Senior Software Engineer , Data Storage

Company Description Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy employee, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human. We believe exceptional companies are built by exceptional teams, and we're intentional about it.

That means hiring great people, setting them up for success from day one, and giving them real reasons to grow their careers here. We invest in development that goes beyond promotions, and we foster the trust and relationships that help people do their best work together.

Etsy’s Data Platform organization builds systems and infrastructure for collecting, storing, and analyzing huge datasets in batch and streaming contexts, and we’re looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team. You’ll be a leader on the Data Storage squad, contributing to technical strategy and driving some of our most critical projects. This role blends hands‑on engineering with strategic, product-focused leadership.

You’ll be responsible for guiding our tools and platforms towards a cohesive vision, ensuring they align with business priorities, and incorporating the latest industry capabilities to unlock new opportunities for our internal customers. You’ll stay in direct communication with those customers to ensure our work is tightly aligned to their areas of greatest need. The technical staff at Etsy believes that code is craft, and that the work we do is part of a larger creative culture that includes the hundreds of thousands of inspired artists and designers who make Etsy such a unique marketplace.

We believe that small, empowered, self‑motivated teams can do big things. We believe in measuring everything, taking advantage of our continuous deployment system to ship code early and often, and keeping up a blameless culture based on trust and a commitment to learning. This is a full‑time position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, Data Storage.

Our mission is to build seamless and intuitive tools for collecting and processing data at scale, in support of machine learning, marketing, business analysis, and ultimately delightful buyer and seller experiences. This is a big job as Etsy has millions of buyers and over 100 million unique, vintage, and handmade items! Our team values are empathy, kindness, accountability, and autonomy and we strive to foster an environment where individuals are supported, respected, and empowered to take ownership and collaborate effectively.

You will contribute directly to projects, shaping our technical direction, and collaborating with our customers. You will engage in engineering and development work, guide your colleagues in technical decisions, deeply understand our problem spaces, and mentor engineers. You will also collaborate closely with engineering managers, product managers, internal data customers, and other engineers to design robust end-to-end solutions and incorporate industry trends that can drive business value.

You will help build alignment and support for your ideas and will create presentations, write technical documentation, and share insights widely across a variety of stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills for influencing stakeholders across teams and leadership levels
• Familiarity with tools like Big Query, Iceberg, and cloud storage at scale
• Experience writing and tuning sophisticated SQL queries for data exploration and…