Senior Software Engineer

Business Unit:
Store Support Centre (SSC)
Time Type:
Full-time
Description & RequirementsSenior Software Engineer - Tech Distribution & Logistics SystemsWho we arelululemon 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. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.
About this teamThis role will support the Outbound Logistics Technology team to enhance and support the luluRoute, a homegrown application that acts as a parcel execution engine. This application integrates with our Warehouse Management System and Omni systems to retrieve shipping labels and tracking numbers from our carrier partners (e.G., FedEx, USPS, Canadapost ) for outgoing packages to our stores and guests, provides a front end interface for our North American stores to gain visibility of incoming cartons as well as supports Ship from Store functionality in North America and global regions.
Core responsibilitiesAs 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. You will drive technical decisions with broad impact across multiple teams including architecture patterns and technology selections, conduct high-impact code reviews focusing on system design and long-term maintainability, and establish engineering standards and best practices adopted across the domain including testing strategies and deployment procedures. You will mentor engineers at multiple levels providing guidance on advanced technical concepts and career development, partner with product and business stakeholders on technical strategy and roadmap planning and represent engineering perspective in cross-functional initiatives while leading incident response for critical production issues. This role may require availability outside of standard business hours, including on
call support, based on business needs.
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 code demonstrating engineering 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.
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating production GenAI and agentic systems. Familiarity withprompt and context design, tool or API integrations, guardrails, observability, and reliability practices for AI-enabled workflows.
Strong proficiency in Java and experience with Python or other relevant programming languages. Demonstrated ability to write clear, maintainable code and raise engineering quality through reviews, standards, testing, and operational practices.
Experience decomposing complex business and technical problems into scalable, resilient solutions, with sound judgment about impacts across services, integrations, data, and operations.
Experience designing and implementing integrations across complex domains using APIs, events, or messaging, while working within established architecture and security standards.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery across partner teams, communicate trade-offs clearly, and own systems through production support and continuous improvement.
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.
compensation and benefits packagelululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and teamperformance. Thetypical hiring range for this position is from $132,000-165,000 annually ;
the base pay offered isbased 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.
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
Parenthood top-up
Extensive catalog of development course offerings
People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)
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.
workplace arrangementIn-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.
Authorization to work in Canada is required for this role.
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.
Lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us at View email address on ca.hrm.tc. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.
The use of AI tools, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any other AI-assisted software, is strictly prohibited during the interview process. This includes, AI-generated responses, content creation, or any form of automated assistance in live interviews, case studies, technical assessments, or written submissions.
At lululemon, we are committed to privacy, integrity, transparency, and ethical hiring practices. Our commitment to responsible AI ensures that proprietary information is protected and that all hiring decisions are based on an individual’s own skills, judgment, and expertise without AI assistance. Any use of AI during the interview process will result in immediate disqualification. lululemon reserves the right to use AI detection tools to verify the authenticity of candidate responses.
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