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OUR STORY

Founded in 2018, Quince was built to challenge the idea that nice things have to cost a lot. Our mission is simple: to make really high quality essentials for really low prices, produced fairly and sustainably. We believe everyone deserves exceptional craftsmanship and timeless design without the traditional markups. Quince is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) model that cuts out middlemen and leverages just-in-time manufacturing to minimize waste and maximize value.

Quince is a tech company disrupting the retail industry by putting AI, analytics and automation at the center of everything we do. Our unwavering commitment to excellence and company values guide our teams and actions:

• Customer First: We prioritize customer satisfaction in every decision.
• High Quality: True quality means premium materials and rigorous production standards you can feel good about.
• Essential Design: We focus on timeless, functional essentials instead of chasing trends.
• Always a Better Deal: Innovation and transparency ensure value for both customers and partners.
• Social & Environmental Responsibility: We commit to sustainable materials, ethical production, and fair wages.

Quince partners with world-class manufacturers across the globe and serves millions of customers. With strong investor backing and a focus on sustainable growth, we are a company that is rapidly scaling while maintaining a commitment to quality, simplicity, and radical price transparency.

OUR TEAM AND SUCCESS 

At Quince, you will be part of a high-performing team that is redefining what quality, value, and sustainability mean in modern retail. We are a destination for builders, innovators, and operators to come together and challenge the status quo. Our collective ambition is bold. We are creating an entirely new category and customer experience - one that democratizes luxury and provides high quality products at radically low prices. That mission demands a world-class team committed to excellence. 

If you are motivated by impact, growth, and purpose, you will find a strong sense of belonging at Quince.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ecommerce systems including backend services, APIs, and customer-facing web and mobile applications.
• Lead development of complex features that power the customer-facing shopping experience including browsing, discovery, product pages, cart, and checkout flows.
• Architect and implement backend services and APIs that support high-scale ecommerce functionality and power critical customer experiences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, mobile, and engineering teams to define requirements and implement scalable solutions.
• Design scalable system architectures that support high traffic and large-scale ecommerce workloads across backend services and frontend applications.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while setting a high engineering bar for quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Debug and resolve complex technical issues related to performance, scalability, and system stability across the full stack.
• Drive best practices in system design, testing strategies, performance optimization, and engineering architecture.
• Design APIs, services, and data models that support extensible and scalable platform development.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to peers.
• Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure high-quality code and reliable releases across services and applications.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and recommend tools and frameworks that improve the storefront platform.
• Mentor and guide engineers on the team while helping raise the technical bar across the organization.

You have excellent computer science fundamentals

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5-8 years of professional experience building full-stack applications and backend services in production environments.
• Strong experience designing and building backend services and RESTful APIs using technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, or similar frameworks.
• Experience building modern web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and service-oriented design.
• Experience designing scalable architectures for high-traffic consumer-facing applications.
• Strong understanding of system performance optimization across both frontend and backend systems.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases and designing scalable data models.
• Knowledge of web security principles and best practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently while leading technical initiatives within cross-functional teams.