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, and Dior.

The annual base salary range for this position is $152,010.00 - $187,700.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job.  Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses.  Sephora offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program. This job will be posted for a minimum of 5 days.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy… 

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.  
• The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
• The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.