Job Description

Overview

Senior Product Manager, GraphQL Platform + Backend Platform at Wayfair. Location: Mountain View, CA (hybrid work schedule).

What Youll Do

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for the GraphQL Platform and core Backend Platform services, ensuring continuous value creation for Wayfair's platform and its users.
• Act as an advocate and ambassador to drive adoption of new GraphQL and Backend Platform capabilities across Wayfair's engineering teams, evangelizing their benefits and managing the adoption lifecycle.
• Focus on improving the software development lifecycle, specifically in areas related to developer productivity, leveraging GenAI to accelerate development for all partners.
• Influence the roadmap and direction of key third-party vendors and open-source technologies.
• Use data and user research to consistently increase the value of these mature, high-scale platforms and identify new opportunities for customer use cases.

We Are a Match Because You Have

• 8+ years experience in product management.
• Familiarity with GraphQL federation and microservice architecture.
• Value Optimization at Scale: experience driving value and optimization for widely adopted, mature platform products that scale across teams and use cases.
• Proven Success in Adoption: ability to evangelize new platform capabilities and drive adoption to maximize business value.
• Sufficient Technical Acumen: understanding of developer workflows and microservice architecture; able to facilitate technical decisions around core services, GraphQL, and service-to-service data transport.
• Strong User Research Capabilities: experience conducting user research to identify opportunities and pain points for developer customers.
• Strategic Vendor Relationship Experience: experience managing high-value vendor relationships related to core infrastructure and influencing product direction.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Why Youll 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); Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts; Mental Health Support; Caregiver Services
• Financial Growth & Security: 401K Matching; Tuition Reimbursement; Financial Health Education; 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 and flexible work environment

About Wayfair and Equal Opportunity

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