lululemon Staff Engineer - Network Automation

lululemon; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 148,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading athletic apparel company in Metro Vancouver is seeking a Staff Engineer for their Global Network Automation team. This role involves influencing technology strategy, leading platform automation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in network engineering and expert-level Python skills. This position offers a hybrid workplace arrangement and a competitive compensation package based on performance.

Benefits

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Generous employee discount

Fitness and yoga classes

Extensive development courses

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software or network engineering experience.
• Expert-level Python skills needed.
• Deep understanding of large-scale network architecture.

Responsibilities

• Leading engineering solutions for global network automation.
• Designing and introducing network automation principles.
• Collaborating with network engineers and leadership.

Skills

Software engineering or network engineering experience

Python development skills

Knowledge of routing and switching

Ability to influence cross-functional teams

Mentorship capability

Tools

AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, etc.)

CI/CD

Kubernetes/EKS

Job description

Overview

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. 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 the team

The Global Network Automation team is a world‑class delivery group that builds and maintains the underpinnings of lululemon's technology environment. We are a product and platform team that share a passion for continuous high‑quality delivery and work closely with our internal teams and our business partners. With these business and technology partners we co‑create a powerful roadmap to deliver amazing experiences to our guests with innovation, value, and reliability.

Day in the life

This Staff Engineer will define the architecture and influence the solution and business strategy to build cost‑effective global network automation. This architecture is the core of a multi‑global network backbone that supports all our application teams. The role will lead the engineering of platform automation that enables high‑scale internal teams to securely use the high performance and scalable lululemon Global network.

As a Staff Engineer, you will work as a technical engineering leader for the lululemon Global network automation team. You will be counted on as a leader in your technology space as you contribute to all areas of design and engineering (pre‑production to production). You will spend a fair amount of time planning the evolution of the tools and systems in network infrastructure, guiding your team's roadmap year to year, and leading and enrolling others. You will contribute heavily to our Engineering principles by maintaining the practical "how we do it" documentation, and by partnering with fellow network engineers, Senior Leadership and Principal Engineers & Architects to lead a Community of Practice aimed at increasing Engineer training and development for your technology area.

• Serve as a lead engineering resource on the global network automation team, dealing with challenging engineering problems and opportunities
• Influence decisions that impact critical long‑term technology strategy for organizational success
• Serve as the subject matter expert for network automation and reliability engineering
• Design and build advanced automation solutions for network configuration and management
• Provide thought leadership in the global network automation domain to ensure that systems and services are designed and operating to achieve optimal levels of performance, reliability, security, and sustainability
• Technical delivery and ownership of network automation design and engineering solutions
• Responsible for providing solutions that support multiple teams across the organization
• Contribute to the development of new network automation engineering principles and concepts
• Lead various efforts by engaging and coordinating work with other Network Engineers and Architects, as well as providing updates to Leadership and other teams
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate with members around best practices for delivering highly performant and scalable solutions for the global network
• Ensures security practices and/or security system fundamentals are defined and shared across multiple teams, and mentors others on these practices
• Provides leadership and subject matter expertise to identify solutions for network security automation gaps and challenges

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or network engineering
• Deep understanding of routing, switching, network protocols, and large‑scale network architecture
• Expert‑level Python development skills; experience building modular, maintainable systems
• Experience leading platform‑level initiatives and setting engineering standards
• Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS) and serverless architectures
• Advanced knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, VPC, IAM, etc.)
• Proven experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and reliability engineering
• Ability to influence cross‑functional teams, mentor engineers, and drive strategic initiatives
• Strong ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences

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, a way that 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 $148,000–$194,000 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 discountFitness & yoga classes
• Parenthood top‑up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)

Workplace Arrangement

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