About Us:

Rent the Runway (RTR)  is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel, accessories and home decor from 700+ brand 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, RTR 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, while Hyman herself has been named to the “TIME 100” most influential people in the world and as one of People magazine’s “Women Changing the World.”

About the Team:

The Warehouse Management Systems team is responsible for creating, enhancing, and supporting our proprietary solutions to unique business problems. The team consists of multiple groups of highly motivated, creative, and technically savvy engineers, testers, and product owners.  These groups are responsible for end to end ownership of the products that fuel our round-the-clock warehouse operations with an exact focus on reliability, resilience, and scalability.    

About the Role:

Our Warehouse Management Systems engineering team uses microservices-style  architecture to power our internal mobile apps, our websites, and our warehouse operations technologies. In this role, you will work on both new product features and technical enhancements as we believe in building for the future to enable performance and scaling.

What You’ll Do:

• Participate in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation, testing and deployment of fulfillment microservices and warehouse management systems.
• Find architectural and internal design improvements to enable rapid growth in traffic and order volumes. 
• Develop clean, testable, scalable systems using React, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin Dropwizard, RabbitMQ, MySQL, MongoDB, SpringBoot, Splunk, SignalFx and a variety of other open-source technologies.
• Deliver software on a sustainable schedule using Agile/SCRUM methodology that keeps work-life balance in mind.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify software solutions to business challenges.
• Experience working as part of a cross-functional development team.

About You:

• Degree in computer science, software engineering or 4+ years of programming experience with OOP concepts and design patterns using Java and JavaScript (React) 
• Learned from the experience of shipping multiple large, complex software projects 
• Able to learn new tools and technologies quickly
• Experience working as part of a team software development effort
• Ability to manage your time and juggle competing priorities
• Exceptional communication skills
• Extensive Java and React chops with any prior Dropwizard, RabbitMQ, MySQL, MongoDB, Kotlin are a plus
• Approach collaboration with curiosity and a learning mindset demonstrating willingness to mentor and learn from teammates and foster an inclusive, empowering team dynamic

Benefits:

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

• 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!
• Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts -  to ensure you experience the magic of renting the runway (and give us valued feedback!).
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
• 401k match - an investment in your future.
• Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
• Hybrid Work - when our corporate employees return to the office post COVID they will have the option to work remotely 2-3 days a week, in accordance with Company policies. 

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.