Frontend Software Engineer I - Early Careers

September - October 2025 Start Dates

Location: Boston, MA

• The salary range for this position is $120,000- 124,000 per year. The base salary offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• This is a Boston, MA based opportunity with a 3 day in office expectation.
  
  

Wayfair is continuing to expand our commitment to hiring and supporting talent early in their careers, focusing on filling opportunities with experienced graduates who have 1-3 years of experience.

Who We Are:

Storefront Engineering is in the enviable position of being able to speak directly to our customers. Through powerful technology, we make shopping our millions of products feel simple and personal, whether customers are just browsing while on-the-go on our native app or finalizing purchase decisions on the desktop from the comfort of their home.

As Wayfair continues to see massive growth, Storefront Engineering is going through a major technology transition, empowering teams to build services and interfaces that can be updated and deployed independently. We are on the journey to build the tools and services to deliver value to our customers more quickly, all in an environment where engineering teams have the autonomy to make the right decision for themselves and their product.

About The Team:

Wayfair is a leader in the e-commerce space for all things home. We live and breathe modern technologies. We’re looking for smart, innovative thinkers who can assist in the creation of scalable designs of our frontend tooling and architecture. We are as much concerned about thought leadership, community involvement, and the ever-changing landscape as we are with technical skills!

As a Software Engineer I, you’ll have a multitude of opportunities to grow your engineering expertise while learning from experienced peers as you contribute to the implementation of cutting-edge frontend technologies at scale. The frontend platform team is responsible for building out the design, tooling, and best practices that enable frontend engineers to build robust, scalable, and performant web experiences to the delight of our customers and millions of daily requests.

What You’ll Do:

• Assist in building and maintaining a Next.js e-commerce platform that serves millions of requests per day through Kubernetes on Google Cloud.
• Collaborate with the team to adopt Server Components, Server Side Suspense and React 19 functionality to help Wayfair deliver a world class, performant experience.
• Support the development and maintenance of monorepo tooling that powers deployment, build processes, and local development for all Wayfair developers.
• Learn and contribute to Server Driven UI patterns to support platform-based architecture patterns.
• Engage in open source contributions that align with Wayfair’s platform needs and community-driven initiatives.
  
  

What You’ll Need:

• Foundational experience with frontend web development (React, etc).
• Interest in and some experience with frontend build tooling (Next.js, webpack, etc).
• Interest in and some experience with build and deploy pipelines (e.g. Github, Buildkite, Argo, Kubernetes, Google Cloud)
• Exposure to working at scale (lots of developers & web traffic) is a plus.
• A growth mindset, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to contribute to complex projects.
• Curiosity, a desire to learn and the ability to figure things out. A debugging mindset!
  
  

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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