Software Engineering Internship - Summer 2024

June 3, 2024-August 23, 2024 (12 weeks)

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Our Engineering team within our Technology organization is building the future of home and looking for dynamic, hardworking and talented students to join us in Summer 2024 for a 12 week internship from June 3, 2024-August 23, 2024. As a Software Engineering Intern you will dive into a number of complex technical projects and gain a better understanding of our business. You will have the opportunity to work within one of the following groups:

Machine Learning Platforms: We build and integrate enabling technologies to power all aspects of customer acquisition, retention, and engagement. We also expose best-of-class third-party and other Wayfair technologies through our platforms so marketers and suppliers can leverage them for their businesses. We empower Wayfair teams to make data-driven decisions at scale by providing data platforms and machine learning capabilities, enabling customers to make home a reality.

Infrastructure and Platform Tech: Responsible for the entire Wayfair website and all backend components that fuels and powers production. You can be an embedded engineer or a platform engineer. Embedded engineers work directly with engineering verticals to build and consult in building new initiatives. Platform engineers are subject matter experts for languages and engineering tools. You can expect to work with engineers that thrive in collaboration and expertise in one of Wayfair’s supported languages or frameworks including Java, .NET, Python, PHP, Backstage, Buildkite, or SonarQube. You can expect to work with engineers that thrive in collaboration and expertise in one of Wayfair’s supported languages (Java, .NET, Python, PHP, Javascript, with some Golang and Rust) and frameworks (Backstage, Buildkite, SonarQube, Puppet, Terraform and others).

Global Supplier Tech: Wayfair sells millions of products and this team owns all the data, tools, and systems that create and manage the content on the site related to each product. We build tools for our thousands of suppliers to send us content we need to be able to sell their products on site. This team makes sure the customer has the information they need to be confident when purchasing for their home. Within Catalog, there are also teams such as pricing & competitive intelligence engineering, merchandising & media engineering, and virtual media.

What You’ll Do: 

• You will work on individual and group projects focused on the full project life-cycle
• You will collaborate with business leaders and key stakeholders to brainstorm on how to solve the challenge
• Currently pursuing a Bachelors with the expectation that degree will be obtained between December 2024 and August 2025
• Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the internship

What You’ll Need:

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors or higher with the expectation that degree will be obtained between December 2024 and August 2025
• Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the internship

Preferred Qualifications:

• You are currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate degree program in Computer Science or a related technical field
• You have a proven track record of strong academic performance.
• You may have experience with full stack and/or mobile development.
• You may have knowledge and experience working with object oriented programming languages.
• You may have experience or exposure to SQL, JavaScript and HTML, Python, HTML/CSS (this is not required for all teams)
• You have an interest in working with big data and machine learning
• You enjoy autonomy and the opportunity to make a project or tool on your own
• You have strong communication skills
• You will be exposed to a broad spectrum of technologies and programming languages
• We will help you improve your designs and jumpstart your learning  
• You will have accessibility to technology/engineering leadership who want to hear your ideas
• You will participate in events with interns across the business! Past events include a Red Sox game, trivia night, scavenger hunt, welcome dinner, networking with leadership, and more!
• You will receive professional development training to improve your soft and hard skills

At this time, Wayfair does not provide sponsorship for employment authorization for this position.

Wayfair’s Internship Program 

Our Summer Internship Program is a paid, full-time program in our Toronto, Canada office for 12 weeks, June 3-August 23. We have internship opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students. No matter who you are, we want Wayfair to be a place where you feel at home. We offer high impact-projects, mentorship, and community-building activities to all of our interns. Throughout the program, we provide interns with the opportunity to engage in social and community building activities including:

• Social events with a cohort of fellow interns
• Skills-based training
• Dialogue events with senior leaders to provide a holistic view of all functions at Wayfair
• Coffee chat opportunities for interns to get to know one another 
• Volunteer opportunities
• Alumni networking events
• National Intern Day festivities

An Important Note about Wayfair’s In-Office Policy:

All Toronto-based interns, co-ops, and corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees in the technology org will work in the office on designated days, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 2 days of the week.