Staff Engineer - Backend

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve multiple critical applications and services to ensure scalability and reliability
• Lead the design and architecture of complex, large-scale distributed systems and platforms
• Define and drive the roadmap for engineering and operational excellence
• Conduct deep performance analysis and lead system-wide optimizations
• Drive technical planning, system design reviews, and estimation for cross-team initiatives
• Collaborate with product, data, and infrastructure stakeholders to translate requirements into designs
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers
• Establish and enforce best practices for coding standards, observability, and reliability
• Review and guide critical architectural and code decisions across multiple teams
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and introduce new architectural patterns
• Contribute to hiring, team building, and technical culture

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in backend and distributed systems
• Deep expertise in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, and SQL/NoSQL databases
• Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures and algorithms
• Proven experience designing and scaling large-scale distributed systems
• Strong understanding of concurrency, multithreading, and high-performance design
• Deep knowledge of system architecture and trade-off analysis at scale
• Experience driving organization-wide technical initiatives
• Strong focus on code quality, latency optimization, and observability
• Ability to operate in highly ambiguous, fast-paced environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Proven track record of mentoring senior engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred)
• Understanding of microservices, event-driven systems, and distributed patterns
• Experience leading large-scale system migrations or platform transformations
• Familiarity with observability tools, monitoring systems, and SRE practices
• Experience in high-growth startups or scaling consumer internet platforms

About the Company

Quince is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) tech company disrupting the retail industry by leveraging AI, analytics, and automation. Founded in 2018, Quince aims to provide high-quality essentials at low prices through a sustainable and transparent manufacturing model.