Position Type
Full Time
Career area
Software Engineering
Location
4/F, WeWork, Embassy GolfLinks, Karnataka, Karnātaka 560093, India
Job ID
R-85496
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?
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Freight Audit and Pay engineering team that builds and operates systems enabling accurate freight invoice validation, carrier settlement, and payment processing across Nike's global supply chain. You will be the technical leader of the squad, owning the technical roadmap and providing hands-on technical direction whilst working closely with Product Managers to define and drive delivery priorities. You will mentor Software Engineer III, SWE II, and SWE I engineers through code reviews, design coaching, whilst remaining an active individual contributor delivering high-impact technical work.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
You will have -
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
A minimum of 7–12+ years of backend and/or data engineering experience.
Deep expertise in at least one of Java, Python, or Scala, and confident fluency in SQL and data modelling.
Proven experience designing and shipping production Microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems.
Demonstrated ability to lead significant technical designs, write architecture decision records (ADRs), and drive them through review and adoption across engineering and product leadership
Hands-on experience with modern data platforms—Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalogue (or equivalent)—and orchestration tools such as Airflow.
Solid cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) including IAM, secrets, networking, and cost-aware design.
Experience with distributed messaging (Kafka, SQS), caching (Redis), and search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch) where relevant.
Strong test-driven development discipline, including productive use of AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor
Experience with CI/CD, observability (metrics/tracing/alerting), and incident response.
Excellent written and verbal communication; able to influence senior engineering leaders, product partners, and business stakeholders through clear technical storytelling.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with application configuration and integration in supply chain or logistics contexts—working with SaaS platforms, master data (carriers, locations, rates, service levels), and EDI/API integrations between TMS, ERP, and WMS systems
Integration architecture patterns connecting logistics systems (TMS/WMS) with financial systems (ERP/AP), middleware platforms (MuleSoft, SAP PI/PO), and data synchronization across distributed systems.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As the Lead Software Engineer for Freight Audit and Pay, you will own the technical vision and delivery for mission-critical invoice processing, carrier settlement, and financial integration systems—whilst shaping how the broader engineering organization builds scalable supply chain platforms.
Technical Roadmap & Strategic Leadership
You will own and drive the squad's technical roadmap in close partnership with Product Managers—translating business priorities into technical strategy, defining quarterly technical themes, making scope and complexity trade-offs, and ensuring alignment with enterprise platform direction
You will proactively identify technical debt and platform gaps, frame the cost of inaction in business terms, and secure investment for foundational work that enables future business capabilities
You will lead stakeholder engagement—providing regular status updates to senior product and business partners, explaining technical constraints and opportunities, gathering requirements and feedback, and incorporating stakeholder input into technical designs whilst maintaining engineering quality
System Design & Delivery Leadership
You will drive technical design reviews within your squad and across related teams—choosing architectural patterns, defining service contracts and data models, establishing non-functional requirements (performance, reliability, security), and representing your squad in cross-org technical forums
You will design and own integration pipelines connecting transportation systems (Blue Yonder TMS, Manhattan WMS), financial systems (SAP S/4 ERP), carrier communication channels (EDI, APIs, SFTP), and freight audit platforms—ensuring master data consistency, real-time event synchronisation, data quality validation, and accurate accrual workflows
You will collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams—leading technical alignment across time zones, representing your squad in enterprise architecture reviews, and ensuring consistent patterns across the broader supply chain engineering organization.
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.
