Software Development Engineer 2 (SDE 2) [Ordering Applications Squad] Lulu center - Sole Proprietorship LLC

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Desired Candidate Profile

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Scope & Impact

• Own and deliver projects in service of quarterly goals on the team, independently identifying the right solutions to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems

• Deliver your team's goals on time and with a high standard of quality, ensuring your work has the greatest customer impact

• Make informed decisions by consulting the right stakeholders and balancing details with the big picture, executing against the spirit of requirements

Technical Craft

• Decompose business problems into solutions with multiple interacting components, designing software that is testable, debuggable, and not easily misused

• Write code that captures the essential nature of the solution — flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable to changing requirements

• Ensure high code quality in reviews, set up best practices and coding standards, and foster an effective code review culture

• Independently resolve bugs and system issues during on-call, and proactively reduce toil and tech debt

• Bring an AI-first mindset to your work — actively leverage AI tools and assistants to maximize productivity, accelerate development cycles, and amplify your engineering impact

Leadership & Mentorship

• Serve as a technical lead for projects, defining and delivering well-scoped milestones

• Actively level up less-experienced team members through mentorship, guidance, and setting a strong example

• Build relationships across teams, proactively communicate and coordinate requirements with other engineering groups

• Contribute to interviewing and assessing candidates with advanced domain-specific and leveling interviews
  
  MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS

  These are non-negotiable. We need engineers who can hit the ground running with our stack and ways of working.

  • Strong proficiency in at least one backend language: Python, Java, or Node.js

  • Hands-on experience designing and building microservices and RESTful/GraphQL APIs

  • Solid experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) including managed services, deployments, and monitoring

  • Working knowledge of containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) and automated testing

  • Strong understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) including query optimization and schema design

  • Experience with message brokers / event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS/SNS, Pub/Sub, or RabbitMQ)

  • Familiarity with caching strategies (Redis, Memcached) and CDN concepts

  • Solid understanding of API security fundamentals: authentication, authorization, OAuth 2.0, JWT
    
    NICE-TO-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS

    These will set you apart and accelerate your impact, but aren't required on day one.

    • Domain experience in e-commerce, retail, logistics, or similar high-traffic consumer platforms

    • Experience with observability tooling (New Relic, ELK Stack, Datadog, or similar)

    • Exposure to distributed tracing, structured logging, and SLO-based alerting

    • Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi) or GitOps workflows

    • Familiarity with payment gateway integrations, PCI compliance, or fraud detection systems

    • Contributions to open-source projects or technical blog posts
      
      TECH STACK

    • Languages :Python (Django), Node.js, Java

    • Architecture :Microservices, distributed systems, API-first

    • Databases :PostgreSQL, MySQL

    • Caching :Redis, Memcached, CDN (CloudFront, Fastly, Akamai)

    • Cloud :GCP (GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run), Azure, AWS

    • Messaging :Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS, Google Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ

    • Containers :Docker, Kubernetes

    • CI/CD :Jenkins, GitHub Actions

    • Observability: New Relic, ELK Stack, PagerDuty

    • Security :JWT, OAuth 2.0, API Gateway, WAF
      
      OUR VALUES At Lulu, our values aren't wall decorations — they guide how we work, hire, and grow. Be Customer Obsessed — Every decision in service of the customer's success. Speak & Act Courageously — Challenge the status quo, take calculated risks, and advocate for new ideas. Take Extreme Ownership — Nothing is someone else's problem. Uphold excellence and accountability. Learn Voraciously — Growth mindset, curiosity, and continuous improvement. Move with Focus & Urgency — Identify the highest-impact work and move fast. Win as One Team — Celebrate wins, lend a hand, and invest in each other's growth.