Quince

Principal Engineer (Warehouse Engineering)

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5 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term technical vision and architecture roadmap for warehouse engineering systems.
  • Design and build a standardized warehouse integration layer for third-party warehouse operators and WMS platforms.
  • Define integration contracts, APIs, monitoring, observability, reconciliation, and operational standards for scalable warehouse partner onboarding.
  • Architect and build a proprietary multi-tenant WMS supporting inbound, outbound, inventory, and fulfillment workflows across Quince-operated and third-party facilities.
  • Own the architecture and evolution of the end-to-end returns and reverse logistics platform, including intake, replenishment, restocking, refurbishment, and disposition.
  • Build operational tooling that improves visibility, control, throughput, reliability, and observability across warehouse and returns operations.
  • Architect AI-powered capabilities such as exception management, workflow routing, operational automation, and warehouse analytics in partnership with data science teams.
  • Lead architecture reviews and critical technical decisions across warehouse, logistics, supply chain, and platform teams.
  • Establish standards for scalability, reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Mentor senior engineers, contribute to hiring and development, and provide technical leadership across a globally distributed organization.
  • Partner with warehouse operations, logistics leaders, and business stakeholders to translate operational challenges into scalable technical solutions.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience building large-scale operational, supply chain, or warehouse management systems.
  • Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and event-driven architectures in production.
  • Deep expertise in highly reliable systems where data integrity and operational correctness are critical.
  • Experience designing standardized integration platforms, multi-tenant architectures, data isolation strategies, APIs, and external platform consumption models.
  • Experience leading architecture and technical strategy across multiple teams and business domains.
  • Strong understanding of inventory management, fulfillment workflows, and operational system design.
  • Experience balancing scalability, performance, reliability, and operational complexity.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business leaders.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and drive engineering excellence across organizations.
  • Experience leveraging AI-enabled development workflows and integrating AI capabilities into operational platforms.
  • Preferred experience building or architecting WMS platforms, commercial WMS solutions, reverse logistics workflows, e-commerce fulfillment, 3PL operations, warehouse automation, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, or supply chain technology organizations.
  • Preferred experience partnering with data science and optimization teams to operationalize planning and decision-making models at scale.

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About Quince

1,001-5,000 employees

Quince is a direct-to-consumer ecommerce retailer that sells apparel, accessories, and home goods by connecting shoppers directly with manufacturing partners. Its manufacturer-to-consumer model uses demand-driven production and price transparency (including cost breakdowns) to reduce middlemen and inventory waste. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company offers curated essentials across categories such as cashmere, linen, jewelry, and furniture through its online storefront.

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