Lululemon

who we are

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

about this team

lululemon Retail Engineering team is dedicated to building secure, reliable, and performant products for our educators and guests. We embrace the philosophies of Agile, DevOps, and SRE to accelerate our development process and provide the most enjoyable, inclusive, and supportive work environment possible. We believe our journey is more fun when it is collaborative, as we focus on the future instead of the past.  

Our team is fast-paced and taking on exciting new initiatives to support a fast-growing business. We strive to adopt leading-edge technology and seek to improve on the solutions continuously. We are not afraid to try new things, have fun, and encourage each other to take on new challenges. We support each other in growing professionally and personally. We fail forward and learn from our mistakes, thus creating a better path ahead. We create space for team members to share feedback and ideas that can help us continually grow as an organization.  

As a Senior Engineer, you will work as part of a global team supported by our business and architecture partners to help us collaboratively develop and deliver industry leading technology solutions that drive lululemon’s business goals. 

core responsibilities

Experience and Skillset:  

• Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, documents, and maintains applications systems, working on moderately complex to highly complex work tasks or project assignments.  
• Gathers, analyzes, and translates business and non-functional requirements into a solution design. May lead meetings to define business requirements and technical solutions.  Executes tasks, estimates resources, establishes timelines, and prioritizes work.  
• Designs, develops to specifications, and maintains application code in accordance with the current development and project management methodologies and practices.  
• Manages work assignments according to current project methodologies or as directed.  
• Consults with Quality Assurance and Business Analysts in the development and execution of test plans.  
• Provides technical assistance and problem resolution for assigned systems. Leads resolution of production support problems in accordance with problem management policies and procedures. Leads resolution of production support incidents in accordance with incident management policies and procedures. Coordinates with vendors for problem resolution and change requests.  
• Ensures that applications changes follow change management policies and procedures.  
• Provides technical guidance to ensure that installed systems are working effectively and that proposed systems will meet organization’s future needs.  
• Uses algorithms, data structures, programming languages, programming paradigms to create, test and operate sustainable software applications and services.  
• Identifies and provides recommendations for system process improvements.  
• Ensures smooth implementation of new technologies and vendor integrations by using their expertise on their assigned domains and interfaces  
• May act as a source for direction, training, and guidance for less experienced departmental staff.  
• Deep understanding of development and deployment of Cloud based solutions  

qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, or in a related technical field or equivalent technology experience.  
• Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible, post-baccalaureate work experience designing, developing, and implementing computer software projects using OO design patterns for mobile apps   
• Minimum 2 years working experience with Swift along with strong understanding of mobile design patterns (MVC, MVVM, etc.)  
• Experience in complex UI designs, Autolayout and AVFoundation  
• Experience working with REST APIs and integrating 3rd party systems  
• Experienced in developing object-oriented development frameworks within Agile/Scrum, and waterfall environments  
• Experience & working knowledge in AWS Services (AWS Docker ECS, AWS Application load balancer, S3) is a plus  
• Experience with logging and monitoring tools like Data Dog, New Relic, Grafana & Splunk etc. is a plus  
• Excellent presentation, verbal, written, interpersonal and listening skills  
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills including collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation  
• Strong collaboration skills to achieve business goals collectively across broad teams  
• Challenges the status quo, champions change and influences others to change  

must haves

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results. 
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same. 
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure. 
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships. 
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously. 

additional notes

Authorization to work in Canada is required for this role.

compensation and benefits package 

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $123,500 - $162,100 annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.  

At lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth:

• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans 
• Paid time off 
• Savings and retirement plan matching 
• Generous employee discount 
• Fitness & yoga classes 
• Parenthood top-up 
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings 
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few) 

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

workplace arrangement 

Hybrid 

In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.

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