Software Development Engineer, Quince
Storefront
$195-235k
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
$195-235k
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
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 5–8 years of professional experience building modern web and/or mobile applications
- Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and either ReactJS or React Native — most of our experiences are built on these frameworks
- Experience building high-scale, consumer-facing web and mobile applications
- Strong understanding of performance optimization techniques for frontend and mobile systems
- Proficiency with HTML, CSS, and modern frontend fundamentals such as state management, component architecture, and responsive, accessible UI
- Knowledge of web security principles and best practices
- Proficiency with debugging tools such as React DevTools, Lighthouse, Chrome DevTools, or similar tools
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and backend services
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently while leading technical initiatives within cross-functional teams
Desirable
- Experience with server-side rendering frameworks such as NodeJS, Nest, ExpressJS, Next.js or equivalent
- Familiarity with native Android (Kotlin/Java) and native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) development is expected, including how React Native bridges to and interoperates with native modules
- Experience shipping and maintaining apps in the App Store and Google Play, including release, code-signing, and over-the-air update workflows
- Familiarity with mobile CI/CD, crash reporting, and performance monitoring tools
- Exposure to A/B testing frameworks and data-driven experimentation
What the job involves
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, customer-facing storefront experiences across web (ReactJS) and mobile (React Native) applications
- Lead development of complex features that power the customer-facing shopping experience including browsing, discovery, product pages, cart, and checkout flows
- Architect performant frontend and mobile systems that support high traffic and large-scale ecommerce workloads
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, backend, and mobile engineering to define requirements and implement scalable solutions
- Integrate with backend services and APIs, partnering closely with backend teams to define contracts and deliver reliable end-to-end experiences
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while setting a high engineering bar for quality, performance, and maintainability
- Debug and resolve complex technical issues related to performance, scalability, and stability across web and mobile applications
- Drive best practices in frontend and mobile architecture, component and design systems, testing strategies, and performance optimization
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to peers
- Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure high-quality code and reliable releases across web and mobile
- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and recommend tools and frameworks that improve the storefront platform
- Mentor and guide engineers on the team while helping raise the technical bar across the organization
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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