Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Wayfair; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayfair's Customer Technology organization seeks a Senior Engineering Manager based in Bangalore to lead teams building reliable, scalable customer-facing platforms across geographies. You will drive technology strategy, manage delivery, and mentor engineers while maintaining strong cross-functional collaboration.

You will shape architecture, champion operational excellence, and guide teams through rapid growth, evolving requirements, and AI-assisted workflows to improve planning, building,

Qualifications

• 12+ years of engineering experience, including 3–5 years leading high-performing teams.
• Hands-on experience driving release engineering in a high-growth environment.
• Understanding modern deployment methods including progressive delivery and blue-green deployments.
• Experience with containers, container orchestration, and deployment automation.
• Ability to design and build scalable, general-purpose products with strong user experience and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Help shape and drive a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform supporting multiple geographies.
• Lead one or more software engineering teams, owning design, delivery, and ongoing operation and maintenance.
• Mentor engineers through regular coaching and career development.
• Attract, onboard, develop, and retain diverse talent while fostering an inclusive team culture.
• Lead by example to raise technical quality, operational excellence, and system design standards.
• Identify and drive improvements to engineering practices, architecture, and documentation.
• Guide technical discussions and weigh trade-offs for effective solutions.
• Integrate AI into management and engineering workflows to improve planning, building, testing, and operations.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Release engineering

Containers

Cross-functional collaboration

System scalability

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Bangalore, India and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements.

Who We Are

Wayfair's Customer Technology organization builds the digital experiences and platforms that help customers move seamlessly from discovery to purchase and beyond. We're looking for a passionate Senior Engineering Manager to lead teams building reliable, scalable customer-facing technology for customers across multiple geographies.

Our platforms support key moments on Wayfair's websites and apps, from browsing products and evaluating delivery options to completing checkout and managing orders. Payments is a critical part of this experience. Our teams make it easy and reliable for customers to pay using the methods available in their geography, while meeting local compliance and regulatory requirements. Supporting different payment methods, rules, and customer expectations across markets brings significant technical and operational complexity.

We work across engineering, product, design, and partner teams to make complex systems feel simple for customers. Our platforms must respond quickly, handle high volumes, and remain resilient as customer needs and business priorities evolve. Every interaction is an opportunity to build trust, reduce friction, and deliver a better experience.

What You'll Do

• Help shape and drive a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform that supports customers across multiple geographies.
• Lead one or more software engineering teams, designing scalable solutions and owning the full software development lifecycle—from design and delivery to ongoing operation and maintenance.
• Manage and develop engineers through regular coaching, guidance, and mentorship, supporting both their day-to-day work and long-term career growth.
• Attract, onboard, develop, and retain diverse talent while building an inclusive, collaborative team culture.
• Lead by example and help raise the bar for technical quality, operational excellence, and system design across your team and the broader engineering organization.
• Identify and drive improvements to engineering skills, standards, practices, architecture, and documentation.
• Facilitate technical discussions and decisions, helping teams weigh trade-offs and align on effective solutions.
• Integrate AI into team management and engineering workflows, helping the team adopt AI tools and practices to improve how we plan, build, test, and operate software.
• Continuously challenge established approaches and look for ways to improve our technology, practices, and outcomes.

What You'll Need

• A results-oriented, collaborative, pragmatic mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Hands-on experience driving release engineering in a high-growth environment; prior platform experience is required.
• A good understanding of modern deployment methodologies, including progressive delivery and blue-green deployments.
• Experience working with containers, container orchestration, and deployment automation.
• 12+ years of engineering experience, including at least 3–5 years leading high-performing teams.
• Experience making architectural and design decisions for large-scale platforms, with an understanding of trade-offs between time to market and flexibility.
• Significant experience managing people and supporting their growth and performance.
• Experience designing and building scalable, general-purpose products with an outstanding user experience.
• Experience hiring and developing engineering teams and culture, and leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• The ability to communicate and collaborate across the organization, influence decisions with and without direct authority, and communicate inclusively and persuasively.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance technical and business requirements.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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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