Job Description

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

NIKE is a technology company. From our flagship website and five-star mobile apps to developing products, managing big data and providing leading edge engineering and systems support, our teams at NIKE Global Technology exist to revolutionize the future at the confluence of tech and sport. We invest and develop advances in technology and employ the most creative people in the world, and then give them the support to constantly innovate, iterate and serve consumers more directly and personally.  Our teams are innovative, diverse, multidisciplinary and collaborative, taking technology into the future and bringing the world with it.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to build and develop technology for Nike’s future in direct partnership with engineering leaders across the enterprise. This role collaborates with Engineers, Architects, Product Managers, and Program Managers to create reusable, well-architected and highly scalable solutions to modernize Nike’s technology landscape.

Key focus areas include foundational technology, consumer experiences, supply chain & planning technology, and analytics. The successful candidate should be well-versed in back-end technologies and infrastructure, with the ability to contribute to front-end development as needed. This candidate should be a seasoned software engineer with excellent communication and teamwork skills, as well as the ability to multitask, innovate, and challenge conventional thinking.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Make hands-on contributions to the technical analysis, technical design and implementation plans to replace technology solutions; this may involve engaging, collaborating and partnering with the teams who build and maintain Nike's production systems and services
• Design and develop efficient, reusable, secure, and resilient technology solutions to replace existing deprecated software in direct support of Nike’s multi-year simplification and modernization journey
• Perform hands-on software engineering and coding tasks aligned with multi-year platform roadmaps, Global Technology standards, and modern industry trends
• Help evolve standards and best practices to drive continuous transformational changes to Nike’s platform engineering culture and accelerating technical maturity in innovation, experimentation, and developer productivity
• In addition, you will also enable cross-team collaboration across software engineering teams by growing and supporting the culture of communities of practices (COPs) for specialized multi-disciplinary technical areas, including Observability, API, Data, AI/ML, Kubernetes, DevOps, Cloud, Pipeline, Disaster Recovery, OpenSource, etc.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

This role reports into the Tech Modernization Organization and will connect across all levels and functions of Global Technology at Nike to deliver modernization of platforms at scale. This role is critical to accelerating Nike’s journey to simplify and modernize its technology landscape to deliver cost-savings, better business agility, and faster time-to-market. This role will involve partnering closely with functions that support foundational technologies and consumer experiences across Nike’s public cloud infrastructure, digital, retail, wholesale, and data centers globally.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or similar field or relevant professional experience, education, and training
• 4+ years software engineering experience as an individual contributor developing custom software using common languages or technologies including but not limited to Java, Golang, Python, Node.js, React, or JavaScript
• 3+ years in senior engineering role responsible for system design decisions and leadership on engineering squads focused on delivering enterprise scale systems
• 3+ years professional experience with Cloud Native technologies on AWS; proven experience in tackling cloud challenges around clustering, end-to-end service design, resiliency, reliability, streaming, high-availability / disaster recovery (HA/DR) and complex distributed systems
• 2+ years professional experience with container runtimes, such as Kubernetes, deployment tools like Terraform, and configuration management solutions like Ansible
• Experience delivering complex software migrations
• Deep foundational knowledge of software engineering practices, particularly on distributed systems and cloud native architectures

“Soft” Skills include:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally together to tackle common goals
• Highly passionate about delivery, being comfortable with both providing technical direction as well as being a contributing member of the team
• Thinks long-term and holistically, and takes ownership of defined technical problems to drive results

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form .

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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