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Technology Director - Front-End Experiences

Lululemon
Seattle, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/30/2025

who we are

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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.

A Day in the Life

As the Director of Front-End Experiences, you’ll lead the development and optimization of a world-class user experience for millions of online guests. Each day, you’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, UX design, and back-end development, to ensure seamless integration and alignment with business goals. You’ll oversee the performance of your team, focusing on building scalable, responsive, and high-performance user interfaces that deliver exceptional digital experiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategic Leadership : Set the vision for front-end development, ensuring alignment with product and design teams, broader business goals and the eCommerce growth strategy.
  • Innovation & Continuous Improvement : Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation in front-end development tools, processes, and user experiences.
  • Metrics & Reporting : Provide engineering metrics (DORA, performance, capacity etc) to inform decision making and strategic plans. Ensure reporting accurately reflects the state of delivery and escalations brought to senior leadership.
  • Governance & Standards : Ensure adherence to coding standards, design principles, accessibility, and security best practices, maintaining consistency and quality across the front-end codebase.
  • Financial Management : Budget utilization / resource status
  • Vendor Management : Contract renewals, performance evaluation
  • Team Management : Lead a team of front-end engineers and managers, providing mentorship, conducting performance evaluations, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Qualifications

  • Education & Experience :
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
  • 10 years of experience in front-end development, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing front-end engineering teams.
  • Proven experience working on large-scale, customer-facing eCommerce websites.
  • Technical Expertise :
  • Deep expertise in front-end technologies and modern front-end build tools (Webpack, Module Federation, etc.).
  • Knowledge of API integration (RESTful, GraphQL) and working with headless CMS platforms.
  • Strong understanding of responsive design, mobile-first development, and progressive enhancement techniques.
  • Experience with performance optimization techniques like lazy loading, minification, and caching strategies.
  • Familiarity with A / B testing and data-driven decision-making processes.
  • Leadership & Strategy :
  • Proven ability to set strategic direction, manage cross-functional teams, and deliver high-quality digital experiences.
  • Demonstrated success in driving collaboration between development, product, UX, and design teams.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to prioritize competing projects in a fast-paced environment.
  • 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

    Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

    Compensation and Benefits Package

    lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and teamperformance. Thetypical hiring range for this position is from $190,400-$249,900 annually; 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 and equity offerings, 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 Hybrid under our SSC Workplace Policy :

    In-person collaboration is important, and much of the role can be performed remotely. Work is performed onsite at least 3 days per week.

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