Lead Platform Engineer: AI-Driven DevTools & Scale

stitchfix; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU grants

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Stitch Fix seeks a principal-level platform engineer to shape shared infrastructure, developer tooling, and backend services for a large-scale retail engineering org. This hands-on leadership role blends architecture, implementation, and mentorship to reduce operational friction and accelerate product delivery.

You will partner with engineering managers, architects, and program managers to embed AI-driven workflows into the developer experience. Collaborative, high-impact work awaits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, software engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years building complex production platform, infrastructure, or developer tooling.
• Experience with distributed architectures, microservices, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Proficient in Ruby/Rails, Python, or Rust.
• Hands-on with AI-assisted engineering workflows (AI agents, LLM integrations).
• Ability to lead complex projects end-to-end and influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery of platform initiatives from discovery to rollout.
• Design and build scalable APIs, gateways, and backend services.
• Prototype and productionize AI agents and automated workflows.
• Lead technical design reviews and mentor engineers.
• Reduce manual toil with self-service tooling and automation.
• Evolve platforms for safe discovery, action, monitoring, and recovery by AI agents.

Skills

Distributed architectures

Microservices

APIs

Ruby/Rails

Python

Rust

AI/LLM workflows

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent

Tools

GraphQL

API Gateways

React

TypeScript

Job description

Stitch Fix seeks a principal-level platform engineer to shape shared infrastructure, developer tooling, and backend services for a large-scale retail engineering org. This hands-on leadership role blends architecture, implementation, and mentorship to reduce operational friction and accelerate product delivery.

You will partner with engineering managers, architects, and program managers to embed AI-driven workflows into the developer experience. Collaborative, high-impact work awaits.