URBN Senior Software Engineer

URBN is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the development of AI-powered digital experiences. We are looking for an experienced full-stack Engineer to join our mission of integrating algorithmic solutions with creative tools. In this unique opportunity, you will use your full-stack engineering skills to implement front-end experiences, services, and cutting-edge algorithms into our rapidly evolving products across our digital ecosystem. You will collaborate with a talented cross-functional team that includes UX designers, data scientists, product managers, and domain experts to deliver a significant business impact.

• Designing efficient and reusable front-end systems (JavaScript/Node/Vue.js)
• Design and development of microservices and event-driven systems
• Develop functional designs while interacting with enterprise architects, developers, business partners, and end users
• Collaborating with Product Designers, Product Managers, and other Software Engineers to deliver compelling user-facing products.
• Conduct exploratory proof-of-concept studies to assess potential deployment architectures and evaluate new data engineering technologies.
• Propose, promote, and facilitate paved paths for algorithm integration and productization, laying foundations for feedback loops and data flywheels.
• Collaborate with the team to implement and maintain the ML architecture, including data pipelines and applications that enable training and inference of ML models in production.
• Foster strong cross-functional partnerships.
• Champion best practices in full-stack algorithm engineering

• Understanding of OO principles and design patterns
• Strong coding skills and software development experience. Proficiency in Python is required.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure,  etc.).
• Proficient with modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue, React) and Webpack 
• Understanding of state management methods and implementation (Vuex/Redux) 
• Hands-on experience with large-scale data processing, data engineering, and automation. 
• Familiarity with machine learning approaches and terminology. Understanding of the practical aspects of ML, e.g., train/dev/test sets, precision and recall, overfitting, hyperparameter tuning, etc.
• Excellent communicator. Comfortable with ambiguity; able to take ownership and thrive with minimal oversight and process.
• Passion for bridging algorithms with tooling and workflows

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.