Information Technology - Senior Principal/Principal Engineer

aritzia; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aritzia is seeking a Senior Principal / Principal Engineer, Enterprise Integrations, to define the multi-year technical direction for our foundational platforms, including enterprise integrations, identity, customer data, and event-driven architectures.

You will act as the definitive technical authority, translating strategy into resilient, scalable implementations and mentoring engineers across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or equivalent experience; Master’s preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, incl. 7+ years of technical leadership.
• Expert-level coding across multiple languages (e.g., Java/Spring Boot, Python, C#).
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture: AWS, Kubernetes, Istio, Terraform/IaC, containerization.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year technical vision for foundational platforms (enterprise integrations, identity, data, event-driven architectures).
• Serve as definitive technical authority across domains for architecture and implementation risk.
• Write production-quality code when necessary and set engineering craftsmanship standards.
• Own end-to-end platform quality attributes: availability, performance, security, observability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead engineering maturity initiatives and elevate Staff/Senior engineers across teams.

Skills

Java/Spring Boot

Python

C#

Leadership

Architecture

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Istio

Terraform

GitOps

Job description

THE BUSINESS

We are Everyday Luxury™.

It's what we do and how we do it - together.

It's working alongside world-class talent in pursuit of world-class results.

It's maximizing your potential in a high-performance culture.

It's knowing that wherever you are, you belong.

It's elevating your world - and the world of those who love and will love Aritzia.

It's You. And an endless runway of opportunity.

With a Global Support Campus in Vancouver and additional Support Office hubs in major cities across North America - including Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle - our workplace network is strategically designed to support our People and serve our Clients a frictionless experience. So, you can do what you do best - with us.

THE TEAM

The mission of the Global Architecture Department is to set global architecture strategies and standards to enable secure, scalable, and innovative technology, data, analytics, and AI solutions that accelerate our business goals.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Aritzia is growing, and our Enterprise Integrations team in our Global Architecture department is growing with it. This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation that powers Everyday Luxury at scale. As the Senior Principal / Principal Engineer, Enterprise Integrations, you will set the multi-year technical direction for the systems that connect our commerce, retail, customer, and enterprise ecosystems - the platforms our People rely on and our clients feel with every seamless interaction. You will operate as the definitive technical authority across multiple domains, partnering with Technology leadership to translate ambition into resilient, scalable, and elegantly simple architecture. You will write the code that matters most, mentor the engineers who will build what comes next, and champion the engineering standards that make Aritzia's technology as elevated as our brand. With your valuable contribution to the business in this role, the opportunities are endless - from a rewarding career in Global Architecture to continued growth with Aritzia.

THE ROLE

As the Senior Principal / Principal Engineer, Enterprise Integrations, you will:

• Define the multi-year technical vision and system design for Aritzia's foundational platforms - including enterprise integrations, identity, customer data, and event-driven architectures - ensuring alignment with our business and architecture north stars
• Serve as the definitive technical authority across multiple domains, providing executive-level advisory to Technology leadership on complex implementation challenges, technology selection, build vs. buy decisions, and implementation risk
• Demonstrate expert-level, hands-on coding proficiency when the most critical technical challenges require it, writing production-quality code and setting the bar for engineering craftsmanship
• Translate architectural intent into resilient, scalable, and operationally sound implementations, challenging assumptions and improving decisions where warranted
• Own end-to-end platform quality attributes: high availability (targeting 99.99%), performance, cost efficiency, security, observability, and operational excellence
• Establish and evolve engineering standards, platform practices, and workflows adopted across the organization, including trunk-based development, CI/CD, feature flagging, automated testing, chaos engineering, and safe deployment practices
• Lead engineering maturity initiatives - code development standards, observability, SRE practices, and Communities of Excellence - increasing engineering throughput and velocity across teams
• Mentor and elevate Staff and Senior Engineers across multiple teams, acting as a force multiplier that accelerates delivery and builds engineering excellence at Aritzia
• Drive AI-enabled developer velocity through adoption of modern practices and tools (GitHub Copilot, spec-driven development, AI-assisted code review and security scanning)
• Influence technology strategy and investment decisions through technical insight into feasibility, risk, cost, and long-term business impact

THE QUALIFICATIONS

The Senior Principal / Principal Engineer, Enterprise Integrations has:

• Proven and best‑in‑class skills, applicable certifications, education and/or experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or equivalent experience; Master's preferred
• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 7+ years of technical leadership designing and scaling resilient distributed systems in fast-growing consumer or retail ecosystems
• Expert‑level coding ability across multiple languages and frameworks (e.g., Java/Spring Boot, Python, C#), with a track record of solving the most complex technical challenges hands-on
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture: AWS, Kubernetes, service mesh (e.g., Istio), Terraform/IaC, containerization, and GitOps-style CI/CD
• Proven track record designing and operating highly available, distributed, ev