Staff Engineer, Quince
Storefront Home, CLP, Recommendations
$230-275k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Affordable luxury fashion & home goods
Be an early applicant
Affordable luxury fashion & home goods
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$230-275k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create products of equal or greater quality than the leading luxury brands at a much lower price.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is someone with a high degree of passion for building high-quality, scalable storefront experiences and a strong understanding of how modern web systems work end-to-end
- They're a self-starter, problem-solver, and adept at combining technology and data into best-in-class outcomes
- The candidate is energized by solving complex technical and business problems, and consistently effective in making high-judgment decisions at a rapid pace amidst ambiguity
- They lead by influence, raise the bar for the engineers around them, and thrive in an environment where candour, speed, and data are highly valued
- You have excellent computer science fundamentals
- You have 8+ years of full-stack web development experience, with deep expertise in building high-traffic, customer-facing commerce or consumer web surfaces
- You have strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React; experience with server-side rendering frameworks (Next.js or equivalent) is a plus
- You have experience building and maintaining highly reliable distributed web applications that operate at scale
- You have demonstrated ability to drive large technical initiatives end-to-end: scoping, sequencing work, aligning stakeholders, and landing impact across quarters
- You have a track record of raising engineering quality on a team — through standards, tooling, documentation, or mentorship — not just shipping features
- You have knowledge of design principles, fundamentals of frontend and distributed system architecture, quality processes, and estimation techniques
- You have experience with A/B testing frameworks and data-driven experimentation
- You are an advocate for maintaining the highest standards in terms of code quality, latency, and observability
- You understand the hustle of a startup and are good at handling ambiguity
- You can effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- You are a curious, quick learner, scrappy, and someone who loves to experiment
What the job involves
- Lead end-to-end technical design and delivery for major Storefront initiatives — spanning discovery, browse, PDP, cart, checkout, and post-purchase surfaces — from architecture through production
- Partner closely with product, design, and data science to shape roadmap priorities and translate business goals into scalable, well-scoped engineering plans
- Drive technical standards and consistency across the Storefront codebase in areas including performance, observability, testing, and maintainability
- Proactively identify and resolve systemic engineering gaps — performance bottlenecks, reliability risks, and scaling constraints — before they become incidents
- Mentor and grow senior engineers through design reviews, code review, pairing, and direct coaching; actively invest in the technical development of the team
- Define and drive adoption of best practices across frontend architecture, API design, and experimentation frameworks
- Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure the Storefront stack is built on reliable, well-instrumented foundations
- Drive alignment with engineering leadership and cross-functional counterparts on technical direction, tradeoffs, and delivery milestones
Our take
Recently, there has been more widespread awareness of the alarming waste of resources and environmental impact caused by the fast fashion industry. Recognizing these concerns, Quince is looking to offer a more sustainable alternative to consumers.
Quince is a direct-to-consumer brand that offers high-quality products at lower prices by cutting out the middlemen. The company provides wardrobe staples and home goods, with an emphasis on minimalism, simplicity and timeless designs.
The company works directly with factories to produce inventory on a near-just-in-time basis. By eliminating unnecessary intermediaries, Quince can streamline the supply chain and reduce financial and environmental waste.
This approach allows Quince to ship goods directly to consumers' doorsteps, providing a more efficient and sustainable shopping experience. This has proven very popular, allowing the company to raise significant funding, reach a valuation of $4.5 billion and expand to Canada.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
58% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2026
$500m
SERIES E
Jul 2025
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $958m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sid Gupta
(CEO & Co-founder)Graduated from Stanford University with an MBA in Finance. Previously the Founder and CEO of Lolli and Pops as well as the Director of Strategy at TechTurn.
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