Architect - Mobile Commerce Fraud

Architect – Mobile Commerce, Payments & Fraud

Architect – Mobile Commerce, Payments & Fraud at 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 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, including an equitable, inclusive, and growth‑focused environment for our people.

The architecture group at lululemon is responsible for guiding the design and implementation of technical strategies that support every aspect of our rapidly scaling global business. You will work in a matrixed environment with peers in business, engineering, program, UX, and strategy to collaboratively develop and deliver industry‑leading technology solutions aligned with business goals.

• Develop detailed solution roadmaps for a specific system, project, or application.
• Partner closely with engineers and project management to ensure implementation meets design expectations and adheres to enterprise architecture standards.
• Produce and present solution options to project leadership with clear definitions of the benefits and tradeoffs of each proposal.
• Participate and present at architecture design reviews and lead governance activities for a given solution.
• Act as subject matter expert within your specific product/platform while demonstrating knowledge beyond a singular service to encompass multiple interdependent services both on‑premise and within SaaS or cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain component‑level roadmaps for assigned portfolio and ensure solutions recommended for implementation adhere to organizational architecture standards, patterns & practices.
• Design and develop detailed architecture design artifacts (including logical, conceptual and integration diagrams) for assigned teams and projects.

• BS/BA in technology‑related discipline or relevant industry experience.
• 3‑5 years of experience developing, deploying, scaling and maintaining software systems, with a good portion in cloud‑based services.
• Ability to design systems that meet specific operational SLAs and describe basic security and compliance aspects of cloud platform primitives & data integrations.
• Familiarity with fraud detection, payment systems and their integrations to support secure seamless financial operations.
• Knowledge of asset protection practices to mitigate risk and ensure compliance across retail environments.
• Proven expertise in AWS for deploying, scaling and managing cloud‑native applications and infrastructure.
• Strong focus on security best practices for data protection, identity management, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated enterprise‑retail experience in supporting large‑scale operations, merchandising, and omnichannel strategies.
• Hands‑on experience with compute, networking, storage, and data components in Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure with Terraform or equivalent IaC tools; all infrastructure deployed and maintained through CI/CD pipelines in Git Lab.
• Ability to describe key services and components of an in‑house app and select appropriately for given use cases.
• Good understanding of the well‑architected framework and ability to promote best practices and provide guidance to engineers across the organization with cloud adoption.
• Deep familiarity with managing accounts at scale and managing OU strategy, Resource Groups, and Landing Zones using Control Tower in AWS and Cloud Formation.
• Experience governing cloud resources and services using SCP and RCP in AWS and Azure Policies.
• Identify and anticipate new tools and platform features which can be leveraged to meet strategic needs.
• Design and document modern and efficient systems with excellent attention to detail.
• Be courageous in challenging the status quo and be open to being…