Lyst

About the Company

Lyst is a global Fashion Tech company and premium shopping app, founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 200M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion items & products in one place, via an assortment of 8.5M+ items from over 17,000 of the world’s leading brands. We are a scale-up business with a current team size of c. 160 people in London, combining an agile mentality with a proven business model and over a decade of experience. This provides a balance between foundations and structure, and autonomy and pace.

At Lyst we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn’t, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better decisions and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper. Lyst has raised over $160m from leading investors including Accel, Balderton, Molten Ventures, Fidelity International, and LVMH.

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Company Name

Lyst

Job Title

Director of Engineering - Infrastructure

Job Description

**Job Title** Director of Engineering – Infrastructure **Role Summary** Lead the Platform and IT squad to design, build, and operate a secure, scalable, and highly available technology foundation that supports a global e‑commerce platform. Work with senior leadership to create long‑term infrastructure and security roadmaps, oversee execution, and mentor a high‑performance team. **Expectations** - Deliver end‑to‑end platform and security strategy within 3 months. - Maintain fast, reliable service for millions of daily data loads. - Ensure compliance with regulatory and security standards. - Demonstrate measurable progress on squad ceremonies and roadmap milestones. **Key Responsibilities** 1. **Strategic Roadmap Development** – Partner with VP of Engineering to define long‑term platform, security, and IT roadmaps; communicate across squads and org. 2. **Platform Design & Operations** – Own architecture, deployment pipelines, CI/CD, observability, scalability, and reliability of the website platform. Evaluate and implement new technologies for performance and cost efficiency. 3. **Security Architecture & Risk Management** – Design and enforce platform security; develop compliance frameworks; embed security "by default" and lead cybersecurity initiatives. 4. **Team Leadership & Growth** – Build, coach, and mentor a 5‑person Platform & IT squad; foster autonomy, accountability, and continuous improvement. 5. **Incident & Vendor Management** – Set incident management workflows; manage expectations, root‑cause analysis, and post‑mortems. Oversee vendor relationships, budgeting, and strategic fit. 6. **Cross‑Functional Communication** – Facilitate squad ceremonies; translate technical plans into measurable deliverables and align with broader engineering and business goals. **Required Skills** - Proven leadership of platform engineering and IT teams. - Strategic planning and road‑mapping for complex cloud environments. - Expertise in infrastructure‑as‑code, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration. - Deep knowledge of cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and multi‑region deployments. - Security compliance (ISO, SOC, GDPR, PCI) and cybersecurity architecture. - Incident management, problem‑solving, and risk mitigation. - Vendor and budget management experience. - Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and coaching abilities. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred). - Minimum of 8–10 years of engineering management experience; 3–5 years in a senior infrastructure or platform role. - Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, CISSP, or equivalent) are strongly preferred.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

24-11-2025

Company Name

Lyst

Job Title

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Job Description

**Job title** Senior Full Stack Engineer **Role Summary** Design, develop, and maintain end‑to‑end member experience features for an e‑commerce platform. Combine Python/Django backend with React/TypeScript front‑end, integrate APIs, and manage notification services across web, mobile, and email channels. Lead feature ownership from concept to production, ensuring quality, performance, and measurable business impact. **Expactations** - Deliver at least one major feature within the first 90 days. - Demonstrate architectural fluency with the existing tech stack and infrastructure. - Lead by example on coding standards, testing, and documentation. - Mentor junior engineers and provide constructive code‑review feedback. **Key Responsibilities** - Own the full lifecycle of member‑centric features (personalization, alerts, exclusive functionality). - Develop and maintain high‑quality, well‑tested code in Python (Django) and JavaScript/TypeScript (React). - Integrate with internal and external APIs, ensuring seamless data flow. - Write unit, integration, and end‑to‑end tests (pytest, Jest, Storybook, Cypress). - Use AWS services (Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQS, SNS, S3) for deployment and scaling. - Implement A/B experiments, measure impact, and iterate on results. - Scale the email/push notification engine to serve a large user base. - Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and other engineering teams. - Produce clear, maintainable documentation for code and system architecture. **Required Skills** - Python with Django (or comparable backend framework). - React, TypeScript, modern JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3. - RESTful API design and integration. - Automated testing (unit, integration, UI). - AWS cloud services (Kubernetes, Docker, RDS/PostgreSQL, Redis, SQS, SNS, S3). - CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. - Strong problem‑solving and refactoring capabilities. - Excellent written and verbal communication. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience). ---

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

28-11-2025