Brand Technology Engineer

Position: Brand Technology Engineer

Location: Seattle, WA

Duration: 6 contract

Who we are

we are 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.

About this team

The Global Brand Technology team oversees and supports the Brand Digital Asset Management, Social Impact, and Ambassador team technology solutions.

the team 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 our business goals.

A day in the life:

As an Engineer, you will bring your expertise in content, asset, and data management to support teams to identify functional requirements and, ultimately, design, develop and implement Brand Technology solutions. You will be a leader in the Brand Technology domain as you contribute to all areas of development and operations (pre-production to production). You will work closely with a Technology Manager, using your experience and knowledge to support a team of Engineers though their day-to-day process, and provide an escalation point for production concerns. You will be part of an Agile production release team and perform on-call support functions as needed. As an Engineer, you would be a primary caretaker of production systems and would maintain a deep understanding of how delivered products are functioning.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the engineering practice for teams using the core technologies of Brand Technology, including: Nuxeo Digital Asset Management, NXQL, Polymer, Salesforce Grants Management, AWS (DevOps, Elasticsearch, and S3 Buckets), JavaScript, Java, Snowflake, Databricks, CI/CD, Python/ PySpark, Kafka, Apigee, Datadog, Kubernetes
• Champion an architecture-first approach to problem-solving, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and performant solutions across Brand Technology initiatives
• Actively contribute to and facilitate Agile ceremonies, driving alignment and prioritization across the team
• Support an empowered culture through sharing best practices and fostering an inclusive supportive team environment
• Perform and delegate engineering assignments to ensure production readiness is maintained
• Conduct research and leverage data insights to influence engineering decisions, optimization efforts and product troubleshooting
• Conduct research to guide product development and tools selection
• 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
• Contribute to project engineering design and standards verification
• 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
• Five to eight years of engineering experience
• Ability to learn, understand, and work quickly with new emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space
• Experience with major Asset and Content Management tools
• Experience and deep understanding of digital asset management concepts, workflows, best practices, metadata management, and taxonomy design.
• Experience with core technologies of Brand Technology, including: Nuxeo Digital Asset Management, NXQL, Polymer, Salesforce Grants Management, AWS - DevOps and S3 Buckets, JavaScript, Java, Snowflake, Databricks, CI/CD, Python/ PySpark, Kafka, Apigee, Datadog, Kubernetes
• Experience using computer, networking, storage, and database components in one of the major cloud platforms: Amazon AWS (preferred), Microsoft Azure (preferred), Google Cloud Platform or Alibaba Cloud
• Advanced application of CI/CD principles and best practices
• Experience with industry standards and best practices related to data compliance, security, and privacy, ensuring systems and solutions adhere to regulatory requirements.
• Experience with technical debt prioritization and roadmap planning with Product Management
• Experience working in a cross-functional environment
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction be a self-starter with strong initiative, and ability to manage/execute workload to deliver high quality results
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism in working collaboratively at all levels inside and outside of the organization.

Must haves:

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
• Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same.
• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn t take themselves too seriously.