Position Type
Full Time
Career area
Software Engineering
Location
4/F, WeWork, Embassy GolfLinks, Karnataka, Karnātaka 560093, India
Job ID
R-49416
Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It’s a place where passionate individuals come together to create the future of sport. We are unapologetic about who we are and what we’re after—bringing innovation and inspiration to every athlete* in the world. We look for athletes who can push boundaries, elevate our potential and continue leading us to greatness. The next tastemakers, playmakers, risk takers and glue players. Are you game?
The Product Innovation and Consumer Creation team provides the foundation for how we make Nike product; from innovation, to design, development, line planning, and merchandising. We build the tools and enable Nike to keep pace with consumers and stay ahead of what they want.
Who are we looking for:
We are looking for a Director of Software Engineering to lead teams that build and develop web experiences, core platform APIs leveraging AI/ML for Nike’s Merchandising functions. This role will need to seamlessly partner and collaborate with business teams, other technology leaders, engineers, architects, and product managers to drive rapid value delivery of reusable, well-architected and highly scalable solutions to modernize Nike’s technology landscape.
This role will lead, support and develop engineering team members, manage priorities and deliver results across boundaries. The successful candidate is an inclusive and empowering technology leader with a history of building trust, tight partnerships and enabling agile teams to solve technical problems in a product model.
What will you do:
This role will lead, mentor, and manage multiple engineering squads to deliver software in alignment to cross-functional and multi-year roadmaps and modern industry trends.
You will build a culture of trust and innovation, pushing our teams to explore new and emerging technologies and how those can help us deliver business value at scale.
Enable continuous transformational changes to accelerate Nike’s technical maturity, experimentation, standards, best practices, and developer productivity, while inspiring a rich global engineering culture.
Who will you work with:
As a leader in this organization, you will also partner closely with leadership, product managers, architects, principal engineers, and peers across Merchandising and Consumer Product and Innovation team to manage priorities and drive alignment on technical decisions. Your team will be a high-performing group of software engineers that will be looking to you to empower them, remove barriers, and maintain a strong team culture.
What you bring
14+ years experience leading high performing software engineering teams
5+ years in a leadership role with direct reports
5+ years experience with cloud native technologies or platforms like AWS, Azure or other major cloud providers
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both technical and business-facing
Strength in strategic thinking and translating strategy to measurable objectives
Track record of inspiring others & positive change in solution design, technical delivery, and process improvement
Passion for learning new technologies, patterns, and practices
Experience with Agile software development methodology and DevOps (CICD)
Experience with deploying, monitoring and tracing solutions using tools like Splunk, SignalFx and New Relic
Fluent in modern software architectural principles and patterns (e.g. REST, domain-driven design, microservices, etc.)
Experience with current front-end web application tech (e.g. javascript, CSS, html5, Vue, React/redux)
Experience with distributed cloud systems tech (e.g. node.js, EC2, Kubernetes, Lambda, Bedrock, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch)
Experience with implementing or integrating AI, Machine Learning and related data solutions preferred.
Experience developing, monitoring and supporting highly available microservices and applications
Experience working within large organization or scaled Agile methodologies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience
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 an equal opportunity employer. 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.
What You Can Expect
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
