About this role
About Lululemon
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 and an equitable, inclusive and growth‑focused environment for our people.
About This Team
The Upstream Supply Chain Technology team enables Lululemon’s supply chain from raw materials to finished good production through innovative technology solutions. Our purpose is to empower the organization to drive innovation and deliver its strategic vision, including optimized sourcing and manufacturing processes, cultivating a responsible supply chain while ensuring superior product quality. We are a team that dares to innovate, support each other, elevate our partnerships, and collaborate while having fun. Our engineering team is dedicated to building secure, reliable, and performant products to enable USCT planning and execution activities, embracing Agile, DevOps, and SRE practices.
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.
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 codedemonstratingengineering 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
• 5+ years developing API end points in an enterprise environment
• Hands‑on experience working with relational and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake), ETL, and SQL optimization for large‑scale data transformations
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 team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $132,600 - $174,000 CAD 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.
Other components of our Total Rewards Offerings include:
• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Generous employee discount
• Fitness & yoga classes
• Parenthood top‑up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series
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.
Hybrid Work Environment
In‑person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.