Wayfair To Open Office In Austin; Hire 200 New Tech Employees

AUSTIN, TX — Wayfair plans to open a new technology office in Austin over the course of the next year to expand its engineering footprint to locations outside of its global offices.

The popular online home store announced Wednesday it would open three new engineering sites in Austin, San Francisco and Toronto, Canada and hire approximately 1,000 technology employees.

The company plans to hire 200 employees in Austin by next year, officials said.

This is the first time Wayfair will have a corporate presence in cities outside of its global headquarters in Boston and European headquarters in Berlin.

“As Wayfair further solidifies its position as the leader in home, we are excited to open a new chapter as an Engineering organization with three new office locations that will help accelerate our ambitious tech agenda,” said Jim Miller, Chief Technology Officer for Wayfair. “We’re thrilled to expand our global talent footprint to Austin, Toronto and the San Francisco Bay Area as we continue to evolve our team to support the incredible growth of the business.”

The new hire positions will include software engineers, infrastructure engineers, product managers, experience designers, analysts, and data scientists.

Officials said these roles will help drive a wide range of solutions, from cutting-edge machine learning and data science techniques that help customers find just the right product among more than 22 million items, to next-generation merchandising and to platforms that enable suppliers to reach consumers more effectively and grow their businesses.

The company also plans to continue hiring engineering and data science talent across its global headquarters in Boston and its European headquarters in Berlin.

Wayfair currently employs more than 3,000 engineers and data scientists, officials said.

“We’re looking forward to opening three new Engineering sites within the next year,” continued Miller. “These new locations will be an extension of our headquarters in Boston and Berlin and will allow us to continue to build and foster a global community of sophisticated technologists who are powering the best possible shopping experience for home.”

Candidates interested in technical positions across all of Wayfair’s hubs in Boston, Berlin, Austin, Toronto and the San Francisco Bay Area, can visit wayfair.com/careers to apply.