Job Information
Wayfair Software Engineering Manager, iOS Native App Excellence in Toronto, Canada
This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Please click here/refer to Wayfair’s Career Page for information about how Wayfair uses AI to enhance its recruiting and hiring processes.
Candidates for this position are preferred to be based in Toronto, Canada and will be expected to comply with their team's hybrid work schedule requirements.
Who We Are
Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation, we make it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 14 million items across home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares, and more. Partnering with Product, Experience Design, Analytics, and business leaders across Wayfair, our Native App Engineering teams contribute to an award-winning mobile experience that makes shopping for your home delightful and engaging. iOS and Android engineers leverage the full capabilities of mobile devices and their SDKs. For example, our apps take advantage of augmented reality, computer vision-assisted product search using the device’s camera, and machine learning to create personalized experiences and improve the speed of the app.
The Native App Excellence team’s help execute the vision of moving the Wayfair native apps toward our preferred platform for our customers by focusing on the critical levers of seamless, native-first journey, driving habit and frequency, and developing experience that give users a reason to download our app. This team’s success will entail modernizing our foundational capabilities to deliver a best in class app experience, building net new app only experiences, and influencing the broader org on an app-first mindset. The ideal candidate has experience in native iOS development, and a proven track record of managing stakeholders and external partners. Experience or general interest in modern native application development techniques is a must, Artificial Intelligence and GraphQL is a big plus! This person will leverage their breadth of knowledge in these areas to lead and grow a mission driven engineering team that delivers features for Wayfair shoppers to make their shopping experience frictionless and delightful.
What You'll Do
Lead a team of iOS developers working on features and tech that powers our native app’s shopping experience.
Promote, coach, and drive a high quality culture into the team and organization
Proactively manage critical project issues, risks and challenges, utilizing project management tools and business expertise to deliver projects.
Lead and drive engineering initiatives from inception to development, and deployment. Initiatives may cut across multiple aspects of the applications.
Work closely with product management and business stakeholders to understand and translate business objectives into technical solutions.
Represent the engineering team in cross-functional projects and to the company at large.
Utilize strong leadership skills to build the best high performing team.
Coach, mentor, and keep 1:1 with team members as well as gather feedback and implement necessary improvements.
Ensure high quality and performance standards for the Wayfair mobile platform.
Oversee the definition of best practices and coding standards across the entire team; review code and provide guidance for other code reviewers participating in our release approval process.
Use data and metrics to collaboratively drive impactful changes across the application; work closely with product and engineering management to anticipate areas for improvement and investment, and highlight these for inclusion in the team's project roadmap.
We Are A Match Because You Have
At least 3+ years of engineering leadership or management experience
At least 7+ years of software development experience with ideally 3+ years of native app development, focused on iOS
Experience in Swift in building mobile applications with a desire to continuously learn as you strive to develop and improve your team.
Knowledge of mobile software design patterns and experience working with a variety of architectures.
Experience recruiting, managing, fostering and retaining talent on a technical team.
Agile experience and extensive experience working on an agile development team.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
High level of accountability, bias to action and a desire to empower individuals on the team to perform at their best.
Focus on team building and collaboration over individual performance.
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
We are looking forward to your application!
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 (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ElBqKaQYGR9j0NiQHQYCGbHkqKqN746Nk62pI32IyLU) .
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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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