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Shein

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17open roles
8new in 30 days
8closed in 30 days
0remote-eligible
acceleratinghiring velocity

What they're building

U.S. buying, merchandising and new-item launch operations moderate signal

Today: Women's Dresses, Tops, Bottoms, Shoes, Plus Size and more (SHEIN USA site); "on-demand production methodology" (Production Specialist posting)

Roles: Associate Buyer · Production Specialist · Senior Buyer · Buying Manager

Requirements mention: new item launch linking · launch trackers · production coordination · assortment planning · vendor management

Inference: the two launch roles opened in October 2026 point to more work on new item launches and sample room flow for the U.S. merchandising team. The Buying Manager role covers the Hauture premium womenswear sub-brand. The Senior Buyer posting has been open since March 2025.

Cloud security assurance and runtime protection moderate signal

Today: "SHEIN's multi-cloud environments, including AWS and Azure" (GRC Cloud Security Analyst posting)

Roles: GRC Cloud Security Analyst · Staff Security Engineer

Requirements mention: cloud security compliance audits · control evaluations · Kubernetes security · runtime threat detection · ISO 27001/27017

Inference: one role covers audit and the other covers container runtime protection, which suggests the security team is adding both assurance and runtime controls across its cloud footprint.

SHEGLAM beauty and hair marketing content and influencer programs moderate signal

Today: "SHEGLAM's bold beauty products" (Influencer Marketing Manager posting)

Roles: Graphic Designer · Marketing Intern (SHEGLAM Hair) · Influencer Marketing Manager (SHEGLAM Beauty)

Requirements mention: TikTok · Instagram · influencer marketing · paid influencer campaigns · packaging design · video editing

Inference: taken together, the three SHEGLAM postings suggest more in-house content and creator campaigns for the beauty and hair brands, based on their social and influencer requirements.

Reliability and database infrastructure for the global platform strong signal

Today: "SHEIN's global online fashion retail business" (Staff Database Engineer posting)

Roles: Database Engineer · Staff Database Engineer · Senior Site Reliability Engineer · Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Requirements mention: distributed and replicated database architectures · capacity planning · incident response · highly available data services at scale · mission-critical, large-scale production systems

Inference: four San Diego roles cover databases and production reliability. Capacity planning appears in the two database roles, and incident response appears in both SRE roles and the Staff Database Engineer. Together they suggest the team is scaling its core data and production infrastructure. Three of the four roles opened in February 2026.

GenAI and LLM tooling for internal engineering workflows weak signal

Today: "SHEIN's global online fashion retail business" (Staff Database Engineer posting); no AI product is named on the site

Roles: Senior Data Engineer · Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Requirements mention: GenAI/LLM applications · RAG/retrieval · AI/LLM-powered tools

Marketing compliance and IP enforcement weak signal

Today: Promotions such as "15% Off With No Min." (SHEIN USA site); "SHEIN Marketplace" selling partners (Senior Seller Success Specialist posting)

Roles: Marketing Counsel (Part-Time, Contract) · Senior Counsel, IP & Litigation

Requirements mention: State sweepstakes laws · takedown notices · cease and desist letters · marketplace policies

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Security2
Buyer2
Site Reliability Engineering2
Studio1
Big Data1
Seller Onboarding1
Graphic Design1
Product Team 11
Seller Success1
Campus Marketing1
Entertainment Marketing1
SHEGLAM1

19 open roles across 13 departments, with no department above three roles (Buyer has 3), so hiring is spread thinly across retail, marketing, legal, security and infrastructure; 14 of the roles are in Los Angeles.

Who they need

Seniority: 8 senior, 3 mid, 2 junior, 2 manager, 2 staff, 1 intern and 1 unspecified.

Skills named most: Excel (6 roles), Linux (4), Python (3), Go/Golang (3), CI/CD pipelines (3), incident response (3), distributed systems (3), MySQL (2 database roles), Mandarin (2: Production Specialist, Database Engineer), Adobe Creative Suite (2), Kubernetes security (Staff Security Engineer), TikTok and Instagram (SHEGLAM Hair intern)

Locations: Los Angeles (14 roles) and San Diego (5 roles), as listed in the postings. No posting is marked remote; the remote field is blank on all 19.

How to use this

If you're applying: If you have Excel and launch-tracking experience, check the Los Angeles buying and launch roles first. If you have Linux, MySQL, Python or Go experience, check the San Diego database and SRE roles. If you have Kubernetes experience, look at the Los Angeles Staff Security Engineer role. Check the Mandarin and ISO requirements before applying.

If you're selling or recruiting: Seven of the 19 roles opened in the last 30 days, against three in the prior 30, and the flag reads accelerating. All seven recent openings are in Los Angeles, across buying and launch, digital design, cloud security GRC, marketplace seller success, campus marketing and marketing counsel, so lead with those. The four San Diego database and SRE roles are still open but older; three of them date from February 2026.

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Open roles (17)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Senior Studio ProducerStudioLos Angeles2026-10-23
Senior Data Engineer IBig DataSan Diego2026-10-19
Seller Onboarding SpecialistSeller OnboardingLos Angeles2026-10-19
Senior Digital DesignerGraphic DesignLos Angeles2026-10-14
GRC Cloud Security AnalystSecurityLos Angeles2026-10-13
Production SpecialistProduct Team 1Los Angeles2026-10-12
Senior Seller Success SpecialistSeller SuccessLos Angeles2026-10-12
Campus Partnerships SpecialistCampus MarketingLos Angeles2026-09-29
Marketing Counsel (Part-Time, Contract)Entertainment MarketingLos Angeles2026-09-23
Graphic Designer SHEGLAMLos Angeles2026-09-11
Influencer Marketing Manager (SHEGLAM Beauty)Influencer MarketingLos Angeles2026-08-18
Staff Security EngineerSecurityLos Angeles2026-05-28
Buying ManagerBuyerLos Angeles2026-05-27
Senior Counsel, IP & Litigation LegalLos Angeles2026-05-26
Senior Site Reliability EngineerSite Reliability EngineeringSan Diego2026-02-19
Staff Site Reliability EngineerSite Reliability EngineeringSan Diego2026-02-19
Senior BuyerBuyerLos Angeles2025-03-12