Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stitch Fix is redefining retail by combining human creativity with advanced data science and Generative AI. They are seeking an experienced Styling Algorithms Team Manager to lead a group of talented machine learning engineers and data scientists in developing and deploying styling algorithms that enhance client experiences. The role involves collaboration with various teams to optimize business objectives and ensure effective algorithm development.
Responsibilities
- Champion bold AI and ML interventions to improve our styling experiences, enabling our stylists to have a multiplicative impact on their client connection points
- Likewise, actively shape the product roadmap for direct client-facing styling experiences, expanding the breadth and depth of personalization touchpoints to complement and inform our human stylists
- Inspire your team by fostering a culture of ideation, ownership, feedback, and collaboration between team members and with cross-functional partners
- Act as an advocate for our Styling and Merchandising teams, empowering partners to understand trends in stylist feedback and inventory surfacing algorithms for rapid action on emergent opportunities
- Work with product managers, other data science teams, UI/UX designers, and business leaders to define and optimize against business objectives for our suite of styling experiences
- Oversee the end-to-end algorithm development lifecycle, from ideation and experimentation to testing and deployment in a production environment
- Identify and implement best practices for team collaboration, code quality, use of AI, and data management
- Stay up-to-date with advancements in AI-assisted development, AI-enabled product experiences, machine learning, and fashion technology
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field required
- 5+ years of experience in design and deployment of AI and ML solutions, ideally in retail personalization, with an emphasis on agentic capabilities
- 2+ years of experience as a team technical lead or direct people manager
- Ability to write and review production-grade code, ideally in Python
- Applied knowledge of AI-assisted coding best practices and development of agentic product solutions
- Excels at building trust with your team, stakeholders, and technical partners
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to business audiences
- Experience with online A/B testing, experimentation frameworks, and performance metrics
- Familiar with cloud-based infrastructure and distributed data systems
- Master's or PhD preferred
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Benefits
- Equity
- Annual bonus
- New hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units, depending on employee and company performance
- Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits
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