quince
Staff Engineer (Storefront Home, CLP, Recommendations)
At a Glance
- Location
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Posted
- 2026-07-09T13:04:59-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
Requirements
You have 8+ years of full-stack web development experience, with deep expertise in building high-traffic, customer-facing commerce or consumer web surfaces.
You have strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React; experience with server-side rendering frameworks (Next.js or equivalent) is a plus.
You have demonstrated ability to drive large technical initiatives end-to-end: scoping, sequencing work, aligning stakeholders, and landing impact across quarters.
You have a track record of raising engineering quality on a team — through standards, tooling, documentation, or mentorship — not just shipping features.
You have knowledge of design principles, fundamentals of frontend and distributed system architecture, quality processes, and estimation techniques.
You are an advocate for maintaining the highest standards in terms of code quality, latency, and observability.
Compensation & Benefits
$230,000
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$275,000 USD
WHY QUINCE?
Joining Quince means being part of a mission-driven team reshaping retail. You will work alongside talented colleagues, tackle meaningful challenges, and contribute to building a more sustainable, accessible future for customers and partners alike.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & HIRING INTEGRITY
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end technical design and delivery for major Storefront initiatives — spanning discovery, browse, PDP, cart, checkout, and post-purchase surfaces — from architecture through production.
Partner closely with product, design, and data science to shape roadmap priorities and translate business goals into scalable, well-scoped engineering plans.
Drive technical standards and consistency across the Storefront codebase in areas including performance, observability, testing, and maintainability.
Proactively identify and resolve systemic engineering gaps — performance bottlenecks, reliability risks, and scaling constraints — before they become incidents.
Mentor and grow senior engineers through design reviews, code review, pairing, and direct coaching; actively invest in the technical development of the team.
Define and drive adoption of best practices across frontend architecture, API design, and experimentation frameworks.
About the Company
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.