Principal Software Engineer

Open to remote work except in South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

Information about benefits can be found here.
 

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. We look for colleagues who can grow, think, dream and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The Nike brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR 

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to drive our Governance and Compliance Engineering at Nike. Your expertise in software and data engineering will help us stay ahead of the curve in this constantly evolving landscape and chip in significantly to our success!

The ideal candidate will be a servant leader, bringing deep technical expertise to deliver outstanding agility, availability, resiliency, security, and performant solutions. Your leadership will deliver these capabilities through communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, dedication, inclusion, and positivity. Your track record in inspiring change and transformation in large global scale, distributed engineering technologies, tools, and processes through metrics-driven, KPI-based methodologies, and an evidence-based continuous improvement approach will encourage and excite us!

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON 

In the role you will translate business strategies and objectives into technical direction, working implementations, and have these responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering: Design, develop, and deploy scalable, secure, and highly available data solutions that meet Nike's business needs across multiple geographies.

• Technical Leadership: Provide direction and mentorship to multi-functional teams, ensuring alignment with company objectives and industry trends.

• Innovation: See opportunities for innovation and develop proof-of-concepts (POCs) or minimum viable products (MVPs) to demonstrate the value of new technologies or approaches.

• Collaboration: Work with collaborators, including business leaders, product managers, and engineering teams, to understand requirements and design solutions.

• Technology Roadmap: Contribute to the development of Nike's technology roadmap, mentor and coach engineers, sharing knowledge and expertise to help them grow in their careers.

• Lead strategy, architecture and implementation of innovative data solutions that are scalable, resilient, and efficient.

• Leads feasibility analysis and serves as technical leader for the most sophisticated multi-functional initiatives.

• Work closely with departments to proactively ensure data engineering capabilities are capable of handling emerging and future business requirements.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH 

This role collaborates with the Senior Director of Enablement Engineering and will connect across all levels of the organization. In addition, we will partner closely with all software and data Engineering teams.

WHAT YOU BRING

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

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on Distributed systems.

• Deep expertise in software development (polyglot). Including design, development, and deployment.

• Strong technical leadership skills, with experience guiding multi-functional teams and influencing technical direction.

• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and Scrum framework.

• Innovative problem-solving skills, with a track record of developing creative solutions to complex technical challenges.

• Familiarity with DevOps practices, such as continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work optimally with both technical and non-technical partners.

• Establish best-practice software engineering methodologies for a global, 24x7, high-volume, high-availability, critical production environment, based on metrics-based KPIs.

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. 

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.