Role Overview
Wayfair is hiring a senior-level Platform Engineer III. This is a full-time role in Bengaluru. Part of Wayfair's Devops hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job Description
As a DevOps Engineer, you will join our team to help grow our systems into best-in-class for efficiency, stability, observability, velocity, and scale in the e-commerce space, engage with the product and engineering team from Day 1 to design, build and maintain the system/software proactively. Influence the design and architecture of the Wayfair system as part of the Cloud Enablement journey whilst maintaining our critical pieces of Legacy Tools; collaborate with development teams to design scalable and reliable systems, considering aspects such as fault tolerance, availability and performance.
Responsibilities
- Work with both software engineers and platform Engineers to optimise and develop repeatable systems for the two sides to leverage each other.
- There's a wide range of opportunities to both guide the broad conversation and dive into the nuance of our code and architecture.
- Help service owners build realistic SLOs, set SLAs and error budgets, and ensure production services have reliability built into their design.
- Even after self-healing and automation done by you, provide production support and creatively solve challenging engineering problems across our stack.
- Participate in a shared on-call schedule managed across Engineering.
- Automate repetitive tasks to increase efficiency and reduce human error.
- Mentor new hires and other engineers by example, tech talks, paired programming, and other avenues to increase technical efficiency across the organisation.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience working in Software Development, DevOps, or SRE roles with an understanding of Cloud Infrastructure.
- Experience with cloud platforms GCP, AWS, Azure, and containerization technologies (e. g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with server-side software engineering(Python, Go, Java, BASH, etc. ).
- Design experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and related technologies.
- Strong understanding of monitoring and alerting, with a focus on performance monitoring, tracing instrumentation and SLI/SLO/SLAs.
- Experience with decoupling monolith services is a plus.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e. g., Git).
- Excellent communication skills across engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders alike.
- Knowledge of configuration management tools(e. g. Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Terraform).
- Passion for leading a large, cross-cutting technical initiative to delivery, cross-functional consensus building and influencing design decisions.
- Ample experience gathering and balancing requirements from technical and business stakeholders, and reaching consensus on prioritisation.
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading code reviews.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for the Platform Engineer III position at Wayfair?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Wayfair. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Where is the Platform Engineer III position at Wayfair located?
This position is based in Bengaluru. Wayfair has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
What does a Platform Engineer III at Wayfair earn?
Wayfair has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Platform Engineer III role at Wayfair posted?
This role was posted on March 16, 2026 (84 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
How much experience does the Platform Engineer III role at Wayfair require?
This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Wayfair lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.
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