Staff Software Engineer

**Sephora** is a global leader in omni channel beauty retailing, and a division of LVMH - Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. At Sephora, we stand together and we stand for something more. For empowerment, for exploration, for the opportunity to impact people’s lives through the unlimited power of beauty. We successfully operate more than three thousand points of sale across Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia, and together we aim to animate the most loved beauty community in the world.

Here in Asia, our teams run omni-channel businesses in 11 markets across the region, in addition to cross-border e-commerce to several more. Our success is built on innovation, a unique product portfolio, market leading digital capability, and our unique customer experience. With ambitious growth plans we are always looking for talented people who aspire to build businesses and develop themselves. Sparked by energy and excitement, our passion is contagious. We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

At Sephora, we stand together, and we stand for something more. Every day we reimagine beauty, discover new brands, and influence positive change. Data plays a big role in that.

Sephora SEA’s Engineering is one of the few standalone engineering teams within LVMH, and thus this represents a unique entry point into a world leading luxury group which is increasingly investing in digital and ecommerce.

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our team of 45 engineers across Singapore and India. The Staff Software Engineering role at Sephora is a technical role focused on architecture, implementation and teaching and eventually leads to either an Principal Engineer role or a technology leadership role (eg. Head of Engineering, CTO). You will be working closely with two or three of our squads (5-7 person teams focused on a specific business domain or set of KPI’s) and regularly interacting with other senior and staff and principal engineers across the organisation.

**You will shine here if you enjoy**
- Scope and lead large technical projects that will positively impact our technical ecosystem and help us create an amazing experience for our customers
- Contribute directly to the implementation of these solutions and be a role model for how great code should be written at Sephora
- Help out teams make technical decisions, taking into consideration software best-practices, feasibility and complexity as well as stakeholder needs
- Perform code and architecture reviews for other team members, taking the opportunity to coach and educate along the way
- Influence our technological and tooling ecosystem by identifying opportunities for improvement, running evaluations, and driving changes across our engineering teams

**We would love to hear from you if **
- You have 7+ years of experience designing and building scalable software systems and API’s
- You have a broad technical background including security and infrastructure and are well-versed in a number of programming languages. Prior experience with Ruby, Javascript or similar languages is strongly preferred
- You have experience with and enjoy sharing your knowledge and coaching other engineers within the team, even at more senior levels
- You are a team-player and work well within your team as well as across your function and organization. Your co-workers and stakeholders trust you
- Your are able to manage and lead technical roadmaps for your business domain, including identifying and actioning on long-term opportunities or risks

**While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy**:

- The people: You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, and kind leaders and teams - people you can be proud to work with.
- The learning: We invest heavily in training for our leaders and store associates. Not just product knowledge but building a personalized career plan with you so you continue to evolve and build your skills.
- The culture: As a leading beauty retailer, backed by the LVMH luxury brand, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. Yet there’s always room to explore. It’s in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members 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 SEA was created through the combination of the Sephora's retail business in South East Asia and Luxola, a Singaporean start-up that broke new frontiers in ecommerce regionally. We proudly maintain an entrepreneurial and technology-focused culture, with all our capabilities built in-house - a rarity in this region.

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