Senior Engineer II - Mobile Engineering Services

Lululemon Athletica; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 123,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative performance apparel company is seeking a Senior Engineer II to design and maintain scalable service APIs for their Guest App. This role is perfect for a tech-savvy individual with a passion for Python and cloud infrastructure, who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with a talented team to deliver high-performing backend services while mentoring junior engineers. With a focus on creating positive change and an inclusive culture, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic organization committed to employee growth and wellbeing. If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Savings and retirement plan matching

Parenthood top-up

Development course offerings

Mentorship programs

Leadership series

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Python and AWS for API development.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs and automated testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable service APIs for the Guest App.
• Mentor junior engineers and advocate for best practices.

Skills

Python

AWS

RESTful APIs

Continuous Integration

Automated Testing

Agile Development

DevOps

Code Quality Tools

Tools

Jenkins

Sonar

PagerDuty

New Relic

Splunk

Job description

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)

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

In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience in Python and AWS to design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable service APIs that form the backbone of our Guest App. As a Senior Engineer II, you will play a key role in shaping the architecture and implementation of our backend services, ensuring they are secure, high-performing, and capable of handling our growing user base. You will work closely with a team of talented engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that drive the success of our products.

Your deep understanding of API design and cloud infrastructure will allow you to optimize our services for performance and scalability. You will be expected to mentor junior engineers, contribute to the technical roadmap, and advocate for best practices in API development and cloud deployment. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about building reliable, scalable, and maintainable services.

A day in the life

• Designs and develops applications with an eye towards simplicity, reliability, scalability, extensibility, performance, and reusability.
• Responsible for story preparation, development of code, writing automated unit and integration tests, getting sign-off from manager, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of code.
• Design, implement, and launch highly visible features for our retail platform using Test/Behaviour Driven Development practices and support the operations of the product in production.
• Continuously grow skills and value through pair programming and code reviews.
• Practice relentless automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps.
• Works collaboratively with technical and business team members to develop and maintain business solutions following Agile development principles and practices.
• Flexible to be available on call as per project need.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of RESTful APIs using Python.
• Strong working experience in any cloud like AWS/Azure/Google.
• Total professional experience of 5 to 7 years.
• Minimum relevant experience of 5 years (recent).
• Experience in Continuous integration tools like Jenkins/Bamboo.
• Knowledge in Code Quality tools/frameworks like Sonar.
• Strong knowledge of Automated Testing: Unit Testing, Integration Testing & Contract Testing.
• On-call support experience with PagerDuty, Service Now is an asset.
• Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring tools like New Relic is an asset.
• Knowledge of Splunk is an asset.
• Experience working with Lean and Extreme Programming (XP) is an asset.

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.

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 - $169,840 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.
• Parenthood top-up.
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings.
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series.

Workplace arrangement

This role is classified as Hybrid under our SSC Workplace Policy:

Hybrid

In-person collaboration is important, and much of the role can be performed remotely. Work is performed onsite at least 3 days per week.

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.

lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us at [e-mail]. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position, and the nature of your request.