Software Engineer II - Platform Engineering

If you’re ready to innovate and lead in global technology platforms, join the Service Platform within Nike’s Enterprise Architecture & Developer Platforms (EADP) organization! You will be part of an organization that is revolutionizing Nike technology platforms and driving a technology landscape that is simplified, modern, and flexible.

The north star of Service Platform is to provide a set of cohesive multi-cloud managed services that orchestrate across Nike and Cloud Provider offerings to abstract the latest container, serverless, and cloud technologies. This allows NIKE Digital Athletes to build, deliver, monitor, and scale platforms faster and with a lower ongoing effort without having to concern themselves with the undifferentiated infrastructure and automation engineering.

POSITION LOCATION & SCHEDULE

This position is based at our beautiful world-wide headquarters location in Beaverton, Oregon. The position follows a "4/1 Hybrid" schedule (Mondays-Thursdays in the office with Fridays optional at home).

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
As a Platform Engineer for Nike Runtime Foundation (NRF), one of the products in Service Platform, you'll be responsible for implementing end-to-end technical solutions in support of the Nike Platform Strategy. You'll work closely with other Platform Engineers to deliver technical design and solutions, contributing to the future success of the business through innovations in technology.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Contribute to the design and development of technical solutions for a Kubernetes Foundational Platform
• Hands-on development of Kubernetes controllers and GitOps deployment of CNCF components
• Adopt, implement, and promote best-in-class design and architecture principles of security, observability, availability, and reliability
• Contribute to ways of working, development standards, and training
• Document, present, and influence technology solutions to various teams in the organization

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

In addition to your peer team and leadership, you will partner with Product and Engineering leadership to break down epics into stories with clear acceptance criteria.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field, or relevant professional experience, education, and training
• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years operating Kubernetes-based solutions in production
• Experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems on public cloud computing platforms
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and layers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing Kubernetes controllers in Golang
• Experience leveraging ArgoCD, Crossplane, or similar tools to implement GitOps
• Ability to create abstracted solutions that do not rely on any on Cloud Service Provider
• Able to navigate governance and compliance requirements of Global Platforms
• Passionate about delighting enterprise customers, and an understanding of enterprise workloads
• Ability to work collaboratively at all levels in a matrixed environment

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.