Lead Platform Engineer

Job Description

About Stitch Fix, Inc.

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) Stitch Fix is redefining retail by combining human creativity with advanced data science and Generative AI. As we build the future of personalized shopping, we’re equally committed to building yours.  We believe in investing in our team as much as our technology. Join us to be a trendsetter in the industry and help us redefine what’s possible for our clients, while we help you reach your full potential.

About the Role
Platform Engineering is a family of teams focused on creating and supporting the tools used by all Application and Service Developers at Stitch Fix. We focus on creating low-friction tools and practices to maximize developer happiness—because we believe happy developers write better code. We rely on modern platform practices like Infrastructure-as-Code, Immutable Infrastructure, and Containers, leveraging AWS alongside various Cloud SaaS offerings.
As a Platform Engineer, you will own and operate Stitch Fix’s cloud-native infrastructure and internal developer tooling. You’ll partner with platform and application engineers to reduce friction, harden reliability, and raise the bar on how the organization builds and ships. This role is well-suited for engineers who can take ambiguous, high-stakes infrastructure problems and drive them to completion with minimal oversight.

What you’ll do:

• Own and evolve significant components of our internal platform-as-a-service, from design through production operation.
• Lead execution on complex, ambiguous infrastructure initiatives with minimal oversight, partnering with platform and application engineers along the way.
• Build and maintain tooling that improves developer workflows, deployment reliability, and day-to-day productivity.
• Apply and advance best practices around Infrastructure-as-Code, containerized workloads, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Adopt and leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, while exploring and integrating LLM-powered solutions that automate internal support and operational workflows.
• Drive operational improvements and mentor junior engineers, contributing to both technical execution and team growth.

About You
We’re looking for a self-directed engineer who thrives on owning complex infrastructure problems and elevating the developer experience.

What you bring:

• 5+ years of software development and infrastructure experience with a track record of significant contributions.
• You have a bachelor’s degree in an engineering or computer science field
• Hands-on, production-level experience with Kubernetes orchestration and AWS.
• The ability to independently scope, break down, and execute complex technical problems with minimal direction.
• Experience operating systems at scale with a deep understanding of failure modes, not just happy-path design.
• Strong developer empathy and a genuine passion for improving the developer experience.

You’ll love working at Stitch Fix  because you will…

• Fuse human creativity and styling expertise to redefine personalized retail.
• Set a high bar for our craft and drive measurable impact across fashion, tech, and data science.
• Actively leverage AI and modern tech to evolve how work gets done.
• Lead with innovation, think boldly, and aren’t afraid to challenge conventional retail norms.
• Win together in a collaborative, low-ego environment where diverse perspectives are celebrated.
• Be client obsessed by putting our customers at the heart of every decision to deliver unmatched personalization and trust.
• Support our team with competitive compensation packages, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful career growth.

Compensation and Benefits

This role will receive a competitive salary, benefits, and equity. The salary for US-based employees hired into this role will be aligned with the range below, which includes our three geographic areas. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, location, and performance.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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external careers site.

Salary Range

$113,300—$189,000 USD

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