About Us:

Rent the Runway is transforming the way modern women get dressed and disrupting the $2.4 trillion global fashion industry by enabling women to rent, versus buy, clothing. Founded in 2009 with a vision to build the world’s first living closet, RTR believes that women everywhere will soon have a subscription to fashion. Rent the Runway has pioneered a new industry by transforming the traditional model of clothing consumption, making apparel rental an indispensable utility while also powering women to feel their best every day. RTR offers apparel, accessories and home decor from over 700 designer partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman’s leadership, Rent the Runway has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times.

About our Team:

Our consumer engineering team works on product-oriented problems across the boundaries of e-commerce, mobile, analytics and shipping/fulfillment. The backbone of our business is our real-time e-commerce logistics management system, which gives us the crucial ability to deliver the right product to the right user at the right time - a simple goal with a complex solution. We use data, engineering and algorithms to create a personalized web/mobile storefront and an adaptive supply chain to fulfill our commitment to our customer experience.

About the Job:

As an Engineering Manager at Rent the Runway, you will be responsible for leading and guiding the most important part of our engineering organization - our people. Our passion is to deliver experiences that make our users fall in love with us again and again, and this means nurturing our culture of collaboration, communication, and coordination between and within teams. 

At Rent the Runway, we not only have the user-facing website that is the public face of our company but everything from the platform and reservation systems that power it, to a unique reverse logistics operation that operates from multiple fulfillment centers across the country. 

What You’ll Do:

• Drive technical projects to success and provide leadership in a fast-paced startup environment
• Conduct regular check-ins and 1-1s with team members
• Think critically about the long-term career development of team members
• Lead a team of diverse and talented software engineers (front end, back end, mobile and/or full stack)
• Communicate across cross-functional teams such as Product, Analytics, Marketing, Creative, and Design
• Contribute technically to projects by being a hands-on coder as necessary and removing roadblocks
• Lead prioritization efforts and provide mentorship to others
• Deeply care about the happiness of others

 About You:

• BS / BA Degree in Computer Science, a related degree, or equivalent practical experience
• Extensive professional experience in software development, working on robust, complex systems that serve a high volume of users
• Hands-on technical leadership and/or people management experience
• A strong appreciation for engineering best practices and quality over quantity of work
• A passion for bringing great products into our world through collaboration and ingenuity
• A knack for effective and clear communication in all circumstances
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, Java Microservices, algorithms, and relational/NoSQL databases
• Experience in modern frameworks and design patterns (MVC, REST, React, Redux)
• Experience with distributed system performance analysis and optimization

Benefits:

At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the happiness and wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our benefits include, but are not limited to: 

• Generous Paid Time Off including vacation, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program  - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention. 
• Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - Unplug, recharge, and have some fun!  .
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
• Industry leading 401k match - an investment in your future.