Senior Engineer I - Java

lululemon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 123,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading athletic apparel company in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead their technology initiatives. The role involves mentoring a team, contributing to Agile processes, and overseeing production systems. Ideal candidates should have at least 5 years in software engineering, knowledge of cloud technologies, and proficiency in Java and Spring Boot. This position offers a competitive salary and a focus on personal well-being and professional growth alongside comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Generous employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Ability to implement cloud-based data warehousing solutions.
• Experience developing solutions for retail or eCommerce.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Engineers in their day-to-day operations.
• Contribute to Agile production release teams.
• Maintain production systems and ensure product functionality.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Cloud/IT technologies

CI/CD principles

NoSQL databases

Kafka

AWS cloud services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Software Architecture

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

lululemon Engineering is dedicated to building secure, reliable, and performant products for our guests and partners. 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. As an 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:

As a Senior Engineer, you will bring a high level of technical knowledge as well as strong mentoring abilities. You will be counted on as a leader in your technology space as you contribute to all areas of development and operations (pre-production to production). You will work closely with a Technology Manager, using your experience and knowledge to guide a team of Engineers through their day-to-day process, and provide a central escalation point for production concerns. You will be part of an Agile production release team and may perform on-call support functions as needed. As a Senior Engineer, you would be a primary caretaker of production systems and would maintain a deep understanding of how delivered products are functioning.

• Are a main contributor in Agile ceremonies
• Provide mentorship and facilitate engineering training for a team of Engineers
• Perform and delegate engineering assignments to ensure production readiness is maintained
• Conduct research to aid in product trouble shooting and optimization efforts
• Conduct research to guide product development and tools selection
• Provide an escalation point and participate in on-call support rotations
• Actively monitor key metrics and report on trends
• Participate in our Engineering Community of Practice
• Contribute to engineering automation, manage development of production level systems
• Contribute to project engineering design and standards verification
• Perform reliability monitoring and support as needed to ensure products meet guest expectations

Qualifications:

• Completed Bachelor's degreeor diploma (or equivalent experience)inComputerScience, Software Engineering or Software Architecture preferred; candidates with substantial and relevant industry experience are also eligible
• 5+ years of experience
• Ability to learn, understand, and work quickly with new emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space
• Knowledge of CI/CD principles and best-practices .
• Experience developing solutions for retail or eCommerce businesses and other relevant domains such as manufacturing & logistics, supply chain, or corporate shared services
• Ability to assume the leadership/mentorship of Engineers
• Ability to Implement cloud-based data warehousing and analytics solutions
• Builds scalable and modular applications using Java s pringboot Microservices architecture for distributed systems.
• Develops robust backend solutions with Java to power enterprise-grade platforms.
• Designs and manages NoSQL databases using MongoDB for high-performance data storage.
• Enables real-time data streaming and event-driven architecture using Kafka .
• Architects and deploys secure, scalable applications leveraging AWS cloud services.
• Applies domain expertise from Ecommerce background to enhance digital product strategies.

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

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 $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.

• 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.

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