[Remote] Lead Platform Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stitch Fix is hiring a Lead Platform Engineer to own and operate its cloud-native infrastructure and internal developer tooling. The role partners with platform and application engineers to improve developer workflows, infrastructure reliability, and operational practices, while mentoring engineers and exploring AI-assisted solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve significant components of our internal platform-as-a-service, from design through production operation
• Lead execution on complex, ambiguous infrastructure initiatives with minimal oversight, partnering with platform and application engineers along the way
• Build and maintain tooling that improves developer workflows, deployment reliability, and day-to-day productivity
• Apply and advance best practices around Infrastructure-as-Code, containerized workloads, and CI/CD pipelines
• Adopt and leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, while exploring and integrating LLM-powered solutions that automate internal support and operational workflows
• Drive operational improvements and mentor junior engineers, contributing to both technical execution and team growth

Skills

• 5+ years of software development and infrastructure experience with a track record of significant contributions
• You have a bachelor's degree in an engineering or computer science field
• Hands-on, production-level experience with Kubernetes orchestration and AWS
• The ability to independently scope, break down, and execute complex technical problems with minimal direction
• Experience operating systems at scale with a deep understanding of failure modes, not just happy-path design
• Strong developer empathy and a genuine passion for improving the developer experience

Benefits

• Eligible for new hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units depending on employee and company performance.
• Eligible for medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.

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