Platform Engineer API Platform

About the Role

Stitch Fix is seeking an experienced engineer to design and build the next generation of API tooling and infrastructure to empower our engineering teams. Our mission is to enable product development teams to focus on solving critical product challenges by providing intuitive safe and autonomous API tools.

As part of the API Platform team youll develop key infrastructure that supports customer and internalfacing systems guiding scalable and effective solutions to meet the evolving needs of our business.

We use modern practices like TDD continuous delivery DevOps and serviceoriented architecture to build sustainable highvalue products that address clear challenges and deliver longterm impact.

Youre excited about this opportunity because you will

• Help design develop and continue to grow infrastructure and tooling that directly supports product development teams.
• Have a significant impact on the API offerings at Stitch Fix by helping define standards best practices and performance targets for our GraphQL API.
• Be an owner of highly visible highimpact crossteam projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders while leading the technical discovery decisionmaking and of complex and/or critical projects within the team.
• Operate as an engaged member of the engineering team leading meetings attending ceremonies providing input on technical design documents & project plans pairing with other engineers to work toward a solution etc.
• Proactively communicate status updates or changes to the scope or timeline of projects to stakeholders and leadership.
• Share the responsibility of directing the teams investment in impactful directions.
• Contribute to a culture of technical collaboration and scalable resilient systems.
• Work within a distributed team of software engineers and crossfunctional partners who are passionate about their craft.
• Have high responsibility for deliverables and will be helping to guide what you work on.

Were excited about you because

• You have at least 34 years of professional programming experience.
• You get excited about solving hard problems in GraphQL RPC or other technologies.
• Youre excited about building and evangelizing federated GraphQL APIs across a diverse organization.
• You have handson experience with Ruby Rails Python and GraphQL schema design.
• You have experience independently leading crossteam projects & initiatives.
• You have strong written communication skills and are able to develop strong working relationships with coworkers and business partners.
• You are bright kind and motivated by challenges.
• You have excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written.
• You treasure helping your team members grow and learn.
• You take initiative and operate with accountability.
• You believe that strong teams are built on trust.
• You understand and focus on what is right for the customer.
• You build highquality solutions and are pragmatic about weighing project scope and value.
• You are flexible dedicated to your craft and curious.

Our Tech Stack Includes...

• GraphQL
• Apollo Federation
• Ruby on Rails Rust Python
• React JavaScript TypeScript CSS HTML

Why youll love working at Stitch Fix...

• We are a group of bright kind people who are motivated by challenge. We value integrity innovation and trust. Youll bring these characteristics to life in everything you do at Stitch Fix.
• We cultivate a community of diverse perspectives all voices are heard and valued.
• We are an innovative company and leverage our strengths in fashion and tech to disrupt the future of retail.
• We win as a team commit to our work and celebrate grit together because we value strong relationships.
• We boldly create the future while keeping equity and sustainability at the center of all that we do.
• We are the owners of our work and are energized by solving problems through a growth mindset lens. We think broadly and creatively through every situation to create meaningful impact.
• We offer comprehensive compensation packages and inclusive health and wellness benefits.