Employer: Stitch Fix
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will work within a distributed team of 4-8 software engineers and cross-functional partners including product, design, algorithms and operations. You have strong written communication skills and are able to develop strong working relationships with coworkers and business partners.
You will be evolving our Styling systems and help bring Stylists closer to our Clients giving life to a fantastic, personalized shopping experience.
This is a remote position available within the United States. We operate in an agile-inspired manner, collaborating across multiple time zones. We build modern software with modern techniques like TDD, continuous delivery, DevOps, and service-oriented architecture. We focus on high-value products that solve clearly identified problems but are designed in a sustainable way and deliver long term value.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Operate as an engaged member of the engineering team – participating in Sprint ceremonies, providing input on technical design documents & project plans, pairing with other engineers to work toward a solution, etc.
- Collaborate with stakeholders while participating in the technical discovery, decision-making, and execution of complex and/or critical projects within the team.
- Model consistently delivering sustainable results against measurable goals.
- Proactively communicate status updates or changes to the scope or timeline of projects to stakeholders and leadership.
- Actively engage in professional development and growth.
- Find new and better ways of doing things that align with business priorities.
- Influence other engineers toward alternative solutions.
- Participate in on-call rotations and improving the on-call experience for others.
- Write and review code in Ruby, JavaScript, and CSS used in applications built in React or Rails.
REQUIREMENTS
- 2+ years of experience as a software engineer.
- Hands-on experience with running modern web stacks (e.g. Javascript, Node, React, Ruby on Rails, Postgres).
- You are bright, kind, and motivated by challenge
- You have excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written.
- You take initiative and operate with accountability.
- You are motivated by solving problems and finding creative client-focused solutions.
- Might have experience working remotely alongside a distributed software engineering team.
- Might have experience with GraphQL schema design.
- Might have experience with evolving a resilient distributed service architecture.
OUR TECH STACK INCLUDES…
- React, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML
- GraphQL and Postgres
- Ruby, Rails and some Node.js
- RabbitMQ and Kafka
- …and many others as needed!
YOU’LL LOVE WORKING AT STITCH FIX BECAUSE WE…
- Are a successful, vibrant, fast-growing company
- Are a technologically and data-driven business.
- Are at the forefront of tech and fashion, redefining shopping for the next generation.
- Are passionate about our clients and live/breathe the client experience.
- Get to be creative every day.
- Have a smart, experienced, and diverse leadership team that wants to do it right & is open to new ideas.
- Believe in autonomy & taking initiative.
- Full support for remote work and you get to visit our SF office every few months to connect with your peers and partners.
- Offer transparent, equitable, and competitive compensation based on your level to help eliminate bias in salaries, as well as equity and comprehensive health benefits.
- Are serious about our commitment to life-work balance, and have generous parental leave policies.
