Senior Software Engineer - Global Product Technology (Anaplan, Snowflake)

lululemon; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 133,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

lululemon Athletica Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer within Global Product Technology to lead the design and execution of complex data and integration workloads across Anaplan and Snowflake.

You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable systems. The role requires 6–10 years of experience and a strong background in data engineering and API integration.

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 and establishing coding standards adopted across a domain
• Ability to decompose highly complex problems into scalable solutions with system-wide impact
• Experience designing integration solutions for complex domain areas within architectural standards
• Hands-on experience designing and supporting data integrations between Anaplan and enterprise platforms using APIs, AWS S3, SQL, Python, and Airflow, including data transformation and production troubleshooting
• Strong Snowflake data engineering experience with scalable data modeling and ELT pipelines

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of complex software systems spanning multiple services
• Drive architecture decisions and set engineering standards across the domain
• mentor engineers and contribute to career development
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders on technical strategy and roadmap planning
• Lead incident response for critical production issues and participate in on-call rotations

Skills

Anaplan integration

Snowflake data engineering

APIs design

Python

SQL

Apache Airflow

Data modeling

System architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Master’s degree beneficial

Tools

Anaplan

Snowflake

AWS S3

Python

Apache Airflow

SQL

APIs

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Global Product Technology (Anaplan, Snowflake)

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

Global Product Technology enables lululemon’s end-to-end product value chain by connecting the platforms, data, digital assets, workflows, and decision intelligence that support product creation, development, merchandising, planning, inventory, and in-season execution. The team partners across Product, business, architecture, and engineering to build scalable, reliable, and integrated capabilities that reduce complexity, improve decision quality, and help lululemon bring the right products to market with greater speed and confidence. In this role, you will provide senior technical leadership across interconnected services and data flows, strengthening engineering standards, system reliability, integration quality, and the long‑term maintainability of the technology ecosystem.

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
• Hands‑on experience designing and supporting data integrations between Anaplan and enterprise platforms using APIs, AWS S3, SQL, Python, and orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, including data transformation, reconciliation, monitoring, and production troubleshooting.
• Strong experience with Snowflake data engineering, including scalable data modeling, ELT pipeline development, query optimization, data‑quality controls, and integration patterns that deliver reliable, traceable data to Anaplan and downstream analytics platforms.

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 $132,600 - 174,000 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
• 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

Hybrid

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

lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. The use of AI tools, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any other AI‑assisted software, is strictly prohibited during the interview process. This includes, AI-generated responses, content creation, or any form of automated assistance in live interviews, case studies, technical assessments, or written submissions. At lululemon, we are committed to privacy, integrity, transparency, and ethical hiring practices. Our commitment to responsible AI ensures that proprietary information is protected and that all hiring decisions are based on an individual’s own skills, judgment, and expertise without AI assistance. Any use of AI during the interview process will result in immediate disqualification. lululemon reserves the right to use AI detection tools to verify the authenticity of candidate responses.