Associate Director, Software Engineering, Cloud Compute Platforms

Associate Director, Software Engineering, Cloud Compute Platforms Wayfair provided pay range This range is provided by Wayfair. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range CA$252,852.00/yr - CA$267,300.00/yr

Important Note about Wayfair's In-Office Policy and Salary Please note that this is a hybrid role based in Toronto, CAN, and will require you to work in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The salary range for this position is $252,852 - $267,300 CAD per year. The base salary offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Restricted stock units will also be provided as part of the compensation package.

Who We Are Wayfair runs the largest custom e-commerce large parcel network in the United States, approximately 1.6 million square meters of logistics space. The nature of the network is inherently a highly variable ecosystem that requires flexible, reliable, and resilient systems to operate efficiently.

What You’ll Do

Lead a team of 20+ talented platform engineers across multiple engineering teams, including managing experienced engineering managers

Drive GCP adoption and cloud platform strategy across Wayfair's engineering organization

Architect and implement large-scale infrastructure migrations and platform modernization initiatives

Own compute platform evolution built on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and cloud-native technologies

Oversee cloud service provisioning, lifecycle management, and service integration across GCP

Partner with engineering teams to provide self-service cloud platform capabilities that accelerate development velocity

Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to develop platform capabilities that enable rapid application development and deployment

Build and maintain robust infrastructure lifecycle management using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Foster a culture of operational excellence, automation, and continuous improvement across cloud platforms

What You’ll Need

10+ years of experience in platform engineering/SRE roles using object-oriented languages (Python, Golang, etc)

Experience managing engineering managers and leading large engineering organizations (20+ engineers)

Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise infrastructure migrations

Deep expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud architecture

Advanced experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and multi-cluster Kubernetes management

Advanced experience with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices

Experience driving cloud platform adoption across engineering organizations

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience implementing cloud native features with a focus on developer self-service platforms

Experience with CI/CD tools such as Argo, Buildkite, Jenkins, Spinnaker

Experience with platform observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring, Google Cloud Logging, Datadog, PagerDuty)

Nice to Haves

Experience with Istio/Service Mesh technologies

Experience with advanced deployment patterns (Canary, Blue/Green, A/B Testing)

Experience with Kubernetes Admission Control (Kyverno, OPA, etc)

Experience with workload scaling and capacity management (HPA, VPA, Capacity Planning)

Experience in high-growth technology companies

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

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 Accommodations 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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Seniority level Associate

Employment type Full-time

Job function Engineering and Information Technology

Industries Retail

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