Staff Solution Architect

Requirements Description & Requirements 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'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.

core responsibilities

The Staff Solution Architect is accountable for end-to-end application architecture design across lululemon's core commercial domains — Marketing, Retail, E-commerce, Merchandise Planning & Allocation, and Supply Chain. This role drives cross-domain architectural alignment, identifies and promotes reuse of platform capabilities, shared services, and integration patterns, and establishes technology standards to enable lululemon's omnichannel commerce strategy with scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions

• Lead cross-domain application architecture design, ensuring alignment, integration consistency, and dependency management across Marketing, Retail, E-commerce, Merchandise Planning & Allocation, and Supply Chain platforms
• Identify, define, and drive reuse opportunities across domains — shared services, common data models, integration patterns, and platform capabilities that reduce duplication and accelerate delivery
• Establish and govern architecture standards, design patterns, and reference architectures for the commercial technology landscape
• Provide architectural leadership for large-scale, cross-domain initiatives (e.g., omnichannel commerce platform, unified customer data platform, integrated inventory visibility, end-to-end order management)
• Conduct architecture design reviews and provide technical governance across the commercial project portfolio
• Collaborate with domain architects, engineering teams, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate business strategy into actionable technology architecture
• Evaluate and recommend technology platforms, vendors, and build-vs-buy decisions with total-cost-of-ownership analysis
• Mentor senior architects and cultivate an architecture community of practice across commercial technology teams

q ualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical field

10+ years of experience in application architecture, solution design, or enterprise architecture, with progressively increasing scope and responsibility

Deep domain expertise in at least 2 of the following: Marketing technology, Content/CMS, Retail store systems, E-commerce platforms, Merchandise Planning & Allocation, Supply Chain management/Inventory/Warehouse, etc.

Proven experience designing cross-domain or omnichannel integration architectures in a large-scale enterprise environment

Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, microservices architecture, API-first integration, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems design

Experience with enterprise integration patterns, master data management, and platform engineering practices

Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions and drive consensus across multiple teams without direct reporting authority

Excellent communication skills — ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to both technical and executive/business audiences

Experience leading architecture design reviews and establishing technical governance processes

Preferred Experience in the internet/ tech/ retail / apparel industry technology landscape

Experience with both SaaS platforms (Salesforce, SAP, etc.) and in-house custom-built systems, with strong opinions on build-vs-buy trade-offs

Experience in internet-scale, in-house platform engineering — building custom shared services, internal developer platforms, and bespoke middleware, rather than relying solely on SaaS configuration

Experience building and leading architecture communities of practice

Experience with data architecture, CDP (Customer Data Platform), and omnichannel customer journey design

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.

a dditional n otes

Authorization to work in China is required for this role.

c ompensation and b enefits p ackage

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. T he 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 , 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
• 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)

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 arrangement

This role is classified as  In-Person under our SSC Workplace Policy:

In-person collaboration and/or office-based work is necessary or important for the role. Work is mainly performed onsite, 4-5 days per week depending on role requirements.