Software Engineer II - Products [T500-28127]

Who we are:

Founded in 1998 at Vancouver, lululemon is a performance and lifestyle product company that create transformational products and experiences that build meaningful connections, unlocking greater possibility and wellbeing for all. We are driven by our brand purpose to elevate human potential by making individuals feel their best which helps us design our products with high filter and high style. We use a unique product creation methodology called Science of Feel in all our products to offer convenient, comfortable, and long-lasting experience. We owe our success to our innovative products, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we’re in.

About the team:

The opportunity is for a role in Design & Development space in the Global Product Technology team. The objective is to align strategic intent with in-store execution and compliance to the global merchandising strategies and brand stories.We support the pre-season/in-season suite of technology solutions while living our vision to be an experiential brand and enhance the guest experience by delivering the right product, at the right place and time.

• We are responsible for ensuring the success of the team and proactively identify the most high-value deliverables and focus on shipping quality software solutions and other deliverables. By partnering closely with the business partners, project leads, and technical teams we help deliver project scope and ensure stakeholder expectations are met.
• At all levels, we demonstrate leadership by supporting the growth and development of the team as a whole and individually.
• At the core of our product is innovation. Planning functions are critical in understanding our guest, market, demand, and driving decisions on product placement.
• Our work aims to ensure end to end execution of our merchandising strategies to marry the right product to the right sizes of the boxes. Our work directly contributes to the success and growth of store planners, visual merchandising and retail teams.

Who You Are:

The ideal candidate performs the development of high-performing, well-tested, and thoughtfully architected software applications that satisfy our internal business needs & power guest experiences; Has proven experience in effectively applying scientific, mathematical, and social principles to design, build, & maintain technology products, devices, systems, and solutions that provide amazing customer experiences.

A Day in the Life:

• Work closely with Engineers and Solution Architects to support and drive solution implementations.
• Uses algorithms, data structures, programming languages, programming paradigms to create, test, and operate sustainable client-side or server-side software applications and services.
• Builds and extends applications in cloud, hybrid cloud and/or on – premise environments.
• Ensures applications are designed to be highly available, observable, and durable via software engineering best practices.
• Support Production issues & Prepare system for Peak performance scaling.
• Works with business and systems analysts to understand end-user requirements and translate those into pragmatic & effective technical solutions.
• Work closely with onsite and remote frontend, backend and operations engineers to ensure deliverables are well-documented, secure, and resilient.
• Applies DevOps practices- brings development and IT ops processes, people, and tools closer together to increase the speed, efficiency, and quality with which we deliver technical solutions. Designs for release configuration management.
• Collaborates with the engineering teams (distributed globally) to deliver on integration projects.
• Engages in ongoing quality and performance improvement to ensure reliability and security.
• Mentors and leads engineers with respect to quality engineering practices, effective design principles and help them adhere to global coding standards

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 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 wa…