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Job Description:

At Abercrombie & Fitch the Engineer, Observability is a member of the Site Reliability team which helps monitor our sites to make sure they are healthy and optimal for our customers. The primary goal of this position is to be the hub of observability partnering with various teams to provide the necessary visibility to make sure our websites are performing to our customers' expectations. This will result in improved adoption of our session replay tool, reduced customer struggle, faster MTTR, etc. This role will leverage various tools to accomplish this, however, the primary tool will be a session replay tool.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Maintain the roadmap for observability and regularly communicate and align progress with cross-functional partners
• Build relationships with Engineers, Voice of Customer, CX, Analytics, Product Owners, etc. by initiating and driving collaborative discussions to identify gaps in alerts and monitors, align on how to address the gaps (metrics, tools, owners, etc.) and influence associated SLOs
• Gather requirements to build and maintain reports and alerts for our team and others to monitor & react to relevant opportunities.
• Perform ad hoc analysis based on reporting, alerts and feedback from various internal and external partners.
• Leverage front-end engineering knowledge (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, browser dev tools) to analyze customer struggle, Core Web Vitals, client-side errors, etc. leveraging the session replay tool to provide technical insights, hypotheses and next steps
• Serve as technical liaison to engineering teams triaging customer experience anomalies, aligning on ownership and priority, and packaging findings (impact, reproduction cues, suspected root cause) into actionable engineering work.
• Recognize opportunities to have vendor or internally led training sessions and coordinate with internal partners
• Explore how we can leverage new technologies (ex. AI) to improve observability
• Manage the session replay tool vendor relationship (Push for tool improvements, issue resolution, budget, POs, RFPs, etc.)

What Do You Need To Bring?

• 3+ years of proven experience identifying performance concerns/customer struggle and driving improvements for websites
• 4+ years of relevant front-end web development experience is preferred
• A Bachelor's degree or an additional 3 years of relevant work experience is preferred
• Experience with session replay tools (FullStory, Quantum Metrics, Glassbox, etc.) or other observability tools (Adobe Analytics, Dynatrace, Splunk, etc.)
• A strong desire to find problems, understand them, determine customer impact, and collaborate with teams to resolve them
• Working knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and browser developer tools.
• Ability to interpret and analyze session replay data to identify customer struggle and hypothesize technical root causes.
• Experience debugging client-side issues and understanding how front-end code interacts with APIs and backend systems.
• Strong communication skills to articulate technical findings to engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with engineering and product teams to triage and prioritize customer-impacting issues.
• Inclined to be proactive with initiating, leading and driving discussions/meetings with internal & external partners.
• Basic abilities in data literacy and a solid understanding of website KPIs and their interplay
• Organized, collaborative, persistent and can prioritize and balance several opportunities, initiatives and requests
• Ability to lead and mentor others on the team, particularly those at the associate & assistant level

Our Company

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennials with assortments curated for their specific lifestyle needs.

The company operates a family of brands, including Abercrombie & Fitch, YPB, abercrombie kids, Hollister and Gilly Hicks, each sharing a commitment to offer products of enduring quality and exceptional comfort that support global customers on their journey to being and becoming who they are. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. operates over 750 stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e-commerce sitesabercrombie.com,abercrombiekids.com, andhollisterco.com.

At Abercrombie & Fitch Co., we lead with purpose and always put our people first. We're proud to offer equitable compensation and benefits, including flexibility and competitive Paid Time Off, as well as education and engagement events, including various Associate Resource Groups, volunteer opportunities and additional time off to give back to our global communities.

Benefits & Perks

As an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) associate, you'll be eligible to participate in a variety of benefit programs designed to fit you and your lifestyle. A&F Co. is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive benefits that align with our company's culture and values, but most importantly - with you! We also provide competitive incentives to reward the commitment our associates have for moving our global business forward:

• Incentive bonus program
• 401(K) savings plan with company match
• Annual companywide review process
• Flexible spending accounts
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Associate assistance program
• Paid parental and adoption leave
• Access to fertility and adoption benefits through Carrot
• Access to mental health and wellness app, Headspace
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Mobile Stipend
• Paid time off and one paid volunteer day per year, allowing you to give back to your community
• Work from anywhere (Mondays and Fridays are "work from anywhere" days for most roles and six work from anywhere weeks per year)
• Seven associate wellness half days per year
• Merchandise discount on all of our brands
• Opportunities for career advancement, we believe in promoting from within
• Access to multiple Associate Resource Groups
• Global team of people who will celebrate you for being YOU!

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

This role allows for remote work across the U.S.. Therefore, in states and cities that require the hourly or salary compensation or pay range to be included in a job posting, the recruiting pay range for this position is $87,000 - $107,000. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, your years of experience, your work location, comparison to other employees in similar or related roles, or market demands. The range may be modified in the future.

Company Description

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennials with assortments curated for their specific lifestyle needs.

The company operates a family of brands, including Abercrombie brands and Hollister brands, each sharing a commitment to offer products of enduring quality and exceptional comfort that support global customers on their journey to being and becoming who they are. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. operates stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e-commerce sites abercrombie.com, abercrombiekids.com and hollisterco.com.

Learn more about A&F Co. by visiting our corporate website here.

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.