Lululemon Model Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Location: United States of America
State/Province/City: Washington
City: Seattle
Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Time Type: Full-time
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Description & Requirements
Who we are
lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. That includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.
About this team
The Enterprise Data & AI team is a strategic and operational driver of growth for lululemon, owning and building the data and AI platforms and products that enable the enterprise to operate with intelligence at scale. The team leads the design and delivery of a trusted unified data foundation, advanced analytics capabilities, and AI solutions across lululemon's vertically integrated retail ecosystem, embedding strong data governance and responsible AI practices from the very beginning. By applying AI to critical business challenges and creating new, transformative AI solutions, the team helps reshape how lululemon operates. Through deep partnership with product, technology, and business teams, Enterprise Data & AI accelerates product innovation, unlocks measurable value, elevates guest and educator experiences, and drives enterprise efficiency.
Core responsibilities
As an Applied AI/ML Scientist, you design, develop, test, and optimize AI/ML solutions that address defined business problems, with an emphasis on applied modeling, experimentation, and translating advanced AI research into scalable, production-ready solutions. You work independently to design and adapt AI/ML approaches to build prototypes, and improve model performance, reliability, and efficiency. You use domain knowledge and collaborate with stakeholders and product teams to map the business problem to the right model and AI/ML solution approach. You own the AI solution implementation and partner with engineering teams to integrate solutions into the broader engineering system. You contribute to solution enhancements, validate outcomes, and continuously improve models based on real world performance.
Examples of projects could be

• Designing and deploying machine learning and predictive/generative AI models for demand forecasting, optimization, personalization and search, intelligent automation, and multimodal content creation and enrichment
• Applying NLP, computer vision, multimodal, or time series modeling techniques to enterprise-scale datasets that are a mix of structured and unstructured data
• Developing experimentation frameworks and evaluation approaches to measure business impact of AI solutions in production
• Collaborating with product and engineering teams to embed AI models into end to end business workflows

Select responsibilities include:

• Translate business challenges into AI/ML approaches by working with key SMEs and stakeholders to understand problems and map them to the right AI/ML solution approach.
• Design experiments and establish success criteria aligned with business goals
• Develop AI/ML solutions for complex business problems applying advanced techniques to deliver measurable business impact, building production-ready models, and ensuring solutions scale effectively
• Develop prototypes and conduct rigorous experimentation, design evaluation plan to analyze model performance, and iterate to improve accuracy, generalization, interpretability, and business impact
• Develop end-to-end working AI/ML solutions for assigned use cases from data ingestion through inference, and partner with AI/ML engineers and software engineers to ensure seamless integration into production workflows and processes

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematics, or related field, Masters preferred
• 4-8 years of experience building and optimizing AI/ML solutions, or equivalent research experience, including educational experience (e.g., Master's or PhD degree)
• Demonstrated experience in evaluating and applying state-of-the-art AI/ML models and methods to develop practical, high-performing solutions to specific use-cases.
• Experience designing AI/ML approaches, conducting experiments to evaluate performance, iterating on solution design to improve performance, and translating AI-ML driven insights into business goals
• Proven ability to navigate technical complexity within assigned solutions including data transformation and preparation, model training and fine-tuning, latency constraints, and integration requirements within established architectural patterns
• Experience with ML implementation using commonly used tools such as Python, pyTorch, cloud ML platforms and libraries, open-source toolkits.

Must haves

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn't take yourself too seriously.

additional notes
Please note: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa at this time for this role.
compensation and benefits package
lululemon's compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $146,830-$192,720 annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.
At lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth:

• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Generous employee discount
• Fitness & yoga classes
• Parenthood top-up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.
workplace arrangement
In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.
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Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. Lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that Lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.
lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us ataccommodations@lululemon.com. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.
The use of AI tools, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any other AI-assisted software, is strictly prohibited during the interview process. This includes, AI-generated responses, content creation, or any form of automated assistance in live interviews, case studies, technical assessments, or written submissions.
At lululemon, we are committed to privacy, integrity, transparency, and ethical hiring practices. Our commitment to responsible AI ensures that proprietary information is protected and that all hiring decisions are based on an individual's own skills, judgment, and expertise without AI assistance. Any use of AI during the interview process will result in immediate disqualification. lululemon reserves the right to use AI detection tools to verify the authenticity of candidate responses.
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