Associate Engineer III-Java

lululemon is a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy of yoga inform our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are in.

About this team:

lululemon Engineering is dedicated to building secure, reliable, and performant products for our guests and partners. We embrace the philosophies of Agile, DevOps, and SRE to accelerate our development process and provide the most enjoyable, inclusive, and supportive work environment possible. We believe our journey is more fun when it is collaborative, as we focus on the future instead of the past. As an Engineer, you will work as part of a global team supported by our business and architecture partners to help us collaboratively develop and deliver industry leading technology solutions that drive lululemons business goals.

Experience and skillsets:

• Analyze, design, develop, implement, document, and maintain applications systems, working on moderately complex to highly complex project assignments.
• Consult with Quality Assurance and Business Analysts in the development and execution of test plans.
• Provide technical assistance and problem resolution for assigned systems.
• Identify and provide recommendations for system process improvements.
• May act as a source for direction, training, and guidance for less experienced team members.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/information technology, or in a related technical field or equivalent technology experience.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, written, interpersonal and listening skills
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices
• Professional experience in Java development using Spring Boot
• 4+ years of engineering experience

Must-Have Skills:

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications using Spring Boot with a focus on performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Strong knowledge of microservices design principles, REST APIs, and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement
• Hands-on experience with SQL and relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Familiarity with Microservices architecture and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Deploy and manage services on AWS Cloud, utilizing services like EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, API Gateway, etc
• Build and maintain high-throughput event streaming solutions using Apache Kafka.
• Create and manage automated CI/CD pipelines with GitLab to ensure seamless code integration and deployment.
• Deploy, scale, and monitor containerized applications using Kubernetes and Docker in production environments.