Senior Infrastructure & Devops Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>ABOUT QUINCE</strong></span></p> <p>Quince is a destination for builders, creators, innovators, and operators who want to come together and challenge the status quo. Our mission is simple: make really high quality essentials for really low prices, fairly and sustainably. We deliver on that mission through a unique manufacturer-to-consumer (M2C) model eliminating the layers of traditional retail that add cost and result in consumers paying more than they need to. We find, build relationships with, and work directly with the manufacturing partners behind some of the world’s finest products. From there, our teams design smart, efficient operational processes  and build and deploy proprietary technology, AI, and analytics to help us scale fast.</p> <p>What began with a small assortment of elevated basics has quickly grown into a cross-category brand spanning apparel, accessories, home goods, and more. Today, tens of millions of people across a growing number of countries come – and return – to Quince because they trust us to deliver.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>OUR CULTURE</strong></span></p> <p>Quince is a culture built for builders by builders. Our way of working starts with a blank sheet of paper. We question conventional thinking, use technology and data to uncover new opportunities, and move quickly to turn ideas into reality. We aren’t interested in replicating how others do retail. We’re building a better way – at a speed and scale unlike anything that’s been done before.</p> <ul> <li>We dream big and chase the hard problems others shy away from. Rejecting long-held assumptions is part of our company's DNA.  Where conventional wisdom says you have to choose – soft or durable, speed or rigor, quality or price – we ask why that trade-off has to exist in the first place.</li> <li>Our pace is fast and the bar is high because our customers expect a lot from us and we refuse to let them down. We believe the best results come from challenging ourselves, learning from one another, and building on each other's strengths. </li> <li>Here, responsibility is not determined by role, tenure, or seniority. Every team member - no matter their level - has the opportunity to drive our business and shape our trajectory. </li> </ul> <p>If you’re someone who likes to imagine new possibilities and build better systems rather than plug-in to outdated ones, Quince is the place for you.</p></div><p data-renderer-start-pos="2290" data-local-id="6a0d0d38-3057-4834-9012-12f09f19e465"><strong data-renderer-mark="true"><span class="fabric-text-color-mark" data-renderer-mark="true" data-text-custom-color="#0747a6"><u data-renderer-mark="true">

THE ROLE </u></span></strong></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2301" data-local-id="6d5afd27-5970-45c1-b675-f5df64663cbf"><strong data-renderer-mark="true"><span class="fabric-text-color-mark" data-renderer-mark="true" data-text-custom-color="#0747a6">Senior Infrastructure & Devops Engineer</span></strong></p> <p>As a Sr. Infra/Devops Engineer, you will be a key individual contributor responsible for designing, building, and maintaining stable, secure, and highly scalable cloud infrastructure across development, staging, and production environments. You will work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to automate delivery pipelines, implement robust observability solutions, and improve overall system availability and performance.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2320" data-local-id="f6597815-fb6f-48c2-a22a-55ab8b3f15f3"> </p> <h3><strong>

Responsibilities</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Infrastructure & Automation:</strong> Design, provision, and maintain highly available and resilient infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.</li> <li><strong>CI/CD Pipelines:</strong> Build, optimize, and secure continuous delivery and integration pipelines to ensure fast, zero-downtime, and reliable software deployments.</li> <li><strong>Containerization & Orchestration:</strong> Manage and scale containerized application environments using Docker and Kubernetes.</li> <li><strong>Observability & Monitoring:</strong> Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and proactive incident management.</li> <li><strong>Reliability & Performance:</strong> Lead capacity planning, automated scaling strategies, disaster recovery testing, and blue-green deployment strategies.</li> <li><strong>Security & Best Practices:</strong> Enforce security best practices, networking standards, access controls, and data protection across public cloud infrastructure.</li> <li><strong>Developer Experience:</strong> Automate repetitive operational tasks to empower product teams and reduce developer friction throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).</li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="2320" data-local-id="f6597815-fb6f-48c2-a22a-55ab8b3f15f3"> </p> <h3><strong>

