Front End Architect

Post Date

Jul 03, 2024

Location

Vancouver,
British Columbia

ZIP/Postal Code

V6Z2H3
Canada
Aug 25, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

VAN-716417

Pay Rate

$56 - $70 (hourly estimate)

Who Can Apply

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Front End Architect to join lululemon, one of Canada's largest athletic apparel retailers, located in Vancouver, BC. This is a 6-month contract position. As a Front End Architect, you will be part of the Bag & Checkout Team workstream. Here are the key details:

Workstream Overview:

The Bag & Checkout Team workstream involves a combination of new feature development and maintenance of existing features.

Your role will encompass 80% solution design and 20% coding.

Enhancing Customer Connectivity:

As an Architect, you'll contribute to enhancing lululemon's relationship with its customers/guests.

You'll collaborate closely with Domain Architects, Technology Managers, and Business Analysts to ensure solutions align with stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities include planning new features and epics, creating solution documents, and developing roadmaps.

Infrastructure Design and Scalability:

The team seeks an Architect who can drive infrastructure design solutions.

Currently, the Bag & Checkout team focuses on North America, but they aspire to support multiple countries.

They have recently completed GraphQL containerization (from Lambda to EKS).

Before the upcoming peak season, they aim to use the EKS service live.

Your expertise will be crucial in achieving these goals.

Architectural Design and High-Level Roadmap:

You'll play a pivotal role in delivering architectural designs and shaping the team's high-level roadmap.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.

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Required Skills & Experience

Minimum 5 years of Architect experience developing, deploying, scaling and maintaining software applications.

A good portion of this experience should come from developing software solutions in and around cloud-based services and/or service-oriented architectures

5+ year's experience with JavaScript applications deployed to a cloud environment including experience with AWS

Strong middle tier knowledge and experience with Apollo GraphQL

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Global Support project experience

Experience with module federation

Domain related experience (retail, ecommerce, product systems, etc.)

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.