Ralph Lauren Performance Engineer; Analyst

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through:
Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through:
Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Ralph Lauren is seeking a Performance Engineer (Analyst) to support the optimization, monitoring, and continuous improvement of our global digital commerce platform. This role will focus on ensuring fast, reliable, and measurable customer experiences across our composable architecture built on Next.js, HarperDB, and Akamai. The Performance Engineer (Analyst) will work closely with Engineering, Architecture, QA, Product, and Platform teams to identify performance opportunities, implement monitoring solutions, automate testing processes, and provide actionable insights using observability platforms including Datadog, Catchpoint, and Akamai mPulse.

As Ralph Lauren continues to expand its digital and AI-driven customer experiences, the Performance Engineer (Analyst) will also support the performance, observability, and delivery of AI-enabled services and traffic patterns. This includes monitoring AI and LLM-driven traffic, evaluating the impact of generative AI integrations on customer experience, and ensuring that both human and AI consumers of Ralph Lauren's digital platforms receive reliable, scalable, and optimized experiences.

This role is ideal for an analytical and technically skilled professional who is passionate about web performance, observability, Core Web Vitals, and modern digital experiences. The successful candidate will help establish performance best practices, support release validation activities, and contribute to the overall performance governance program across Ralph Lauren's global digital ecosystem.

• Monitor, analyze, and improve application performance across browser, CDN, edge, API, and origin layers.
• Support performance optimization initiatives for Next.js applications, APIs, and composable commerce experiences.
• Configure, maintain, and enhance monitoring solutions utilizing Datadog, Catchpoint, and Akamai mPulse.
• Create and maintain dashboards, alerts, reports, and automated performance monitoring workflows.
• Analyze Core Web Vitals, user experience metrics, and synthetic monitoring data to identify performance opportunities and risks.
• Partner with development teams to improve rendering performance, caching effectiveness, and overall application responsiveness.
• Assist with CDN and edge optimization efforts, including cache strategy validation and performance analysis.
• Support performance testing activities across multiple regions, devices, browsers, and network conditions.
• Develop and maintain automated performance validation processes within CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in release readiness reviews, performance testing, and post-deployment validation activities.
• Investigate performance incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and provide recommendations for remediation.
• Generate weekly and monthly performance reports that correlate synthetic, real user monitoring, and observability data.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, QA, and Product teams to establish and maintain…