Lead Engineer, Store Digital

Job ID: 245904
Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174)
Address: 350 Mission St, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Information Technology
Remote Eligible:Hybrid Schedule

 

Company Overview:

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves.  We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the Extra Ordinary in each of us.  We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

 

The Opportunity:

Technology

Our technology team works fast and smart. With San Francisco as our home, we take bringing new tech to market seriously, developing the latest in Cloud-Based and mobile technologies, scalable architecture, and the coolest in-store client experience. We love what we do and we have fun doing it. The Technology group is comprised of motivated self-starters and true team players that are absolutely integral to the growth of Sephora and our future success. 

 

Your role at Sephora:

As a Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for the ownership and evolution of our native technology stack. Reporting to the Manager of Engineering, Store Digital Applications, you will work closely with other engineering, design, PMO and product management teams, to both deliver on the roadmap and our plan for the future. In addition, you will: 

• Own and evolve the full stack Java technology architecture. Success in this area means making the right decisions that are both what’s best for the long-term health of our applications and what’s best for the customer.
• Collaborating with 10+ engineers to create and execute the architectural plan.
• Sharing and communicating best practices from your career and creating news ones with the team.
• Lead and influence a team of 10+ engineers
• Partner closely with product, user experience, and upper management, translating the benefits of the team’s work into a language that is understood by all.
• Demonstrate our Sephora values of Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative.

 

We’re excited about you if you have:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in developing large scale, full stack Java and mobile apps; retail or ecommerce or mobile experience is a plus
• 5+ years leading engineering team
• Strong design and programming skills in full stack Java solution including Spring Boot, and front end design with NodeJS, React, and SQLQuery
• Deep understanding of the Java and cloud base architecture; prior design and coding experience in Java including microservices, RESTful API, Redis Cache in AWS and/or Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Recent experience with cloud architecture such as Microsoft Azure (prefer) or AWS including performance tuning, secure coding, test automation and CI/CD
• Experience developing and delivering using Agile methodologies
• Track record of delivering Enterprise grade applications. We’re interested in what you’ve delivered.
• Experience and a strong opinion about engineering best practive, unit testing, CI/CD
• Understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, object-oriented-programming(OOP), frameworks and technologies
• Strong communication and presentation skills (oral, verbal and listening) as well as the ability to influence the broader engineering team and understand their points of view
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or a related field) and / or equivalent experience.

 

You’ll love working here because:

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
• The product. Employees enjoy a product discount and receive free product (“gratis”) various times throughout the year. (Think your friends and family love you now? Just wait until you work at Sephora!)
• The business. It feels good to win – and Sephora is a leader in the retail industry, defining experiential retail with a digital focus and creating the most loved beauty community in the world…with the awards and accolades to back it up.
• The perks. Sephora offers comprehensive medical benefits, generous vacation/holiday time off, commuter benefits, and “Summer Fridays” (half-days every Friday between Memorial and Labor Day)…and so much more.
• The LVMH family. Sephora’s parent company, LVMH, is one of the largest luxury groups in the world, providing support to over 70 brands such as Louis Vuitton, Celine, Marc Jacobs,