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title: 'Director of Engineering, Growth at Poshmark'
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# Director of Engineering, Growth at Poshmark

- **Company:** Poshmark
- **Location:** Redwood City, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/poshmark/1fbae967-70ba-4139-853b-e5ca749c7aac

## Job description

## About Poshmark

Poshmark is the leading fashion marketplace where style comes alive through discovery, self-expression, and human connection. Powered by a vibrant community of 165 million members, Poshmark brings real people and taste to shopping through a social experience shaped by shared discovery. Buying and selling fashion feels simple, joyful, and personal, while every item tells its own story. Poshmark empowers sellers to grow meaningful businesses, keeps fashion in circulation longer, and gives shoppers access to unique and trusted finds, from everyday pieces to one-of-a-kind vintage and luxury.

## About the Team

The Growth Engineering team builds experiences and platforms that drive sustainable growth across the Poshmark marketplace. The team works across the customer journey—from acquisition and onboarding to engagement, retention, and reactivation—using technology, data, and experimentation to create meaningful customer and business impact. Growth Engineering operates in highly collaborative, cross-functional squads, partnering closely with Product, Design, Data Science, Analytics, Marketing, and other engineering teams. As Director of Engineering (Growth), you will lead multiple engineering teams and managers responsible for critical growth initiatives across Poshmark. You will shape the technical strategy, build strong engineering leaders, and create a culture focused on customer outcomes, experimentation, execution, and engineering excellence. This is not a pure management role. We expect our Directors to have the technical depth to engage in architecture discussions, challenge technical decisions, and help teams navigate complex technical and product problems.

## Responsibilities

- Lead multiple engineering teams and Engineering Managers across the Growth organization.
- Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Analytics, and Marketing to define Growth strategy, roadmaps, and priorities.
- Drive measurable improvements across acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and other key growth opportunities.
- Build a strong experimentation culture, enabling teams to rapidly test, learn, iterate, and scale successful ideas.
- Drive execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives while improving predictability and time-to-market.
- Develop Engineering Managers, senior technical leaders, and future leaders across the organization.
- Define and evolve the technical strategy and architecture needed to support Poshmark's long-term growth.
- Maintain a high bar for engineering excellence, including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, reliability, performance, and operational ownership.
- Champion incremental development and frequent production deployments, enabling teams to learn and deliver value quickly.
- Balance product delivery with investments in technical health, scalability, developer productivity, and platform modernization.
- Own organizational planning, staffing, hiring, talent development, and succession planning.
- Foster a high-performing engineering culture built around clear ownership, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and end-to-end ownership.

## Requirements

Required

- 15+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building high-scale consumer products or distributed systems.
- 7+ years of engineering leadership experience, including experience leading Engineering Managers and multiple engineering teams.
- Proven track record delivering complex, high-impact product and technology initiatives.
- Strong technical depth with the ability to participate meaningfully in architecture, system design, and technical strategy discussions.
- Experience building experimentation-driven products and using data to make product and engineering decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Product, Design, Data Science, Analytics, Marketing, and other business functions.
- Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, reliability, and scalable system design.
- Experience developing engineering leaders and building high-performing teams.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical, product, and executive stakeholders.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity and evolving priorities.

## Preferred

- Experience leading Growth Engineering in marketplaces, e-commerce, social, or other high-scale consumer products, including globally distributed teams.
- Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and MarTech ecosystems, including segmentation, lifecycle marketing, personalization, attribution, analytics, and cross-channel activation.
- Experience building and scaling experimentation, personalization, and AI/ML-driven growth capabilities to improve customer acquisition, engagement, and retention.
- Demonstrated success driving engineering and organizational transformation, including modernizing platforms, practices, and ways of working.

## About Poshmark

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Poshmark is a social commerce marketplace where users can buy and sell new and secondhand fashion, home goods, electronics, and more, combining social engagement with ecommerce.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Naver Corporation in January 2023 for $1.2 billion; formerly public with ticker POSH on NASDAQ)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Manish Chandra, Chetan Pungaliya, Gautam Golwala, Tracy Sun

## Core Business
- **Industries**: Social commerce, retail fashion resale, ecommerce
- **Target Customers**: B2C — individual sellers and buyers (primarily consumers), with a strong focus on women’s fashion and expanding into men’s, kids’, pets, home, and beauty categories
- **Mission Statement**: "To put people at the heart of commerce, empowering everyone to thrive."

