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 we are in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. That includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.
About this team
This role is on Point-of-Sale team in the lululemon technology organization. This team is responsible for creating api’s and backend integration following microservices architecture principles on AWS cloud infrastructure stack. This Solution Architect position is a highly technical role with accountability for architecture scoped to business-transformative projects and is involved with projects from inception through implementation.
Our team is fast-paced and taking on exciting new initiatives to support a fast-growing business. We strive to adopt leading-edge technology and seek to improve on the solutions continuously. We are not afraid to try new things, have fun, and encourage each other to take on new challenges. We support each other in growing professionally and personally. We fail forward and learn from our mistakes, thus creating a better path ahead. We create space for team members to share feedback and ideas that can help us continually grow as an organization.
We operate following agile framework and leverage multiple product teams across our various functions. We encourage our teams to norm and figure out the best way to deliver critical business initiatives. We institute a culture of fun and lightheartedness to enjoy work each day. We are inclusive and know that we are stronger as a team than as an individual.
A day in the life
As a Senior Architect II, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the architectural strategy for complex, large-scale, and mission-critical systems across the organization. You will take ownership of the overall technical vision and ensure that the systems and services are designed for optimal scalability, performance, and resilience. This role requires a deep technical expertise, hands-on leadership, and the ability to influence and collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions that align with both business goals and technology roadmaps.
As a Senior Architect II, you will take the lead in defining technical standards, setting architectural direction, and mentoring teams across multiple engineering domains. You will also collaborate with other senior leaders to ensure that your architectural designs and decisions support long-term organizational growth, while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence in the development process.
• Architect Complex Solutions: Design and architect high-performance systems meeting business, scalability, security, and operational requirements.
• Provide Strategic Leadership: Drive technical architecture strategy across multiple domains, aligning with business goals and technology roadmaps.
• Design for Scalability & Resilience: Ensure systems are highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable, and cost-efficient using cloud-native and microservices architectures.
• Establish Best Practices: Create, document, and enforce architectural standards to ensure consistency and quality across teams.
• Influence Technical Direction: Evaluate and shape the organization’s technical direction, assessing new technologies and conducting POCs.
• Lead Technical Decision-Making: Make key decisions on cloud platforms, containerization, CI/CD, and microservices architecture.
• Ensure System Integration: Integrate systems with internal/external platforms for consistent, efficient, and high-performance data flow.
• Pipeline Integration: Devise strategies and identify solutions which would facilitate Quality and Performance gates to be embedded into the pipelines with as shift left attitude for early feedback.
• Foster Innovation: Promote continuous learning and experimentation with new technologies to drive innovation and improve performance.
• Drive NFRs: Ensure architecture meets non-functional requirements like security, scalability, and compliance.
• Ensure Operational Excellence: Design solutions for smooth operations, troubleshooting, and collaboration with ops teams for deployment readiness.
• Manage Technical Debt: Identify and prioritize efforts to reduce technical debt, balancing innovation with system health.
• Lead Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with architects, engineering teams, and leadership to drive technical strategy and ensure resource alignment.
• Research Emerging Technologies: Stay updated on industry trends and evaluate new technologies for potential application within architecture.
Qualifications
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience: 8+ years in software engineering or architecture, with 6+ years in a senior/lead role; extensive experience in designing, developing, and deploying large-scale systems in Point-of-Sale space.
• Cloud Expertise: Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, cloud-native patterns, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless, and microservices.
• Architecture Knowledge: Expertise in microservices, event-driven systems, distributed architectures, scalability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance.
• Development Tools: Proficient with CI/CD, container orchestration, automation (Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible), and version control (Git).
• Technology Roadmap: 6+ years’ experience in developing technology roadmap and driving strategy discussions.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Proven ability to mentor engineers, lead teams, and promote best practices in code quality and architecture.
• System Integration: Expertise in integrating complex systems, including RESTful APIs, message-driven systems, and event-based architectures.
• Compliance & Security: Strong knowledge of security best practices and experience with compliance frameworks (PCI, GDPR, SOX) in cloud environments.
• Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, architecting solutions that balance performance, scalability, and business needs.
• Cross-Domain Expertise: Knowledge across technologies like mobile, big data, analytics, IoT, supply chain, and payment systems.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication, able to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making.
• Driving Change: Proven track record of driving innovation and change within organizations, introducing new technologies and improving systems.
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.Immigration support is potentially available 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 $148,000-$194,300 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.
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 Generous employee discount Fitness & yoga classes Parenthood top-up Extensive catalog of development course offerings People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)
workplace arrangement
This role is classified as [Hybrid] under our SSC Workplace Policy:
In-person collaboration is important, and much of the role can be performed remotely. Work is performed onsite at least 3 days per week.
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