Lead Software Engineer - Merchandising

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

Global Technology’s Merchandising team builds the technical solutions that allows Nike’s Global Merchandisers to create and manage physical product plans to offer the right products, in the right amount, and available at the right time to meet consumer expectations.  This software team develops new tools that allow Merchandising teams to turn strategic objectives and consumer needs into product line plans. 

Our team is a part of the Global Technology organization and reports to the Product Line Engineering Director.  As Lead Engineer, you will work day-to-day with your peer software engineers, product management and program teams to achieve business objectives.  You will also engage with other Global Technology functions and teams on organizational and technical goals.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to help reimagine how Nike does Merchandising!  This role will lead a team of software engineers in building prototypes and technical solutions for a range of merchandising capabilities that will transform the way Nike plans and merchandises product.  Playing a key role in the research and development of technologies, tools, and processes, the ideal candidate is a problem-solver who is motivated to learn new technologies, communicate ideas and knowledge, and collaborate with teammates.  They need to be able to work with ambiguity and abstract requirements, developing features quickly in a team context, balancing speed with quality.  This role is for someone with experience in multiple technologies and/or domains, and has in-depth experience on at least a few languages, platforms, and tools.  They will also provide leadership, training, and mentoring to team members.  The candidate must also understand the importance of protecting Nike’s intellectual property and highly confidential data.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or similar field or relevant professional experience, education, and training.
• 7+ years software engineering experience
• 5+ years of hands-on industry experience developing full-stack, scalable web applications
• Demonstrated experience with modern web frameworks such as React or Vue (or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of design patterns and software architectural principles
• Experience with distributed cloud technology (AWS preferred), continuous deployment, and automated testing
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with peers and multi-functional partners
• Experience working in a technical leadership role on one or more agile teams in a product model

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

We are a cross-functional team responsible for building next-generation user-centric, data-driven merchandising capabilities needed to support of our Consumer-centric offense. An integral part in advancing our technical strategy, you will lead our team to deliver on that vision.  We also work with our business partners to explore and prove plausibility of concepts and potential solutions.  Along with writing and deploying code, you will be responsible for technical design and feasibility, championing modern patterns and principles, delivering value to the business quickly and without sacrificing quality, and you will lead by example in how we work.  A typical day is a mix of hands-on coding, meetings with product managers, and team technical discussions. We work in a 2-week iteration cycle and follow common Agile Scrum ceremonies like sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.