Senior Staff Platform Engineer — Global Supply Chain

Wayfair; Jefferson City (MO); Remote; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayfair is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer in Jefferson City, MO to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-based supply chain platforms. You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and collaborate with global teams to drive growth and efficiency.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, architecture, and leadership across multiple domains. The candidate should have 4+ years in engineering, strong communication, and experience with modern cloud stacks.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering experience, including startup and large company environments.
• Supply Chain knowledge is a bonus.
• Hands-on experience delivering software changes at scale.
• Skilled in architecting and building large-scale, cloud-based, event-driven systems across multiple projects.
• Notable communication with the ability to drive teams forward and influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the local technical lead, designing and building a platform interfacing with multiple systems.
• Drive a multi-year technology strategy for Wayfair's supply chain.
• Architect and implement scalable, future-proof features with strong design and coding practices.
• Lead technical discussions to reach durable, well-documented conclusions.
• Drive high-impact architectural solutions and hands-on development from conception to delivery.
• Ensure manufacturing readiness through testing, monitoring, deployment, documentation, and proactive troubleshooting.
• Identify risks in processes and propose solutions to align with the vision.
• Influence and contribute to department strategy and roadmap.
• Mentor other engineers and foster growth through pairing and training opportunities.
• Be recognised as a credible expert within the team and broader community.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Kafka

Kubernetes

Containerization

Java microservices

GraphQL

Spring

Job description

Wayfair is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer in Jefferson City, MO to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-based supply chain platforms. You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and collaborate with global teams to drive growth and efficiency.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, architecture, and leadership across multiple domains. The candidate should have 4+ years in engineering, strong communication, and experience with modern cloud stacks.