Role: Senior Developer
Brand: Stance
Location: San Clemente, CA
Summary:

This position is responsible for hands on product development that positions Stance as a leading brand. You will elevate Stance product by developing unique and original designs for our product categories with a focus on socks while striving to solve the needs of our consumers by driving excellence in product feel, function, quality, and aesthetic.

This position reports directly to the VP of M&D

Responsibilities

As Senior Developer, you will work as a ‘Lead’, a ‘Partner ‘ and as a ‘Contributor’ as follows:

Lead – ‘Agent of Accuracy’

• Innovation of new products and product improvements that drive strategic early-concept development to offer the design team a system to effectively execute designs.
• Create / assemble factory ready technical packages for all development to ensure that product meets design intent, quality, calendar, and costing targets.
• Manage multiple product category development projects at various stages from concept through to start of production.

Partner –

• Create and update product comment sheets to communicate information effectively with suppliers while building rapport and respectful relationships with integrity.
• Initiate and lead prototype review meetings with agenda, prepared revisions & comments, costing options – capturing and communicating all revisions and requests thereafter.
• Coordinate Sample needs for cross functional Sales and Marketing teams from prototype through to SMS / PPS.

Contributor –

• Assist design team as needed in creating technical sketches, collaborating to achieve clear instructions and packages for suppliers.
• Help to manage color palette, lab dips and other early development constraints as they relate to MOQ, and other limitations.
• Receive and evaluate product quality and other consumer feedback and develop strategies and workflows to resolve issues.