Fullstack Principal Engineer, Stitchfix

Checkout, Payments & Client Trust

$157.8-232k

This position is eligible for new hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units depending on employee and company performance

React

AWS

Kafka

Node.js

Postgres

Ruby

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

Online personal styling

Job no longer available

Online personal styling

1001+ employees

B2CRetailLifestyleFashioneCommerce

Job no longer available

$157.8-232k

This position is eligible for new hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units depending on employee and company performance

React

AWS

Kafka

Node.js

Postgres

Ruby

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

1001+ employees

B2CRetailLifestyleFashioneCommerce

Company mission

To change the way people find clothes they love by combining technology with the personal touch of seasoned style experts.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

7+ years of experience as a software engineer
2+ years of experience in technical leadership - including driving technical decisions and guiding broader project goals
Hands-on experience building and scaling resilient event-driven architectures at scale (e.g., Ruby on Rails, Golang, Postgres, Kafka, Node, React, AWS)
You might have experience identifying and resolving fraudulent or abusive API traffic patterns
You have the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical business partners
You take initiative and operate with accountability
You are respectful, empathetic, and humble
You are passionate about guiding and supporting others' growth through various approaches such as mentoring, pairing, constructive feedback, and code reviews
You are motivated by solving problems and finding creative client-focused solutions

What the job involves

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will help shape the future of Stitch Fix’s Checkout, Payments, and Client Trust systems
You will also be responsible for planning, architecting, building, and maintaining features and software in support of our new Stitch Fix future
You will lead a team in designing solutions that directly impact Stitch Fix clients and collaborate to protect our clients and Stitch Fix from fraud
You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to lead the technical discovery, decision-making, and execution of projects
You will provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, timely feedback, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others
You will share the responsibility of directing the team’s investment in impactful directions
You will 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. 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

Led by a woman

Top investors

-7% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.2)

Trustpilot (4.3)

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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