Senior Software Engineer II, Risk Experience

Company Description
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

What's the Role?

Etsy is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join our Risk Experience team. You will be joining a team of software engineers, building features and systems to enable our international sellers to reach millions of buyers globally.

This role will be focused on improving the Buyer and Seller experience for the Etsy community from a Trust & Safety perspective, whilst ensuring the experience for bad actors is as difficult as possible. All the members of this squad will be experienced engineers at Etsy that will support you in your onboarding. 

The technology we build spans the full stack end to end; from user experience, to API design, backend service development, vendor integrations, and database design. Depending on the needs of the business our team may need to move up and down the stack, and in many cases collaborate with other teams to get to what needs to be done.

This is a full-time position reporting to our Engineering Manager, Threat Mitigation and Risk Experience. 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 our Dublin office once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office. Candidates living within commutable distance of our Dublin office, may be the first to be considered. Learn more details about our work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

Risk Experience’s mission is to mitigate risk by closing various experience gaps prone to exploitation within the buyer and seller journey. This team is focused on adding friction to the buyer and user seller journey through user experience changes. Most members of the team are based in Dublin with some based in New York.

Here are a few questions our team helps answer:

• How do we increase the difficulty for bad actors to take over user accounts without making it painful for genuine users and impacting their user journey?

• How do we protect existing users from having their accounts taken over and used for illicit means?

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Contribute at all levels; from front-end (HTML, CSS, JS, and relevant frameworks), to API design and back-end (PHP, MySQL, BigQuery), and standalone supporting services running in containers.

• Document technical design decisions.

• Participate in code and design reviews and maintain high standards of code quality to adhere to modern best practices.

• Work with supporting functions, such as analytics, product management, and design, to make sure we are building the right product for the right set of customers.

• Mentor and guide junior team members through knowledge sharing and collaborative best practices.

• Continuously learn from your teammates and share your own insights with them.

• Push code to production early and often using our continuous deployment systems.

• Empathy, ownership, communication, and technical skill are valued equally.

• 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 me thrive in this role are:

• You are driven by the mission of safeguarding global online marketplaces, you are passionate about understanding and addressing the challenges faced by buyers and sellers. This empathy fuels your commitment to developing intuitive solutions that enhance user experience and foster trust within the platform.

• You have 5+ years of experience working on large scale projects, where you lead the technical direction of moderately complex problems.

• You have built backend systems serving millions of customers. High availability, security, maintainability are second nature in your design.

• You mentor other engineers through pairing, delegation and sponsorship.

• You take pride in how well you document technical design, and lead others around you to bring them along.

• You collaborate well with partner functions, such as Product Management, Analytics, and Designers to ensure you’re delivering impactful product features.

• You have a “leave it better than you found it” mentality, and are willing to work with and improve on code you did not originally write.

• You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and scalability.

• You are a mindful, transparent, and communicative member of your team.

• You are invested in Etsy’s vision, mission and values.

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, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.