Job Description

An Important Note about Wayfair's In-Office Policy and Salary:
Please note that this is a hybrid role based in Toronto, CAN, and will require you to work in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
The salary range for this position is $252,852 - $267,300 per year. The base salary offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Restricted stock units will also be provided as part of the compensation package.
Who We Are
Wayfair runs the largest custom e-commerce large parcel network in the United States, approximately 1.6 million square meters of logistics space. The nature of the network is inherently a highly variable ecosystem that requires flexible, reliable, and resilient systems to operate efficiently.
We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineering Manager to lead our Cloud Platform Compute teams at Wayfair. This role is responsible for driving GCP adoption across Wayfair, owning the compute infrastructure, cloud lifecycle management, and service integration platforms that power our global e-commerce operations. You'll oversee the provisioning and usage of GCP services at Wayfair while enabling engineering teams to build and deploy at scale.
What You'll Do

• Lead a team of 20+ talented platform engineers across multiple engineering teams, including managing experienced engineering managers
• Drive GCP adoption and cloud platform strategy across Wayfair's engineering organization
• Architect and implement large-scale infrastructure migrations and platform modernization initiatives
• Own compute platform evolution built on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and cloud-native technologies
• Oversee cloud service provisioning, lifecycle management, and service integration across GCP
• Partner with engineering teams to provide self-service cloud platform capabilities that accelerate development velocity
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to develop platform capabilities that enable rapid application development and deployment
• Build and maintain robust infrastructure lifecycle management using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, automation, and continuous improvement across cloud platforms

What You'll Need

• 10+ years of experience in platform engineering/SRE roles using object-oriented languages (Python, Golang, etc)
• Experience managing engineering managers and leading large engineering organizations (20+ engineers)
• Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise infrastructure migrations
• Deep expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud architecture
• Advanced experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and multi-cluster Kubernetes management
• Advanced experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Experience driving cloud platform adoption across engineering organizations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience implementing cloud native features with a focus on developer self-service platforms
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Argo, Buildkite, Jenkins, Spinnaker
• Experience with platform observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring, Google Cloud Logging, Datadog, Pagerduty)

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with Istio/Service Mesh technologies
• Experience with advanced deployment patterns (Canary, Blue/Green, A/B Testing)
• Experience with Kubernetes Admission Control (Kyverno, OPA, etc)
• Experience with workload scaling and capacity management (HPA, VPA, Capacity Planning)
• Experience in high-growth technology companies

Why You'll Love Wayfair

• Time Off:

• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Health & Wellness:

• Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
• Life Insurance
• DIsability Protection (Short Term & Long Term DIsability)
• Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
• Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
• Caregiver Services
• Financial Growth & Security:

• 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
• Tax Advantaged Accounts
• Family Support:

• Family Planning Support
• Parental Leave
• Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
• Professional Development & Recognition:

• Rewards & Recognition
• Global Employee Anniversary Awards
• Paid Volunteer Work
• Unique Perks:

• Employee Discount
• U.S. Bluebikes Membership
• Global Pod Outings
• Work/Life Balance:

• Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments

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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