lululemon

Who we are 

lululemon is a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy of yoga informs our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are in.

About this team

The Commerce & Transactions team focuses on front-end experiences for our customers. This is a technology team at lululemon that is responsible for creating seamless guest experiences focused on e-commerce transactions and guest accounts. The work that you will do will be impactful and highly visible in our exciting and growing tech team.

A day in the life:

As our Lead Software Engineer you may spend less time writing code but there is still an expectation that you will engage in small technical deliverables such as bug fixes and small features. You will relieve any blocking or slowing for your team by sharing your subject matter expert experience to get things down. As part of keeping the team focused you will partner closely with Product Owners, Project Managers and Scrum Masters to manage project scope and ensure the technical deliverables are met. 

Clear communication (written and verbal) is a must, you will ensure the timeline, scope and risks to your partners for the deliverables are understood regularly. As the lead you will be enabled to identify areas of strategic technical debt, execute cost/benefit analysis for resolving debt and communicate suggested timelines for prioritizing to the management team. You will practice inclusion and enjoy the role model responsibility for your team.

• Provide technical guidance to a team of software engineers at mid and senior levels.
• Provide accurate and timely updates to Product and Project management about shifts in scope, requirements, timelines and prioritization
• Work closely with Architects and Technology Managers to drive solutions and ensure that implementations adhere to agreed upon standards of design and deployment
• Lead a team of developers in a product work stream as the subject matter expert.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years experience in software engineering roles. 1+ as a Lead Engineer. 
• Expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and JavaScript, and experience developing services. 
• Experience with Next.js, React, Node.js and/or GraphQL.
• Experience unit testing, automated testing, source control (Git), continuous integration in addition to continuous delivery and/or deployment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to help troubleshoot and resolve production system issues. 
• Ability to author well designed, testable, efficient code. We always prefer clarity over cleverness. 

 Must haves:

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
• Communicates with honesty and kindness, and creates the space for others to do the same.
• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

NOTE: 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.