Senior Engineer I - Agile Purchasing

Lululemon Athletica; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 123,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative performance apparel company is seeking a Senior Engineer to join their Upstream Supply Chain Technology team. This role involves leading a talented group of engineers in developing and maintaining cutting-edge technology solutions that drive business goals. You will work in a collaborative environment that embraces Agile and DevOps methodologies, ensuring product quality and optimizing processes. This exciting opportunity allows you to contribute to meaningful projects while fostering a culture of inclusivity and growth. If you are passionate about technology and innovation, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Extended health and dental benefits

Mental health plans

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Parenthood top-up

Development course offerings

Mentorship programs

Leadership series

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Java/SpringBoot application development.
• Experience with cloud technologies and CI/CD tools.
• Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and mentor them in daily processes.
• Monitor key metrics and ensure production readiness.
• Contribute to project engineering design and standards verification.

Skills

Java

SpringBoot

API Development

AWS

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Apache Airflow

SQL

MongoDB

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Jira

PagerDuty

ServiceNow

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)

Time Type: Full-time

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 lululemon’s Upstream Supply Chain Technology team enables Lululemon's supply chain from raw materials to finished good production through innovative technology solutions. Our purpose is to empower the organization to drive innovation and deliver on its strategic vision that includes optimized sourcing & manufacturing processes, cultivating a responsible supply chain while ensuring superior product quality. We are a team that dares to innovate, support each other, elevate our partnerships and collaborate while having fun. Our engineering team is dedicated to building secure, reliable, and performant products to enable USCT planning and execution activities. 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 I, 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 though 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 I, 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 troubleshooting 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, management or 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:

• Bachelor's Degree in IT Engineering, Computer Science with 5-8 years’ experience
• 5+ years developing Java / SpringBoot applications in an enterprise environment
• 5+ years developing API end points in an enterprise environment
• 3-4+ years’ experience with key cloud technologies AWS, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes, Containerization (Docker) and Apigee
• 2+ years of experience working with live streaming data - such as Kafka, RabbitMQ
• Experience in workflow automation and scheduling tool like Apache Airflow
• Experience with APM tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and primarily Datadog, as well as monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk, across both Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Experience with day-to-day tools such as Jira, PagerDuty, ServiceNow is nice to have
• Experience with Git and CI/CD Pipelines
• Good Experience in handling complex SQL queries and a solid understanding of NoSQL database concepts, particularly MongoDB

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
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 teamperformance. Thetypical hiring range for this position is from$123,500-$162,100annually; 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
• 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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Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. Lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that Lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

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