scala Engineer

Key Skills

AWS, Data structuring, Docker, Effective communication skills, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Infrastructure as code, Kubernetes-K8s, Machine learning techniques, Scala Programming, SPARK Programming, User support and Troubleshooting

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Scala Engineer to join our Orchestration Platform team to play a major role in driving the platform vision and strategy for the Machine Learning Orchestration services at Etsy.

As a Senior Scala Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing the strategy for the machine learning orchestration platform at Etsy. Different teams use our innovative orchestration layer that in turn will help nearly 100M buyers and over 5M sellers navigate Etsy’s extensive marketplace and deliver many more outstanding customer experiences. Do you find joy in big picture thinking and playing long term while driving business critical metrics? If so, this could be the perfect match.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager. 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. This role requires your presence in Etsy’s Mexico office in an in-person or flex capacity. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more about our flexible work options and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy? 

• The Machine Learning Enablement Initiative builds and maintains Machine Learning systems that help all Etsy customers quickly resolve issues through intuitive self-service tools and human, real support experiences. The Orchestration group builds and maintains the platform and applications that powers our Search, Ads, Trust & Safety, and Recommendations systems.
• We work on meaningful, complex challenges, but small enough that you can make a rewarding impact
• We build platforms & services to solve problems at scale
• We are a platform team with a product driven mentality
• We drive innovation using our Machine Learning systems in effective and creative ways. 

 What does the day-to-day look like?

• Play a central role in building a real time Orchestration Platform and services that will empower multiple business critical Machine Learning use cases at Etsy
• Design, build and support the core services/infrastructure of our orchestration layer platform, including on-call production support rotations.
• Work cross-functionally with various platform teams, Machine Learning teams and product partners to build the next generation of our high availability retrieval platform in the cloud.
• Practice continuous learning and agile delivery model to stay informed and focused on our deliverables.
• We are proud to have an engineering culture that encourages career growth and learning in a blameless environment. You can learn more about our philosophies, tools, and some of the challenges we’ve been solving on our Engineering blog.
• 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.

Qualifications

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• You have proven engineering and coding skills, data structure knowledge and ability to write high performance production quality code.
• You have experience working with functional programming languages and Scala
• You are a strong collaborator and communicator and you make the engineers around you grow and learn.
• 2+yr experience in building, iterating and troubleshooting solutions to complex problems with a significant backend component
• You have built distributed services with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Spark, etc
• You have fundamental experience with infrastructure engineering and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Background and hands-on experience with Cloud technologies (Google Cloud or AWS) is a plus.
• Experience with Machine Learning is a plus

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.