Architect II - Global POS {Java & AWS}

Solution Architect - Retail

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 products, 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. As we continue to elevate our shopping experience, our India Tech Hub plays a key role in expanding our technology capabilities in Product Systems, Merchandising and Planning, Digital Presence, distribution and logistics, and corporate systems. Our team in India works as an extension of the global team on projects of strategic importance.

About this team

This role is on Point-of-Sale team in the lululemon technology organization. This team is responsible for creating apis and backend integration following microservices architecture principals 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 Solution Architect, you will interface with key stakeholders and apply your technical proficiency across different stages of the Project Life Cycle including Requirements Elicitation, Application Architecture definition, Design and Development. You will ensure that the backend integrations are well designed using best practices to meet the scalability and reliability for growing global commerce business.The Architect partners with delivery teams to architect, design, and build flexible, scalable, and resilient applications and services that can more easily adapt to future business needs.

• Provides thought leadership across multiple teams to ensure that systems and services are designed, and operating to achieve optimal levels of performance, reliability, and sustainability
• Leads the business / functional architecture and strategy for solutions in a manner consistent with lululemon Technology's enterprise architecture, applying common frameworks and re-usable components
• Helps ensure the operational platforms and associated interfacing data and systems have been properly architected end-to-end to meet the functional and non-functional needs of the business
• Brings conceptual design down to a level of detail that can be physically implemented
• Supports in the implementation (development and configuration) of the systems
• Develops and maintains current and future-state architecture models and ensures all documentation is kept up to date
• Assist the estimation of dev and QA efforts ensuring proper understanding of implementation scope, as well as adherence to best practices and methodical delivery
• Work directly with Business Analysts to define and refine technical requirements for future work
• Participate in technology reviews and conduct as-built audit + documentation, and work with ops readiness teams to design system continuity and support.
• Stays abreast of industry best practices, technologies, architectures, trends, emerging technologies and develop Proof-Of-Concept projects to validate same
• Drive common vision, practices, and capabilities across teams
• Demonstrates ability to coach team members around best practices for delivering performant and scalable solutions
• Conduct research to aid in product development and tools selection

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