Staff Software Engineer II, Data Platform

Key Skills

Apache Airflow, Apache Kafka, Big Data Technology, Effective communication skills, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, Scala Programming, SPARK Programming, SQL

Job Description

What’s this team like at Etsy?

This role reports to the Director of Data Platform, and works across the four teams in the department, partnering with our engineering managers and engineers. 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?

• Your time will be balanced between contributing directly to key projects and shaping our technical direction.

• You’ll engage in development work on projects, guide teams in technical decisions, deeply understanding the problem space, and mentoring engineers.

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

• Building alignment and support for your ideas is crucial—expect to 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:

• 8+ 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: Kafka, Airflow, Spark, SQL, Python, Java/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.