**Company Description**
Etsy is the integral 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 Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.
**What's the role?
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We are looking for a Backed Engineer to join a multidisciplinary app development team, where you will work alongside native engineers to build exciting features for our app users on the Listing screen.
On our team, backend engineers build the Application Programming Interface (API) endpoints used by our native apps.
Alongside delivering product features, our engineers also have opportunities to propose and lead projects that invest in improved performance, developer experience, or fixing tech debt.
This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager.
In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy.
Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team.
Learn more about our Flex and Office-based work modes and workplace safety policies here.
**What's this team like at Etsy?
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**What does the day-to-day look like?
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- Collaborate across Product, Design, Analysts, Researchers, and Engineering to build innovative and delightful mobile experiences
- Build high-quality end to end product features in a fast paced agile environment.
- Collaborate with other backend engineers on other teams to improve the Etsy API architecture.
- Mentor more junior engineers on the team.




- Accurately estimate timelines for strategic delivery of work
- Run A/B experiments to validate product improvements
- Confidently communicate technical issues with all vital stakeholders.
This includes quickly owning and addressing critical issues which your team owns, even if there is no clear individual owner
- Craft and improve processes that positively impact your team
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require!
You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change occasionally at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law
**Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are**:
- An interest in solving user problems and driving business impact through high-quality, maintainable, and readable code
- At least 5+ years of professional backend of full-stack development experience, ideally in a product-minded environment.
- Lead with questions, curiosity, and kindness.
- Love to, and are able to, learn new systems and technologies.
- Proficiency in designing and building APIs with any programming language.
Experience working with PHP is preferred, but not required.
- Understand the ins and outs of crafting an API to be consumed by multiple platforms
- Experience working with product managers, designers, and nontechnical partners to provide them with estimates, and scoping large bodies of work.
- Ability to lead and break down complex problems into bite sized solutions.
- A sense of self-direction, and ability to pathfind and learn quickly
**Additional Information**
What's Next
If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like.
As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety.
We don't want you to be like everyone else - we want you to be like you!
So tell us what you're all about.
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