Data Platform Engineer, Stitchfix
Machine Learning Platform
$200-214k
Online personal styling
Job no longer available
Online personal styling
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$200-214k
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
- Over three years of experience in software development and in data and ML infrastructure
- Strong experience in building out scalable distributed production systems
- Exceptional coding and design skills. Although you will primarily utilize Python and Java, we value your overall engineering abilities over your proficiency in a particular programming language
- Proficiency in creating and managing applications using big data technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Hive/Iceberg, Postgres, Redis, and others
- Experience with AWS or other cloud based providers
- Ability to think globally, devising and building solutions that meet many needs and prioritize business impact
- Strong cross-functional communication skills that help simplify and move complex problems forward with business partners
What the job involves
- As a member of the team, you’ll contribute toward a set of APIs, systems and platforms to help unlock critical algorithmic capabilities, as well as self-service platforms and tools to facilitate scalable research & development for our data scientists
- You will build critical infrastructure that powers ML at Stitch Fix
- You’ll help us to design, build and maintain services and frameworks for ML model training and serving that are scalable and resilient
- You will be involved in the day-to-day operations of the team, including maintaining and improving our current platform, consulting and supporting full-stack data scientists
- You will have autonomy to help shape the future of ML platform at Stitch Fix by bringing your ideas on improving and codifying what we do and how we do it
- Collaborate with different teams of data scientists, engineers and business partners to solve distributed systems and business problems in a scalable way
- Join a team that has high visibility across the organization
- Share ideas and direct the team’s investment in impactful directions
- Contribute to a culture of technical collaboration and scalable resilient systems
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.
Stitchfix's unique blend of technology and human touch allows the company to deliver its personalized experience at scale. Unfortunately, this once exciting brand has been hit hard by economic trends, cutting back staff and shutting down UK operations entirely. Only time will tell if it can bounce back 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
(Founder & Executive Chair)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.
Matt Baer
(CEO)Board Member at La-Z-Boy Incorporated. Former Chief Customer and Digital Officer at Macy's, VP at Walmart eCommerce. Founded and was COO at Bezar.
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