Lululemon is building global web experiences that support guests from checkout through post-purchase needs. This Staff Software Engineer role helps set enterprise engineering standards and architecture patterns across teams working on the lower-funnel experiences on lululemon.com, while mentoring engineers and improving reliability, developer productivity, and the overall purchase experience.
What you’ll work on
The lower-funnel experiences teams are responsible for web checkout and post-purchase flows, including experiences from adding items to a shopping bag to delivery, plus post-purchase needs such as tracking, order management, and returns. You will partner closely with services teams, DevOps, and product teams to deliver responsive, easy-to-use experiences that keep the purchase process moving.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise software solutions and technical frameworks across multiple teams, establishing coding patterns and practices that scale organization-wide
- Lead complex, multi-team initiatives with minimal supervision, making key technical decisions independently while navigating ambiguity and competing priorities
- Write exemplary code in critical areas where deep technical expertise is required
- Consult with principal engineers and enterprise architects on architecture decisions, including implementation feasibility, scalability considerations, and operational implications
- Prototype and evaluate technology options and tools, recommending choices to architects based on technical assessment, team capabilities, and implementation requirements
- Establish and drive engineering and coding standards across the organization, including testing strategies, development workflows, and quality practices
- Lead technical design reviews across the organization, providing expert guidance on implementation approach, scalability, and maintainability
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience; Master’s preferred
- 9-12 years of software development experience defining technical strategy and establishing engineering standards across the organization, or equivalent
- Proven track record writing exemplary code in critical areas requiring deep technical expertise, plus experience establishing coding and quality standards adopted at an organizational level
- Ability to decompose highly ambiguous technical challenges into effective, non-over-engineered solutions, including anticipating technical impacts and trade-offs across multiple systems and teams at enterprise scale
- Experience designing enterprise integration solutions and defining implementation patterns adopted across the organization
- Experience defining organizational operational strategies and reliability practices; familiarity with championing SLO/SLI frameworks, cost optimization, and platform reliability at scale
- Demonstrated ability to establish and articulate technical strategy aligned with business objectives and strategic initiatives
- Extensive expertise building and maintaining secure, reliable, responsive web apps using React, JavaScript, Node, Nextjs, and GraphQL
- End-to-end infrastructure-as-code pipeline experience for build, packaging, and deployment strategies using Gitlab, AWS, and Kubernetes
Core benefits
- Competitive annual bonus program (subject to program eligibility requirements for permanent employees)
- Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
- Paid time off
- Savings and retirement plan matching
- Generous employee discount
- Fitness and yoga classes
- Parenthood top-up
- Extensive catalog of development course offerings
- People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series
Workplace & authorization
- Location: Seattle, WA (Hybrid)
- Work arrangement: Onsite, minimum 4 days per week
- Availability: This role may require availability outside standard business hours, including on-call support, based on business needs
- Authorization to work in the United States is required; applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S., and Lululemon is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa for this role
Additional must-haves (culture and behaviors)
- 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
Salary: USD 177,500 - 233,000 per yearly. Technologies: React, JavaScript, Node, Nextjs, GraphQL, Gitlab, AWS, Kubernetes.
