Senior Software Engineering Manager - Data Engineer

Location: Bangalore, India

Department: Full Stack Engineering

Team: Engineering & Technology

About the Role

Wayfair is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager - Data Engineer to lead efforts in their Bangalore technology delivery center, focusing on the company's massive 1.6 million square meters of logistics space that powers the largest custom e-commerce large parcel network in the US. This role is pivotal for engineering flexible, reliable, and resilient systems to handle the highly variable warehouse and logistics ecosystem, ensuring efficient operations amid rapid growth. Candidates must be based in Bangalore and adhere to hybrid schedules as part of the Full Stack Engineering department. As an early member of the Bengaluru team, you will scale technical products and teams to support Wayfair's ambition to become the world's top online home destination. Responsibilities include managing data engineering initiatives tailored to logistics challenges, optimizing supply chain technologies, and driving innovation in large parcel fulfillment. This position offers high-impact opportunities in a strategic hub critical to future expansion.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead data engineering team to support Wayfair's 1.6 million sqm logistics network
• Scale technical products for highly variable warehouse ecosystems
• Build flexible, reliable, and resilient systems for efficient operations
• Drive growth in Bengaluru technology delivery center
• Manage hybrid team in Bangalore for logistics and supply chain tech
• Optimize systems for large parcel e-commerce fulfillment
• Collaborate on full stack engineering for warehouse operations
• Ensure operational efficiency in variable logistics environments

Required Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering management roles
• Strong background in data engineering
• Ability to work from Bangalore, India
• Compliance with hybrid work schedule
• Proven track record in scaling technical products and teams
• Expertise in building flexible, reliable, and resilient systems
• Hands-on experience in e-commerce or logistics technology

Preferred Qualifications

• Based in Bangalore
• Early joiner for strategic technology delivery center
• Experience with large parcel logistics networks

Required Skills

• Data engineering
• Software engineering management
• Full stack development
• Logistics systems design
• Scalable architecture
• Resilient system building
• Warehouse operations tech
• E-commerce platforms
• Hybrid team leadership
• Cloud infrastructure
• Big data processing
• Supply chain optimization
• Agile methodologies
• Problem-solving in variable environments

Benefits

• Work in brand new strategic technology delivery center in Bengaluru
• Opportunity to scale with Wayfair's global growth plans
• Hybrid work schedule flexibility
• Join early team for high impact roles
• Contribute to world's #1 home e-commerce destination
• Exposure to largest custom e-commerce large parcel network

Wayfair is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.