Principal Engineer

Summary

Join Trove Recommerce as a Principal Engineer and lead the development and evolution of our Recommerce Warehouse Management System (ReWMS). You will architect and enhance ReWMS to efficiently manage inventory, fulfill orders, and streamline warehouse operations, ensuring scalability and reliability. This role requires strong experience in designing and implementing warehouse management systems and a deep understanding of logistics and supply chain technologies. You will collaborate with warehouse operations teams, mentor engineers, and create technical roadmaps aligned with business objectives. Your work will directly impact our sustainable retail mission by improving the efficiency of processing secondhand goods. The position offers a flexible remote workplace, flexible PTO, 401k, medical/dental/vision benefits, equity/share options, a learning fund, partner discounts, and a mission-driven work environment.

Requirements

• Strong experience designing and implementing warehouse management systems or similar logistics/supply chain technologies
• Deep understanding of inventory management, order processing, and fulfillment workflows
• Track record of optimizing system performance in high-volume transaction environments
• Experience with asynchronous processing, queueing systems, and distributed system design
• Knowledge of database design and optimization for inventory and order management use cases
• Ability to balance technical elegance with pragmatic solutions that solve immediate operational needs
• Excellent communication skills to bridge the gap between warehouse operations and engineering teams
• Passion for sustainability and the circular economy, with a drive to build technology that makes recommerce more efficient and scalable

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve our Recommerce Warehouse Management (ReWMS) System to support increasing scale and complexity of warehouse operations
• Design robust integrations between ReWMS and other critical systems (e-commerce platform, 3PLs and ERPs)
• Lead technical decisions regarding ReWMS customizations, extensions, and optimizations to support unique recommerce workflows
• Partner with warehouse operations teams to translate their requirements into technical solutions
• Establish monitoring, observability, and reliability practices for mission-critical ReWMS components
• Mentor and guide engineers working on ReWMS-related projects and initiatives
• Create technical roadmaps for ReWMS enhancements that align with business growth objectives

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with specific WMS platforms or logistics software (Manhattan, HighJump, etc.)
• Background in designing systems that handle unique recommerce challenges like product condition grading or authentication
• Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript
• Prior experience working at a startup

Benefits

• Flexible Remote Workplace - Trove’s flexible schedule and remote workplace allows employees more freedom in their schedule, which is invaluable when it comes to attending to the needs of personal and work life needs
• Flexible PTO - Our flexible vacation company policy allows employees to take leave as they need
• 401K - Employees can set aside pre-tax dollars to invest in a qualified retirement investment plan
• Medical/Dental/Vision plan options
• Equity/Share Options - The longer the employee works, the more stocks become available to purchase
• Learning Fund - Exempt employees have access to a pool of funds to support execution of their self-development goals and objectives
• Partner Discounts - Enjoy eligibility for Pro Accounts and various partner discounts from Patagonia, Arcteryx and Eileen FIsher
• Mission Driven - Work alongside passionate people to build the leading recommerce infrastructure and the circular economy