Software Development Engineer II (Planning and Forecasting)
Palo Alto, CA
About the role
ABOUT QUINCE Founded in 2018, Quince was built to challenge the idea that nice things have to cost a lot. Our mission is simple: to make really high quality essentials for really low prices, produced fairly and sustainably. We believe everyone deserves exceptional craftsmanship and timeless design without the traditional markups. Quince is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) model that cuts out middlemen and leverages just-in-time manufacturing to minimize waste and maximize value. Quince is a tech company disrupting the retail industry by putting AI, analytics and automation at the center of everything we do. Our unwavering commitment to excellence and company values guide our teams and actions: Customer First : We prioritize customer satisfaction in every decision. High Quality : True quality means premium materials and rigorous production standards you can feel good about. Essential Design : We focus on timeless, functional essentials instead of chasing trends. Always a Better Deal : Innovation and transparency ensure value for both customers and partners. Social & Environmental Responsibility : We commit to sustainable materials, ethical production, and fair wages. Quince partners with world-class manufacturers across the globe and serves millions of customers. With strong investor backing and a focus on sustainable growth, we are a company that is rapidly scaling while maintaining a commitment to quality, simplicity, and radical price transparency. OUR TEAM AND SUCCESS At Quince, you will be part of a high-performing team that is redefining what quality, value, and sustainability mean in modern retail. We are a destination for builders, innovators, and operators to come together and challenge the status quo. Our collective ambition is bold. We are creating an entirely new category and customer experience – one that democratizes luxury and provides high quality products at radically low prices. That mission demands a world-class team committed to excellence. If you are motivated by impact, growth, and purpose, you will find a strong sense of belonging at Quince.
THE ROLE Software Development Engineer II (Planning and Forecasting) Quince is building its own supply chain planning platform from scratch. This is the system that will run forecasting, inventory placement, vendor management, and the weekly ordering cadence for a $10B+ business expanding across North America and Europe. As an early engineer on the Planning Tools team, you’ll be hands-on across data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, integrations, and the operator-facing tools that put science in the hands of the planning team. This is
the team that builds, not maintains. You’ll work alongside a group of senior engineers and data scientists shipping the first production cuts of every component driving the forecasting and planning roadmap. Your work will be used by the people running Quince’s supply chain every week, and the gap between what you ship and the impact it has will be unusually short. We expect you to ship code AI-natively. AI-augmented coding, test generation, and exploratory data work are how this team moves; fluency with these tools is part of the bar, not a
bonus. The ideal candidate is a strong mid-level engineer with 2-4 years of production experience, growing fast, and energized by ambiguity. They take a well-shaped task and turn it into shipped, well-tested code without needing the design fully decided up front. They ask sharp questions, push back when something doesn’t make sense, and leave the codebase a little better than they found it. They are comfortable working in a small team where the senior people around them expect them to leverage AI coding assistants fluently. They write clean prompts, review AI-generated code with the same rigor as their own, and know when to step out of the AI loop and write the hard part by hand.
Responsibilities Build & Ship Implement features end-to-end across data pipelines, model-serving plumbing, integrations with vendor and order management systems, and operator-facing tooling, moving from ticket to production with high craft and minimal hand-holding. Own the quality of what you ship: typed, tested, observable, and easy for the next engineer to read. Use AI coding tools as part of your default workflow for scaffolding, refactors, test generation, and exploratory data analysis. Apply high judgment to verify and tighten what they produce. Operate Take ownership of services and pipelines you’ve built: monitoring them, responding to alerts, and fixing what breaks. Improve
the team’s operational health, including dashboards, runbooks, and alerts, as a routine part of feature work, not a separate project. Collaborate Partner closely with the planning team’s operators, data scientists, and other engineers. Ask for the context you need, surface tradeoffs early, and give honest estimates. Participate in design reviews and architectural discussions; bring evidence and ask questions; learn from the seniors around you. Contribute to code review and team-level engineering hygiene.
Qualifications Required: 2 to 4 years of professional software engineering experience shipping production systems. Strong fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, debugging, and clean code. You can hold your own in a code review with senior engineers. Comfortable across the stack: data pipelines, APIs, and the basics of model-serving or ML infrastructure. Demonstrable AI-native engineering practice: regular use of AI coding assistants, AI-augmented testing, and AI-augmented data exploration. You should be able to talk specifically about how AI changed how you build. Comfort with ambiguity and a bias to ask, not assume. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Pay Range: $162,000 - $182,000 +
bonus + equity All posted ranges are reflective of base salary and may vary depending upon experience level and location.
Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles. Pay Range $162,000 — $182,000 USD WHY QUINCE? 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. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & HIRING INTEGRITY 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. 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 this accommodation form . We review all requests individually and will work with you to determine appropriate accommodations on a case-by-case basis. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Quince will conduct background checks in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Security Advisory: Beware of Frauds 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.
