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Ulta Beauty · 21 hours ago

Lead Engineer - Back End Development

positionBolingbrook, IL
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$103K/yr - $155K/yr
date10+ years exp

Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics and salon services. They are seeking a passionate, hands-on Lead Engineer to drive next-generation digital commerce experiences by leading a high-performing team to design, build, and scale cloud-native applications that enhance eCommerce and omnichannel experiences.

BeautyConsumer GoodsCosmeticsRetail
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Design & Delivery Excellence - Translate business and product requirements into robust low-level designs, ensuring scalability, observability, and reliability with high code quality while providing technical leadership to the development team and mentoring team members
AI-Driven Engineering Enablement - Enable and scale adoption of emerging tools that enhance developer productivity through AI (e.g., code generation, automated test creation, pair programming assistants, code review copilots, etc.)
Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with Architects, Product, QA, and SRE teams to deliver business-critical features and technical foundations
Thought Leadership - Stay current with AI, DevOps, and cloud-native trends. Contribute to architectural direction, technical proof-of-concepts, and developer enablement initiatives
Problem Solving & Performance Tuning - Investigate production and performance issues, execute root-cause analyses, and lead rapid, sustainable resolutions
Rapid Prototyping & POCs — Drive quick proof-of-concepts to test new architecture patterns. Evaluate outcomes, share learnings, and recommend adoption for broader engineering use

Qualification

Java 17+Spring BootCloud-native systemsEvent-driven architecturesNoSQL databasesAI-assisted development toolsPerformance tuningLearning new technologiesCollaboration skillsCommunication skillsMentoring skillsProblem solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
10+ years of experience in software development, with 3+ years in a technical lead
Deep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot, reactive programming, and MACH-aligned architectures (microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless)
Strong experience of event-driven architectures and messaging (Google Pub/ Sub or similar) and streaming (Kafka or similar) systems
Proven experience delivering large-scale, customer-facing, cloud-native systems (preferably on Google Cloud Platform)
Familiarity with Tooling & Platforms: JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers; SonarQube and code quality gates; OpenAPI 3.0 (design-first, Swagger UI), contract testing (Pact); observability with Dynatrace/New Relic and OpenTelemetry; performance/memory profiling (JFR, Eclipse MAT, JProfiler); streaming with Kafka (producers/consumers, schemas). Or equivalent tools
Hands-on experience with NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis) and relational databases
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Gemini Code assist or similar
Working knowledge of GIT / Bitbucket repository or any similar version repository experience
Working Knowledge of Prisma vulnerabilities
Passion for learning new technologies and eagerness to collaborate with other creative minds
Strong collaboration, communication, and mentoring skills

Preferred

Exposure to GraphQL, Node.js, or React.js for end-to-end solutioning is a plus
Experience with Amplience CMS, Commercetools, or other headless commerce systems
Working knowledge of GKE and containerized workloads
Background in the retail or eCommerce domain with emphasis on digital experience engineering
Solution architecture experience or certification

Benefits

Paid time off
Health
Dental
Vision
Life and disability benefits

Company

Ulta Beauty

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Ulta Beauty is a beauty retailer that offers a wide range of products including cosmetics, fragrances, skincare, and hair care.
dateFounded in 1990
location
Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.ulta.com

H1B Sponsorship

Ulta Beauty has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (9)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$266.3M
Key Investors
Berkshire HathawayDimensional Fund Advisors
2024-08-14Post Ipo Equity· $266.3M
2016-10-11Post Ipo Equity
2007-10-25IPO

Leadership Team

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Chris Lialios
Interim Chief Financial Officer
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Kecia Steelman
President & Chief Operating Officer
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