Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, resilient backend systems and services.
- Own architectural decisions and drive system design for complex, high-scale distributed systems.
- Identify and solve deeply complex technical challenges related to scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Define and drive short-term and long-term technical strategy for backend systems.
- Establish and enforce high standards for code quality, system design, and engineering best practices.
- Review and guide design and code across teams to ensure consistency and excellence.
- Mentor and develop engineers across levels, fostering a strong engineering culture.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive end-to-end delivery of impactful solutions.
- Proactively identify areas of improvement in system architecture, performance, and developer productivity.
- Drive initiatives around system observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Contribute significantly to hiring, team building, and raising the bar for engineering talent.
Requirements
- Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- 5+ years of experience in backend development using Java, Spring/Spring Boot.
- Deep expertise in building and scaling high-traffic, distributed systems.
- Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data modeling at scale.
- Proven experience in designing fault-tolerant, highly available systems.
- Ability to drive architecture and influence technical decisions across teams.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills for complex, large-scale systems.
- Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with high ownership.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.
About Quince
Quince is a consumer technology platform rebuilding retail from the infrastructure up. The company began with a towel. A hotel-grade towel retailed for roughly $80. The manufacturing partner who made it sold it for about $7. Nothing about the product justified the gap. The gap was the system. Quince was built to replace that system. Its proprietary Manufacturer-to-Consumer (M2C) platform connects customers directly to the manufacturing partners behind some of the best-made products in the world, with demand signals flowing back to partners weekly so production follows what customers are actually buying, not a year-old forecast. No promotional calendar, no inventory built on guesses, no layered costs priced into the product. What differentiates Quince is not pricing. It is the system. The proof is in how the company operates: cost breakdowns published on product pages, a 365-day return policy, third-party lab testing, and products removed from the assortment at Quince's cost when they fall below the quality bar. Because the platform produces against real demand, the excess inventory that defines conventional retail is never made. Responsibility is built into the model, not added on top of it. Today, Quince offers curated essentials across 100+ categories, from cashmere and linen to fine jewelry and furniture, at prices typically 50 to 70 percent below comparable market prices, and is one of the fastest-growing consumer platforms in the industry. Visit Quince at quince.com or on Instagram at @onequince.