lululemon Senior Engineer II - Post Purchase Digital Experiences

lululemon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 123,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading performance apparel company is seeking a Senior Engineer II to drive the technical direction for innovative products. This role focuses on cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS, and requires 8+ years of experience in software engineering. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Java SpringBoot and real-time data processing with Kafka. This position offers a competitive salary range of $123,500 to $154,100 annually and includes extensive benefits like health plans, paid time off, and employee discounts. Work is performed onsite at least 4 days a week.

Benefits

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Generous employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Experience in developing modular and scalable applications.
• Proficient in real-time data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction for assigned product(s).
• Create and manage product roadmaps.
• Monitor key metrics and provide recommendations.

Skills

Java SpringBoot

AWS

Kafka

Kubernetes

GitLab

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

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 II, you will work as the technical leader for the product(s) your team delivers. 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). As a Senior Engineer II, you will dedicate a fair amount of time to the planning and discovery of tools and practices inside your given area of expertise. You will apply that knowledge by working closely with Staff Engineers to promote platform level change. Senior Engineer IIs, take production readiness and performance personally and help drive continuous improvement. You will be part of a day-to-day production release team and may perform on‑call support functions as needed. You will be considered the technical owner of the production system(s) you work on and focus on how your product(s) are delivered and how to optimize them for efficiency, security and reliability.

• Main contributor for product roadmaps and reliability strategy
• Partner with project management to deliver status and performance updates
• Conduct research to aid in product development and tools selection
• Provide an escalation point and participate in on‑call support rotations
• Actively monitor key metrics, reports on trends, and make improvement recommendations
• Facilitate an Engineering Community of Practice for your product(s)
• Contribute to engineering automation, management or development of production level systems
• Review product roadmaps and guide intake acceptance for a set of production systems
• Own reliability for a defined set of production systems
• Own the delivery lifecycle for a defined set of production systems

Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s degree or diploma (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Software Architecture preferred; candidates with substantial and relevant industry experience are also eligible
• 8+ years of engineering experience
• Develops modular and scalable applications using Java SpringBoot microservices architecture for enhanced maintainability.
• Deploys cloud‑native solutions leveraging AWS infrastructure and services.
• Implements real‑time data pipelines and stream processing with Kafka for high‑throughput systems
• Applies domain expertise from eCommerce background to optimize user experience and business workflows.
• Proficient in containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Builds high‑performance backend systems using Java for enterprise‑grade solutions.
• Manages source control, CI/CD, and collaboration workflows using GitLab

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 team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $123,500 - $154,100 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

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

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