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San Francisco, CA - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

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About Stitch Fix Inc.

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) is the leading online personal styling service that helps people discover the styles they will love that fit perfectly so they always look - and feel - their best. Few things are more personal than getting dressed but finding clothing that fits and looks great can be a challenge. Stitch Fix solves that problem. By pairing expert stylists with best-in-class AI and recommendation algorithms the company leverages its assortment of exclusive and national brands to meet each clients individual tastes and needs making it convenient for clients to express their personal style without having to spend hours in stores or sifting through endless choices online. Stitch Fix which was founded in 2011 is headquartered in San Francisco.

About the Team

Stitch Fixs Fulfillment Platform group is a multidisciplinary team of Software Engineers Operations Researchers and Data Scientists that owns the technology powering every step of a products journey - from a vendors dock through our fulfillment centers onto a clients doorstep and back again. Our systems drive the movement accuracy and efficiency of inventory flow across our network inside our warehouses and through our delivery channels. Our charter is:

  • Operate a robust platform for order-fulfillment workflows that prioritizes SLA-driven throughput labor efficiency storage utilization optimized pick paths and real-time inventory accuracy.
  • Enforce inventory checks on receipt and pre-shipment to ensure accuracy integrity and uphold client trust.
  • Forecast inbound merchandise arrivals using vendor Advance Shipment Notices (ASNs) and carrier scans.
  • Select the optimal carrier service for each outbound package by balancing speed cost and client delivery promise.
  • Surface accurate end-to-end tracking data to clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Manage carrier integrations and label generation for every package type.
  • Enable data-driven decisions on allocations inter-warehouse transfers zone-skipping and more.

The volume complexity and immediacy of these decisions create a deeply data-rich playground that rewards both rigor and creativity. We value a curiosity-driven culture where team members have the autonomy to own products end-to-end and have support to experiment learn and deliver measurable impact.

About the Role

As the Senior Lead Engineer on Fulfillment Platform you will help to set the technical direction for the systems that orchestrate Stitch Fixs warehouse and transportation networks. You will focus on development and roadmapping against key application enhancements to support floor efficiency accuracy and system reliabilityall while mentoring engineers and driving industry best practices. Your work will directly influence how quickly and economically we delight clients unlock inventory and grow our margins. In this role you will:

  • Influence the evolution of our multi-carrier shipping platformrate shopping label generation tracking ingestion and returns workflows.
  • Design fault-tolerant services that reconcile hundreds of thousands of carrier events per day and surface real-time shipment status to downstream systems.
  • Ensure comprehensive visibility into warehouse operations and precise ingestion of new merchandise.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews design sessions and thoughtful feedback fostering a culture of high standards and continuous learning.
  • Instrument monitor and tune our services for reliability latency and cost.
  • Translate business goals (cost delivery promise) into technical roadmaps that balance short-term wins with long-term scalability.

Youre excited about this opportunity because you will

  • Build tight relationships between enthusiastic partners in varied disciplines of industrial software and operations research engineering owning end-to-end hardware to cloud solutions.
  • Solution at high speed with a small agile team of coworkers to produce outsized impact on the business.
  • Showcase your ability to solution in a system with high-uptime requirements.
  • Have the autonomy to identify and roadmap unaddressed problems in the business and their impact as well as offer new improved solutions to existing challenges.
  • Take a leading role in prioritizing and sequencing high-impact work to drive the best value for our clients and stakeholders.
  • Apply your understanding of systems design engineering for resiliency and thinking in tradeoffs across a multidisciplinary team of hardware application and machine learning engineers.
  • Be exposed to a wide-open field of opportunity for impact with plenty of challenges to make your own.

Were excited about you because

  • You have 5-8 years of software engineering experience.
  • You have proven experience designing large-scale event-driven or distributed systems (ideally in fulfillment logistics or e-commerce).
  • You have experience implementing and managing integrations with a wide range of external logistics and technology partners that power warehouse and transportation operations.
  • You have a track record of leading engineers through ambiguous cross-functional projects and delivering production software that moves key business metrics.
  • You have fluency in at least one modern programming language (we primarily use Ruby Go and Python but value great engineers over great syntax).
  • You have proven experience with relational databases (e.g. Postgres MySQL) plus a knack for picking up new technologies fast.
  • You have built production services on a major cloud platform - AWS GCP Azure or similar and are highly skilled with modern observability stacks like Datadog.
  • You have practical knowledge of optimization forecasting or decision-science techniquesand the humility to partner with specialists when needed.
  • You have a bias for automated testing continuous delivery and observability as non-negotiable facets of quality.
  • You have strong communication skillsable to translate between technical details and business outcomes for stakeholders at every level.

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.

Compensation and Benefits

This role will receive a competitive salary benefits and equity. The salary for US-based employees hired into this role will be aligned with the range below which includes our three geographic areas. A variety of factors are considered when determining someones compensationincluding a candidates professional background experience location and position is eligible for new hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units depending on employee and company performance. In addition the position is eligible for medical dental vision and other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external careers site.

Salary Range
$136700$201000 USD

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