Senior Engineering Manager - Merchandise

At Stitch Fix, our Selection Product Team sits at the heart of inventory intelligence — powering the decision-making behind what we buy and how we sell through it. We're part of the Digital Supply Networks organization, building tools to empower our merchandising team to deliver the right products to our clients at the right time.
The Selection Product Team includes our Product Catalog, Buying Team and Selling, or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Team. The Selection team directs over $100 million in inventory investments, driving more than $1.3 billion in annualized revenue.They partner closely with merchandising, finance, and data science to design innovative tools that combine retail best practices with data science optimized for selling through our inventory, profitably, and delivering a delightful client experience.
 

Stitch Fix’s Merchandising Engineering team is looking for a thoughtful, empathetic, and people-first Senior Engineering Manager to join us. In this role, you will lead and grow high-performing engineering teams while owning and improving the end-to-end procurement journey—from product discovery and buying decisions to purchase orders and physical receipt in our warehouses.

You will mentor and develop engineers, set clear technical and execution standards, and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning. Our team builds platforms and tools that empower buyers, planners, pricing, and product lifecycle partners, and we measure success by the business impact we deliver.

We are motivated by improving inventory quality, simplifying workflows, reducing manual effort, and building scalable systems that support Stitch Fix’s long-term growth.

We prioritize fast iteration without compromising quality, with strong attention to detail that powers the personalization Stitch Fix is known for. We are a distributed team working across four time zones and value collaboration, learning, and open communication. With a strong focus on growth and personal development, Stitch Fix offers an environment built on mutual trust and respect where leaders and teams can thrive.

• Ship features that will delight our internal users.
• Plan and support career development for the members of your team.
• Inspire and grow your team through mentorship, empowerment, and by challenging them to do their best work.
• Partner with business partners, algo/science, product management and design to help set priorities and plan the roadmap for your team.
• Source, hire, and develop great humans that compliment each other as a team.
• Facilitate technical design discussions, remove blockers and align stakeholders.
• Drive programs in engineering reliability, productivity, process, and quality.
• Recruit and retain best-in-class engineering talent to build a diverse high performing team.
• Inspire an atmosphere of continuous improvement by serving as a coach, mentor, and technical advisor.

• You have 4+ years of leading and managing high-performing engineering teams.
• You demonstrate strong strategic thinking and proactively identify business opportunities in close partnership with Product and Data Science.
• You have a track record of building deep, effective partnerships across Business Partners, Product, and Data Science, partnering with leaders to shape direction as well as execution.
• You bring a data-driven mindset to problem-solving, grounding decisions in key business metrics and continuously evaluating impact and trade-offs.
• You have experience partnering with Product, Data Science teams to design, build, and evolve recommendation systems that surface relevant, high-quality product recommendations.
• You bring experience in the retail domain, including familiarity with third-party systems such as master data management (MDM), assortment planning, and ERP platforms.
• You have experience integrating internal platforms with best-in-class third-party systems, with a focus on scalability, data integrity, and long-term architectural health.
• You have experience running teams in an Agile environment.
• You have previously managed remote teams. We use GitHub, Slack, and video conferencing extensively to collaborate.
• You are flexible, dedicated, and curious.
• You believe in the craft of software engineering, but are pragmatic when necessary.
• You have a passion for mentoring and coaching engineers and managers.
• You have a track record of delivering features and functionality on time with high quality.
• You have excellent communication skills.
• You are familiar with our technology stack...
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Golang
  • Postgres
  • Redis
  • RabbitMQ
  • React

• We are a group of bright, kind people who are motivated by challenge. We value integrity, innovation and trust. You’ll bring these characteristics to life in everything you do at Stitch Fix.
• We cultivate a community of diverse perspectives— all voices are heard and valued.
• We are an innovative company and leverage our strengths in fashion and tech to disrupt the future of retail. 
• We win as a team, commit to our work, and celebrate grit together because we value strong relationships.
• We boldly create the future while keeping equity and sustainability at the center of all that we do. 
• We are the owners of our work and are energized by solving problems through a growth mindset lens. We think broadly and creatively through every situation to create meaningful impact.
• We offer comprehensive compensation packages and inclusive health and wellness benefits.