lululemon Senior Architect II - Retail Tech Data & Analytics (Snowflake and BI)

lululemon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 148,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading athletic apparel company is seeking an experienced Architect who will lead the design and implementation of technical strategies within a rapidly growing business. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of relevant experience and expertise in data engineering, data modeling, and analytics, with strong communication skills. This role requires collaboration across diverse teams and contributions to the architecture community. A competitive compensation package and extensive benefits are offered, with a focus on employee support and career development.

Benefits

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Generous employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Parenthood top-up

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software systems development and deployment.
• Experience in retail or eCommerce is required.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Define project requirements and success criteria.
• Create architectural diagrams for business solutions.
• Guide design throughout the development lifecycle.

Skills

Leadership in project requirements

Data engineering

Communication skills

Experience with Snowflake

Experience with Azure

Experience with Power BI

Experience with ML tools

DevOps familiarity

Education

BS / BA in technology related discipline

Job description

Description & Requirements

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

The architecture group at lululemon is responsible for guiding the design and implementation of technical strategies that support every aspect of our rapidly scaling global business. You will work in a matrixed environment alongside peers in business, engineering, program, UX and strategy - among other disciplines - to collaboratively develop and deliver industry leading technology solutions aligned to business goals and objectives. In addition to your primary team, project, or portfolio you will be supported by a diverse Architecture Community of Practice, which provides learning and governance resources to all architects and will help you build a strong and robust practice of leadership grounded in technical proficiency, innovative thinking, and empathy.

Core Responsibilities

• In partnership with Senior Analysts, Senior Project Managers, Senior Product Owners, Senior Engineers, and other Architects, you provide leadership in defining project requirements and success criteria along with guiding the design throughout the development lifecycle.
• Participate and present at architecture design reviews.
• Create architectural diagrams that simplify complex ideas into business friendly solutions.
• Proactively align with key stakeholders, seek organizational context, and apply learnings to architecture solutions; be comfortable supporting and communicating with diverse technical and business teams.
• Present at Steercos and Opscos to technical and business leadership.
• Take ownership of designs that span multiple capabilities.
• Evaluate, document, and escalation alterations to future state architectures.
• Communicates tradeoffs indifferent types of engineering and architecture processes and adjust your teams' processes to meet the needs of the projects and others on the teams
• Contribute to the growth and strength of the architecture community of practice by actively attending & presenting at community events, and mentoring / coaching other architects within their expertise.
• Contribute, create, & maintain architecture patterns and practices within the responsible domain.

Qualifications

• BS / BA in technology related discipline or relevant industry experience.
• Minimum 8 years of real-world experience developing, deploying, scaling, and maintaining software systems; a majority of this experience should come from working in and around cloud-based services.
• Relevant industry experience is required, with prior experience developing solutions for retail or eCommerce businesses.
• Deep/expert hands-on experience using Snowflake, Azure and Power BI.
• Extensive experience in data engineering, data modelling, reporting and analytics.
• Experience with Data S cience and ML tools and implementations.
• Familiarity with dev ops processes and tools and how they fit into the data ecosystem.
• Experience designing solutions that scale and are easily maintained.
• Very strong communication skills, both written and oral.

Additional notes

Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

Compensation and benefits package

lululemon's compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and teamperformance. Thetypical hiring range for this position is from $148,000 - $194,300 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

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