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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 27 days Quince's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 21% of Quince's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Quince
- high 83 stale, 12 reposted of 134 open
- Hiring momentum
- 216 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Quince's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Quince.
About this role
As the Principal Engineer for Supply Chain Planning at Quince, you will lead the development of a proprietary supply chain planning platform from the ground up, focusing on demand forecasting and logistics optimization. This role involves building production systems that integrate AI and data science into operational workflows, collaborating closely with both technical and business teams to translate complex supply chain challenges into effective engineering solutions. You will also set the technical direction for the planning tools domain and recruit a small team to support this initiative.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Quince as an employer.
What you need
- 12+ years of software engineering experience with significant time building data-intensive, ML-adjacent, or science platform systems in production
- Demonstrated 0-to-1 platform ownership, taking a greenfield charter from architecture through production
- Strong production ML and AI platform engineering experience: feature pipelines, model serving, experiment frameworks, monitoring, drift detection, and the infrastructure modern AI-driven systems need
- AI-native engineering practice with experience in AI tooling for shipping software
- Science literacy as a collaborator, understanding forecasting and optimization models
- Strong software engineering fundamentals across the full stack: data systems, API design, pipeline orchestration, and production operations
Nice to have
- Experience in supply chain planning, demand forecasting systems, inventory optimization, or logistics operations
- Experience providing technical direction to geographically distributed engineering teams
- Hands-on ML or data science background
Worth weighing
- No specific benefits or perks listed in the posting
- The role is described as a 0-to-1 position, which may involve significant uncertainty and risk
- The pay range is specified but may vary based on experience and location
- The company emphasizes a fast-paced and high-expectation work environment
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Listed by Quince on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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