Requirements</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Experience:</strong> 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering.</li> <li><strong>Cloud Expertise:</strong> Deep working knowledge of AWS cloud services (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, etc.).</li> <li><strong>Infrastructure as Code:</strong> Strong experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.</li> <li><strong>Containers & Orchestration:</strong> Proven experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments.</li> <li><strong>CI/CD Tools:</strong> Hands-on experience building pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.</li> <li><strong>Observability Tools:</strong> Experience with monitoring and logging platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack.</li> <li><strong>Systems & Networking:</strong> Strong understanding of Linux/Unix environments, networking protocols, load balancing, CDN, and DNS administration.</li> <li><strong>Databases & Caching:</strong> Familiarity managing and supporting databases (e.g., MySQL, DynamoDB) and caching solutions (e.g., Redis).</li> <li><strong>Communication:</strong> Excellent technical communication and problem-solving skills with a collaborative mindset.</li> </ul> <p><strong data-renderer-mark="true"><span class="fabric-text-color-mark" data-renderer-mark="true" data-text-custom-color="#0747a6">Pay Range: $195,000 - $235,000 base pay + annual

bonus + Stock Units</span></strong></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p data-renderer-start-pos="3150"><em><span style="font-size: 11px;">All posted ranges are reflective of base salary and may vary depending upon experience level and location. </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11px;">

Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles.</span></em></p></div><div class="title">Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$195,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$235,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p data-renderer-start-pos="3319"><strong data-renderer-mark="true"><u data-renderer-mark="true">WHY QUINCE?</u></strong></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3352">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.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3604"><strong data-renderer-mark="true"><u data-renderer-mark="true">EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & HIRING INTEGRITY</u></strong></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3662">Quince provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applications for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. </p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4074">Quince is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application or to perform the essential functions of a role at Quince, please let us know by completing <a href="https://forms.gle/DpJ11jHa1WbqfUWB9">this accommodation form</a>. We review all requests individually and will work with you to determine appropriate accommodations on a case-by-case basis.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4428">Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Quince will conduct background checks in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4604"><em data-renderer-mark="true">Security Advisory: Beware of Frauds</em></p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4641">At Quince, we're dedicated to recruiting top talent who share our drive for innovation. To safeguard candidates, Quince emphasizes legitimate recruitment practices. Initial communication is primarily via official Quince email addresses and LinkedIn; beware of deviations. Personal data and sensitive information will not be solicited during the application phase. Interviews are conducted via phone, in person, or through the approved platforms Google Meets or Zoom—never via messaging apps or other calling services. Offers are merit-based, communicated verbally, and followed up in writing. If personal information is requested to initiate the hiring process, rest assured it will be through secure and protected means.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="5364"> </p></div>

About Quince

Quince is an e-commerce retailer that sells apparel, accessories, jewelry, home goods, and personal care products through an online platform. The company offers clothing categories for women, men, and children, including items such as sweaters, shirts, dresses, outerwear, and activewear. Its product assortment also includes bedding, bath textiles, furniture, kitchen items, and decorative home products. Quince distributes products using a manufacturer-to-consumer retail model in which goods are produced by partner factories and shipped directly to customers through online orders. The platform also features beauty, wellness, and lifestyle products, along with accessories such as bags, footwear, and jewelry. Quince manages product design, sourcing coordination with manufacturing partners, digital storefront operations, and order fulfillment for consumer purchases.

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Salary

$195,000 - $235,000

Location

Palo Alto, CA

Company

NameQuince
IndustryAccessories
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$628.5M

Last stage

Series E

Investors

IICONIQ Capital
Notable Capital
WWellington Management
Insight Partners
Founders Fund

Founders

SG

Sid Gupta

Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn
SM

Sourabh Mahajan

Co-Founder & CTO

Zunu Mittal

Zunu Mittal

Co-Founder & President

LinkedIn

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