Senior Principal Engineer - Global Retail Systems & AI

Lululemon Athletica Inc.; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 196,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan matching

Parenthood top-up

Development course offerings

Job summary

lululemon Athletica Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for Retail Systems to define technical strategy for global store, educator, and omni-channel experiences. The role combines hands-on coding with broad technical leadership to deliver AI-enabled, reliable retail platforms.

The ideal candidate will influence across multiple teams, drive architectural decisions, and advance platform health and development practices in a hybrid, on-site environment in Canada.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or equivalent; Master’s preferred.
• 11+ years of progressive software engineering experience across multiple domains.
• Expert-level coding ability with production-quality code across multiple languages/frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision and architecture for major retail systems initiatives.
• Write high-quality production code when hands-on depth is required, including AI-enabled tooling.
• Partner with architects, product leaders, and stakeholders to translate strategy into scalable roadmaps.
• Lead cross-team integrations across retail platforms and shared services.
• Raise engineering standards across teams for code quality, observability, and reliability.
• Identify and mitigate systemic technical risks and dependencies across platforms.

Skills

AI-enabled development

Hands-on coding

Cross-functional leadership

Technical leadership

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

lululemon Athletica Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for Retail Systems to define technical strategy for global store, educator, and omni-channel experiences. The role combines hands-on coding with broad technical leadership to deliver AI-enabled, reliable retail platforms.

The ideal candidate will influence across multiple teams, drive architectural decisions, and advance platform health and development practices in a hybrid, on-site environment in Canada.