Wayfair x Lesbians Who Tech
Proud to partner with Lesbians Who Tech & Allies to sponsor the 2022 #PRIDESummit and San Francisco Summit
Welcome
We are excited to see you at Lesbians Who Tech and our team can’t want to share their stories, interests, advice and perspectives - and to hear yours! As a CTO and the executive sponsor of WayOut, Wayfair’s LGBTQIA+ employee resource group, this event is one of my highlights of the year. The organization’s goals to help queer women, non-binary and trans technies be more visibile to others, and to help get more women, people of color and trans people in technology aligns 100 percent with who we are at Wayfair, and interacting with folk here is always inspirational. I hope you enjoy this year’s event and take a moment to say hello to some of the Wayfarians here.
Fiona Tan
Chief Technology Officer
Fiona Tan
Chief Technology Officer
Meet Us @ #PRIDESummit
We can’t wait to connect with you at the 2022 Pride Summit! You can find Wayfair in the virtual Sponsor Expo & Career Fair, and presenting at the following sessions.
Roshni Rajagopal
Associate Director, Data Engineering
(she / her)
Architecting Systems for Data Protection,
Privacy and Compliance
June 8 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
(she / her)
Architecting Systems for Data Protection,
Privacy and Compliance
June 8 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Ting Wang
Director, Machine Learning
(she / her)
Improving Process with AI
June 8 | 2:00-2:30 PM PDT
(she / her)
Improving Process with AI
June 8 | 2:00-2:30 PM PDT
Christina Rahaim
Senior Software Engineer
(they / any)
DEI Skillbuilding for DevOps
& Software Development
June 10 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
(they / any)
DEI Skillbuilding for DevOps
& Software Development
June 10 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Our Commitment
At Wayfair, underpinning our commitment to DEI is the belief that, “We are eclectic – designed for all.” There is no vision without variety, and there is no success without the celebration of our individual strengths. In our pursuit for equity, we do our best to tailor everyone’s experience with us – to help each unique individual feel at home at work.
2021 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report
Providing a snapshot of where we are on our journey and celebrating the breakthroughs that we have unlocked along the way.
Leader in Home receives perfect score for commitment to LGBTQ+ workplace equality for second consecutive year
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Inside Wayfair Technology
We are a tech platform powered by a global technology team of 3,000+ engineers, product managers, experience designers, data scientists, and analysts on a mission to help everyone, anywhere create spaces just right for them.
Massive, Global Scale
Technology powers everything we do, from helping connect tens of millions of customers to the largest catalog of home goods to managing a global supply chain that seamlessly delivers over 22 million products right to our customers.
A Nimble, Cutting-Edge Approach
We’re proliferating data science and machine learning across all of Wayfair, automating the end-to-end workflow for building, deploying, and maintaining models at scale.
Collaborate & Contribute
We believe in the power of collaboration. The cross-pollination of different perspectives and ideas contributes to a culture of continuous learning and innovation that is the foundation for our success now and in the future.
- Fiona Tan, CTO
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When I first started learning about web development, I discovered an instant infatuation with design. I would scroll endlessly through Dribble, thinking that everything on there felt perfect and was in an untouchable realm of its own – one I didn’t feel worthy of entering. I think that’s in part why I was drawn to web development – I wanted to be in the presence of designers and get to touch those (seemingly) infallible creations they produced. My curiosity for both development and design eventually led me down a path of learning and self-discovery, a path which brought me to my current role as a creative technologist. If that name is new to you (or perhaps sounds like what programmers in the 1940s were called), I’m right there with you! I’m still getting used to it and discovering what the role is myself, so come along and I’ll share what I’ve uncovered in these dark and inky corridors!
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Have you considered contributing to open-source software but were not sure what the work entails? Maybe you heard some people even get paid to work on open source and are curious about where to begin. A good first step is to understand the common challenges and pitfalls that come with open-sourcing a new library, so you can avoid them. Come join me and the rest of the Dynamic Services team on our journey...to open source!
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Come Join the Team Reinventing Home
Through data-driven product design, our modern end-to-end tech stack, and building world-class experiences and relationships for our customers, partners, and employees – Wayfair is changing the future of home.