Job Description
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.
Engineer II
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 lululemon’s business goals.
Core Responsibilities:
As an Engineer II, you will help form the core of our engineering practice at lululemon by contributing to all areas of development and operations (pre-production to production). You will be supported by a strong engineering group, and established engineering practices. You will be part of a production release team and may perform on-call support functions as needed. Having a DevOps mindset is the key to success in this role, as Engineers are commonly part of full DevOps teams that “own” all parts of software development, release pipelines, production monitoring, security and support.
Take part in Agile ceremonies
Perform engineering assignments using existing procedures and best practices
Conduct research to aid in product troubleshooting and optimization efforts
Work closely with global teams to ensure deliver effective technical solutions
Provide an escalation point and participate in on-call support rotations
Actively monitor key metrics and report on trends
Participate in our Engineering Community of Practice
Contribute to engineering automation, management or development of production level systems
Perform reliability monitoring and support as needed to ensure products meet guest expectations
Qualifications:
Completed Bachelor’s degree or diploma (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Software Architecture preferred; candidates with substantial and relevant industry experience are also eligible
7 – 9 years of engineering experience required for Engineer II
Core Kubernetes & EKS Technical Skills:
Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating Amazon EKS clusters – cluster creation, node groups, IAM roles, VPC integration
Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals: control plane behavior, networking, pod lifecycle, autoscaling
Proficiency in Kubernetes deployment workflows using kubectl, Helm, Kustomize
Deep knowledge of VPC, subnets, routing, and security groups in the context of EKS
Kubernetes/EKS core add-ons and components: CoreDNS, kube-proxy, VPC CNI, Cluster Autoscaler, HPA/VPA, Karpenter
EKS-managed services and integrations: IRSA, AWS Secrets Manager, Vault
Experience with multi-cluster architecture, networking and service mesh tools: Istio, AWS App Mesh
Custom networking and troubleshooting cluster communication issues
Experience in executing cluster upgrade strategies
Experience with Velero for backup and disaster recovery & upgrades
GitOps & Automation:
GitOps tooling and workflows using: ArgoCD, Flux
Terraform experience with EKS modules
CI/CD pipeline development and integration using GitLab
Security & Governance:
Strong understanding of Kubernetes/EKS security fundamentals: Pod Security Policies / Security Standards, Network Policies, IAM,
WIZ
Experience with: OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno
Secrets management using: Vault (CSI driver or agent injector) or AWS Secrets Manager
Encryption (KMS), IAM policies, RBAC best practices
Monitoring, Logging & Observability : Hands-on work Datadog, CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs Insights, Thanos, Loki
Tools & Utilities: eksctl, AWS CLI, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Familiarity with Helm file or similar orchestration tools
Engineering Mindset:
Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across computer, networking, and platform layers
Strong understanding of cost optimization and right-sizing workloads
Good documentation hygiene and clear operational runbook creation
