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 were 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 growthfocused environment for our people. about this team We are seeking a Staff Engineer, Digital Services to provide deep technical leadership across our Digital Services organization, powering Content, Search, Catalog, Recommendations, Product Detail Pages (PDP), and SEO platforms and APIs. This role is highly influential and handson, responsible for shaping scalable, resilient, and highperformance systems that enable bestinclass digital commerce and discovery experiences. core responsibilities As a Staff Engineer, you will work as the technical leader for the platform(s) your team delivers. You will be counted on as a leader in your technology space as you contribute to all areas of development and operations (preproduction to production). You will spend a fair amount of time planning the evolution of the tools and systems that make up your platform, guiding your teams roadmap year to year. You will contribute heavily to our Engineering principles by maintaining the practical how we do it documentation, and by partnering with Senior Leadership and Principal Engineers to lead a Community of Practice aimed at increasing Engineer training and development for your technology stack. Staff Engineers work to elevate our engineering community by designing/introducing tools and systems that accelerate and support our engineering best practices. Define and evolve serviceoriented and APIfirst architectures with a focus on scalability, reliability, low latency, and extensibility. Drive system design reviews, architectural governance, and technical decisionmaking across multiple teams. Lead the design of content, catalog publishing, and merchandising platforms, enabling rapid, accurate, and scalable product launches across regions and channels. Architect endtoend catalog publishing pipelines, including ingestion, enrichment, validation, transformation, and distribution to downstream consumers (Search, Category, PDP, SEO, and external partners). Drive the design of workflowdriven publishing capabilities, including approvals, rolebased access control, preview environments, scheduling, rollback, and auditability. Partner closely with Product Managers, UX, Data, Platform, and Infrastructure teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions. Facilitate an Engineering Community of Practice for your platform Contribute to engineering automation, management or development of production level systems Owns the delivery lifecycle for your select platform Collaborates with Architecture, Security and Operations throughout product development life cycle qualifications 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including designing and operating largescale distributed systems. Strong handson experience building and operating backend services and APIs in a cloudnative environment. Proven experience with Search, Browse, Category, PDP, or SEOrelated platforms in a retail or eCommerce ecosystem. Deep understanding of system design, scalability, performance optimization, and reliability engineering. Strong proficiency in at least one backend programming language (Java, Node.js, Python, etc.). Experience with AWS (or other public cloud providers) and modern DevOps practices. Ability to translate complex business problems into clear, maintainable technical solutions. Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and lead across multiple teams. 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 doesnt take yourself too seriously. additional notes Authorization to work in Canada is required for this role. compensation and benefits package lululemons compensation offerings are grounded in a payforperformance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. Thetypical hiring range for this positionis from $148,000 - $194,300 annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on jobrelated 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 topup 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 Inperson 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. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us [email protected]. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request. The use of AI tools, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any other AIassisted software, is strictly prohibited during the interview process. This includes, AIgenerated 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 individuals 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Staff Engineer - Digital Services