Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Engineering, ITC

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR 

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer as part of our Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team at Nike. The ideal candidate will be a servant leader, bringing deep technical expertise in Cloud Engineering to solve complex engineering problems to enable Nike’s pursuit to deliver state of the art Enterprise Cloud infrastructure to run Nike’s business and support our athletes.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON 

You’ll be working on building products and solutions for managing and governing Nike’s multi cloud ecosystem , you will be one of the primary technical leaders on one of Nike’s emerging technology platforms.  In a typical week, half of your time will be spent leading by example to design, develop, operate, and integrate Nike and partner platforms and applications. The other half will be leadership responsibilities to drive organizational technical priorities, define engineering best practices, collaborate with peers, and help to translate business problems into technical solutions.
 

You'll have -

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or similar field or relevant professional experience, education, and training.

• Minimum 14+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on cloud infrastructure engineering in an multi cloud ecosystem including architecture, deployment and management of enterprise cloud solutions.

• Extensive hands on experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud (AWS is preferred )

• Hands on experience in cloud infrastructure automation using tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation

• Experience in designing, implementing, and managing control plane architectures for cloud environments, ensuring efficient orchestration, security, and governance of cloud resources

• Strong hands-on programming skills in languages such as Python, GoLang, Java, JavaScript 

• Hands-on experience implementing and supporting modern software architectural principles and patterns (REST, domain-driven design, Devops, microservices, etc.)

• Experience with front-end web application technologies (JavaScript, CSS, html5, React, other UI Frameworks etc.)

• Experience with implementing and integrating AI, Machine Learning, GenAi and related data solutions preferred.

• Experience working in a technical leadership role with agile teams in a product model

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with multiple peers and cross-functional partners 

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide a team of cloud engineers, and excellent collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH 

You will be a part of the larger Global Technology organization working on Nike’s Cloud Infrastructure  Engineering team and report to the team’s Software Engineering Director. You will spend much of your time with Software Engineers in Cloud Engineering  and adjacent teams.  You will also partner closely with other Principal Software Engineers, Solution Architects, Engineering Directors, and Product Managers in both Product Innovation and other departments..