Full Stack Lead Software Engineer, Stitchfix
Discovery
$111.8-186k
Online personal styling
Be an early applicant
Online personal styling
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$111.8-186k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To change the way people find clothes they love by combining technology with the personal touch of seasoned style experts.
Role
Who you are
- You have at least five years of professional software development experience, including at least a year in a technical leadership role
- You're excited about solving problems with front-end technologies—TypeScript, Next.js, React, and CSS/Sass
- You have worked extensively with back-end frameworks, preferably Ruby on Rails (although we'll consider strong experience in other frameworks)
- You have experience with GraphQL and Apollo, both consuming APIs and designing schemas
- You set clear priorities and communicate them openly with your team and partners
- You enjoy mentoring other engineers and creating space for them to grow
- You enjoy leading technical planning and design, and you're pragmatic about weighing scope against value
- You enjoy collaborating with product and design partners to shape features, not just implement them
- You believe strong teams are built on trust, honesty, and clear communication
- You're curious, kind, and motivated by challenges
- You focus on what's right for the client
- You care about building quality—including accessible experiences that work for clients of all abilities
- You appreciate the value of design systems and consistent, reusable components
What the job involves
- Stitch Fix’s Discovery Across Fix & Freestyle Engineering team is looking for a curious, empathetic, and self-aware Lead Engineer experienced in front-end development and comfortable in back-end systems
- You will be working with a diverse team of full-stack engineers with varied backgrounds who thrive in a collaborative environment
- We operate in an agile-inspired manner across multiple time zones within the United States, with full support for remote work
- We build software with modern techniques like TDD, continuous delivery, DevOps, AI, and service-oriented architecture
- We focus on high-value solutions for clearly identified problems that are designed in a sustainable way and deliver long term value
- Be an engaged member of the engineering team—leading meetings, attending ceremonies, contributing to technical design documents, and pairing with other engineers
- Lead the execution of complex projects within the Discovery team or across multiple engineering teams, collaborating closely with product, design, UX, and data science partners
- Build features that help clients discover and engage with Stitch Fix—from personalized home feed experiences to surfaces that strengthen the connection between Fix and Freestyle shopping
- Work on high-visibility problems that directly impact retention and engagement for millions of clients
- Break down projects into actionable milestones and deliver sustainable results against measurable goals
- Proactively communicate status updates, scope changes, and timeline shifts to teammates, stakeholders, and leadership
- Provide technical leadership through mentorship, pairing, timely feedback, and code reviews that encourage the growth of your teammates
- Actively invest in the professional development and career growth of your teammates
- Use data to frame business problems and inform technical decisions
- Influence other engineers toward right-sized solutions that balance quality with pragmatism
- Participate in on-call rotations and improve the on-call experience for others
Our take
Shopping online for clothes is not always a fun experience. Finding clothes you like is only half the battle. Sizing guides and return policies seem to have been designed to be challenging to understand, and can also vary wildly from company to company.
Stitchfix sets out to change this by making online clothes shopping personalized and hassle-free. Customers take a survey on their personal tastes, and pay a one-off fee for a stylist, to receive a box of 5 personalized items. Then, they simply pay for any items they keep, or return what they don't want free of charge. The stylists fee is deducted from the first purchase and if they keep all 5 items, they receive a discount.
Stitchfix's unique blend of technology, and human touch in styling, allows the company to deliver its personalized experience at scale, with its growing data sets putting them in a great place to predict consumer trends and preferences. Unfortunately, the company has been hit hard by the current economic climate - cutting staff back in June 2022 as well as again in early 2023. Only time will tell if this once exciting brand will be able to bounce back from this bump in the road and find success again in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2014
$30m
SERIES C
Oct 2013
$12m
SERIES B
Total funding: $47.6m
Company benefits
- Leadership, managing people program, career journey & other training opportunities
- Company equity for eligible roles
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited vacation for qualified roles
- Competitive parental leave
- Enjoy 40% off of Fixes plus access to quarterly sample sales
- Collaborative workspaces - Open floor plan with standing desks & living room seating throughout
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Katrina Lake
(CEO)BA in Economics from Stanford. MBA from Harvard Business School. Previously 2 years as an Associate at The Parthenon Group and 2 years as an Associate at Leader Ventures.
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