Full Stack Lead Software Engineer – Payments

Stitch Fix • San Francisco, CA

22h • Remote

About The Position

In Payments Engineering, we are scaling our payments system to serve more and more clients. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will help shape the future of Stitch Fix’s payments systems. You will also be responsible for planning, building, and maintaining features and software in support of that future. Building valuable and sustainable software is a group activity. You will work within a distributed team of 4 - 6 software engineers and cross-functional partners including product, design, algorithms, finance, etc. You are expected to have strong written communication skills and be able to develop strong working relationships with coworkers and business partners. You will need to know when and how to listen to, influence, coach, share with, advocate to, and lead others. 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.

Requirements

• You have roughly 5+ years of professional programming experience.
• You have experience in the payment processing engineering space
• You have hands-on experience with running Ruby on Rails, along with other modern web stacks (e.g. Golang, Postgres, GraphQL, Kafka).
• You have hands-on experience with frontend frameworks (e.g. Next.js, React, JavaScript, CSS, TypeScript).
• You have 1+ years of experience in technical leadership - including driving technical decisions and guiding broader project goals.
• You are bright, kind, and motivated by challenges.
• You have excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written.
• You treasure helping your team members grow and learn.
• You take initiative and operate with accountability.
• You are motivated by solving problems and finding creative client-focused solutions.
• You build high-quality solutions and are pragmatic about weighing project scope and value.
• You are flexible, dedicated to your craft, and curious.

Nice To Haves

• You might have experience working remotely alongside a distributed software engineering team.
• You might have experience with evolving a resilient distributed service architecture.
• You might have experience with GraphQL schema design.
• You might have prior experience with accessibility best practices.

Responsibilities

• Operate as an engaged member of the engineering team - leading meetings, attending ceremonies, providing input on technical design documents & project plans, pairing with other engineers to work toward a solution, etc.
• Collaborate with stakeholders while leading the execution of complex and/or critical projects within the Payments team or across multiple engineering teams.
• Model consistently sustainable results against measurable goals.
• Break down projects into actionable milestones.
• Proactively communicate status updates or changes to the scope or timeline of projects to stakeholders and leadership.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, timely feedback, and code reviews to encourage the growth of others.
• Actively invest in the professional development and career growth of your teammates and peers.
• Frame business problems using high-quality data analysis and empirical evidence for leadership.
• Find new and better ways of doing things that align with business priorities.
• Influence other engineers toward right-sized solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotations and improve the on-call experience for others.
• Help Stitch Fix continue to develop new methods of collaborating with partners across the organization.

Benefits

• This role will receive a competitive salary, benefits, and equity.
• This position is eligible for new hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units depending on employee and company performance.
• In addition, the position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees