lululemon Senior Software Engineer - DevOps, Digital Commerce Services

lululemon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 133,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan matching

Employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Parenthood top-up

Development course offerings

Job summary

lululemon Engineering in Vancouver, Canada is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead design and implementation of complex systems across services, drive architectural direction, and mentor engineers.

You will collaborate with product and business stakeholders, establish coding standards, participate in incident responses, and contribute to scalable solutions in a fast-paced, inclusive environment. On-site role with strong collaboration expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 6-10 years of software development experience across complex systems.
• Proven track record writing exemplary code and establishing coding standards.
• Ability to decompose complex problems into scalable solutions across services.
• Experience designing integration solutions within architectural standards.
• Strong proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of complex software systems across multiple services.
• Drive technical direction, architecture patterns, and integration approaches.
• Conduct high-impact code reviews focusing on design and long-term maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with product/business stakeholders on strategy.
• Lead incident response for critical production issues and ensure best practices are followed.

Skills

Software development

Cloud infrastructure

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

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 Software Engineer, you will lead the design and implementation of complex software systems and features spanning multiple services and components, establishing technical direction for the domain area including API design standards, data modeling approaches, and integration patterns while ensuring solutions meet scalability, reliability, and performance requirements. You will drive technical decisions with broad impact across multiple teams including architecture patterns and technology selections, conduct high-impact code reviews focusing on system design and long‑term maintainability, and establish engineering standards and best practices adopted across the domain including testing strategies and deployment procedures. You will mentor engineers at multiple levels providing guidance on advanced technical concepts and career development, partner with product and business stakeholders on technical strategy and roadmap planning, and represent engineering perspective in cross‑functional initiatives while leading incident response for critical production issues. This role may require availability outside of standard business hours, including on‑call support, based on business needs.

Select responsibilities include

• Lead implementation of complex systems and features spanning multiple services within established architectural frameworks and make decisions with minimal supervision
• Write exemplary code demonstrating engineering best practices in critical systems as technical reference for teams
• Establish and enforce coding standards, testing practices, and engineering best practices across multiple teams in domain
• Provide technical input and implementation perspectives to architects on system design and integration approaches
• Lead code quality and design reviews across teams ensuring technical alignment with organizational standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field; Master's degree beneficial, or equivalent experience
• 6-10 years of software development experience, building complex systems and driving technical initiatives across teams, or equivalent
• Proven track record of writing exemplary code that serves as a technical reference; experience establishing coding standards and quality practices adopted across a domain
• Demonstrated ability to decompose highly complex problems including algorithmic challenges into scalable solutions; deep understanding of system-wide implications of technical decisions across multiple services
• Experience designing integration solutions for complex domain areas; track record of driving integration implementation decisions across teams within architectural standards
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).

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 $132,600 - $174,000 a nnually; 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 and 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.