quince
Software Development Engineer III (Storefront)
At a Glance
- Location
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- Experience
- 5–8 years
- Posted
- 2026-07-09T17:20:33-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Requirements
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.
Compensation & Benefits
$195,000
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$235,000 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
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.
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.