Senior Engineering Manager, Mobile Experience

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager with a background in native mobile development to lead a group of 8-10 mobile engineers that craft new and improve existing features within our mobile applications. The Mobile Experience team works closely with other engineers, product management, data science, UX design, finance, enterprise analytics, and others to enable great client outcomes. Our mobile applications are a key area in which our clients engage and communicate with Stitch Fix. Your work will have a direct impact on the user journeys and capabilities of our iOS and Android apps. This role reports directly to the Senior Director of Core Experience. 

At Stitch Fix, engineering managers focus on people management, team culture, strategic alignment, and operational execution. Success in this role requires strong communication, people management, data analysis, technical expertise, and relationship-building skills. Success in this role requires the ability to know when to listen, coach, influence, advocate, and lead effectively. Our engineering team partners across the company to deliver high-value solutions and operates in an agile, collaborative, and multi-time-zone environment.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Lead a team of 8-10 software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and teamwork while supporting their professional growth through feedback, delegation, coaching, and mentorship.
• Drive the team’s roadmap and prioritize features and technical investments in alignment with stakeholders, cross-functional partners, and other engineering teams to deliver customer and business value.
• Build a diverse and talented team by sourcing, identifying, and hiring candidates from a broad range of backgrounds, ensuring inclusivity and complementing the team’s strengths and capabilities.
• Define and align the team’s scope, goals, and key metrics with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Guide architectural and implementation decisions to deliver scalable, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solutions.
• Establish and maintain effective processes, ceremonies, and norms to ensure the team operates as a healthy, self-organized unit.
• Take accountability for the team’s performance and consistently deliver sustainable, measurable results.
•  Build strong partnerships across the organization, gaining alignment and support to achieve desired outcomes.
• Use high-quality data analysis and empirical evidence to frame business opportunities or challenges for leadership, the team, and cross-functional partners.
• Manage the team’s app release rotations to ensure seamless delivery.
• Monitor feedback from our iOS and Android applications and prioritize bug fixes.

We’re excited about you because…

• You have 5+ years of experience cultivating and managing diverse, inclusive, and high-performing engineering teams.
• You bring 7+ years of experience building and rapidly scaling real-time solutions within the software engineering discipline.
• You have 3+ years of experience with hands-on native mobile application development. 
• You excel at hiring, promoting, and performing talent reviews for software engineers with care and intention.
• You’ve successfully led product engineering teams working on customer-facing and/or business-critical systems.
• You have experience leveraging observability and data analysis tools like Datadog and Looker. 
• You are familiar with the iOS and Google Play release processes and release monitoring.
• You understand modern iOS development tech stacks and best practices.
• You possess excellent analytical skills and communicate effectively across multiple modalities.
• You take initiative,operate with accountability and deliver results.
• You are bright, kind, and motivated by challenge.
• You can prioritize, simplify, and make a path toward results and not dwell on perfection.
• You might have experience managing remote or co-located software engineering teams.

Why you'll love working at Stitch Fix...

• We are a group of bright, kind people who are motivated by challenge. We value integrity, innovation and trust. You’ll bring these characteristics to life in everything you do at Stitch Fix.
• We cultivate a community of diverse perspectives— all voices are heard and valued.
• We are an innovative company and leverage our strengths in fashion and tech to disrupt the future of retail. 
• We win as a team, commit to our work, and celebrate grit together because we value strong relationships.
• We boldly create the future while keeping equity and sustainability at the center of all that we do. 
• We are the owners of our work and are energized by solving problems through a growth mindset lens. We think broadly and creatively through every situation to create meaningful impact.
• We offer comprehensive compensation packages and inclusive health and wellness benefits.