## Products & Services
- **[Poshmark Marketplace]**: A social marketplace app and website where users buy and sell new or used items across fashion, home, electronics, and beauty. Core features include "Posh Shows" (live selling events), "Closet Clear Out," and "Offer to Likers." It is a peer-to-peer platform with a strong community focus.
- **[Posh Protect]**: Buyer protection program that ensures items are as described or the buyer gets a refund.
- **[Posh Post]**: A simplified shipping service with flat-rate labeling for sellers.
- **[Poshmark for Brands/Partners]**: Programs enabling brands to engage with the community, manage official closets, and run promotions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Naver Corporation in January 2023 for $1.2 billion (all-cash transaction). Prior to going private, its market cap was approximately $1.2 billion at the time of the deal announcement.
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: Annual revenue of approximately **$326 million** (latest available, from pre-acquisition filings; private company post-acquisition, financials not publicly disclosed).
- **Key Metric (Community)**: Over **80 million registered users** across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and India; over **350 million items sold** to date; sellers have generated over **$8 billion in earnings**.
- **Key Metric (Funding)**: Prior to its IPO, Poshmark raised over $150 million from investors including Mayfield Fund, GGV Capital, Menlo Ventures, and others.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Naver Corporation (parent company), Mayfield Fund, GGV Capital, Menlo Ventures, Rakuten, and others.
- **Growth Signals**: International expansion into Canada, Australia, and India; launch of "Posh Shows" live shopping; headcount growth of 5% YoY to approximately 1,855 employees; active hiring in engineering, data science, and product roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Community-First Social Commerce**: A highly engaged, loyal community of buyers and sellers—over 130 million items sold—differentiating it from traditional resale platforms like ThredUp or eBay.
- **Established Brand & Trust**: The "Posh Protect" program and consistent user experience create strong trust, with over $8 billion in seller earnings to date.
- **Data & Personalization Moat**: A large dataset on user preferences, selling patterns, and fashion trends powers recommendation algorithms and seller tools.
- **Parent Company Backing**: Naver’s resources (technology, AI, global reach) provide stability while allowing Poshmark to operate independently.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding Live Commerce**: Investing in "Posh Shows" to compete with TikTok Shop and other live selling formats, especially in the U.S. and international markets.
- **International Growth**: Deepening presence in Canada, Australia, and India, which are newer markets relative to the U.S.
- **Platform Enhancements**: Improving seller tools (e.g., AI-driven pricing, inventory management, shipping logistics) to increase conversion and user retention.
- **Sustainability & Circular Economy**: Positioning the platform as a leader in sustainable fashion (keeping items in circulation), which aligns with growing consumer trends.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Core values include "Focus on People," "Lead with Love," and "Embrace Your Weirdness." The company emphasizes authenticity, inclusion, and connection—both within the team and with the community.
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid workplace model (mix of remote and on-site, varying by team). Redwood City HQ is the primary hub, with offices in Chennai, Vancouver, and New York City. Many engineering and corporate roles are expected to work from the office on a regular basis.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health & wellness, flexible PTO, parental/family leave, 401K plan, remote work support, learning & development programs, and fun company events. Personal style (or not) is encouraged.
- **Engineering Culture**: Tech stack includes AWS, Java, Python, Kotlin, Ruby on Rails, Swift, Kubernetes, Terraform, and more. Teams work on ML, infrastructure, data engineering, and platform products. The company focuses on empowering engineers with autonomy and driving impact from day one.
- **Stability & Outlook**: Backed by Naver, a large and stable tech conglomerate, Poshmark has a solid financial footing and is actively hiring in engineering, data, and product roles.
- **Employee Ratings**: 4.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (417 reviews) — Work-Life Balance: 4.3, Compensation: 3.6, Culture: 4.3, Career: 3.8.

## Sources
1. [poshmark.com](https://poshmark.com/about)
2. [poshmark.com](https://poshmark.com/careers)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/poshmark)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/poshmark)
5. [investors.poshmark.com](https://investors.poshmark.com/news/news-details/2022/Naver-to-Acquire-Poshmark/default.aspx)
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7. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/poshmark)

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