Principal Architect

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 Principal Architect is accountable for company wise application and project architecture design across all the domains. This role drives DDD architectural alignment, identifies and promotes reuse of platform capabilities, shared services, and integration patterns, and establishes technology standards to enable lululemon's tech 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, Finance, People & Culture, Legal platforms.

Alignment with North-America, APAC stakeholders - Business, Architecture, Engineering and Infrastructure, etc.

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/staff architects and cultivate an architecture community of practice across commercial technology teams.

qualifications

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

Solid proven record - China/APAC/Global solution design, aligment, roadmap planning

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

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

Deep domain expertise in at least 5 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

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.

additional notes

Authorization to work in China is required for this role.

compensation and benefits package

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The 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.