WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

A Platform Engineer in the NRTD team develops and operates foundational platforms using modern technologies, with an emphasis on innovation, performance, and stability. The role involves working alongside senior engineers to create scalable and resilient platforms that efficiently handle high-throughput data. Additionally, you will collaborate with product owners, cross-functional teams, and customer engineering teams to develop platforms, SDKs, and tools in the streaming domain, in line with NIKE's strategic objectives.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The candidate plays an integral role in developing and sustaining real-time data streaming systems with dedication and a problem-solving attitude. A robust foundation in AWS cloud infrastructure, programming, and CI/CD practices is advantageous, coupled with a commitment to continuous skill enhancement. The candidate should demonstrate a keen interest in advancing their knowledge of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and stream processing technologies. Collaboration with senior team members is essential for the development of scalable, resilient platforms that efficiently manage high-throughput data streams.

The candidate should have the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.

• 2+ years of relevant experience.

• Experience designing, developing, and testing services using Java, Python, Golang, or Node.js.

• Experience building RESTful microservices utilizing AWS services (S3, Route 53, ELB/ALBs, SQS/SNS).

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and deployment.

• Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pulsar, Spark Streaming, Flink.

• Proficiency with SQL or NoSQL databases.

• Strong knowledge of continuous integration, unit testing, static analysis, and automated integration tests. Continuous delivery experience preferred.

• Good understanding of Scrum and agile principles.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to work with both business and technical teams.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will collaborate with the Platform team to develop solutions tailored to customer needs. Your responsibilities include analyzing customer requirements, providing technical guidance, and coordinating with product owners to build solutions. Furthermore, you will integrate standard foundational platforms to enhance operational efficiency. Under the team's technical leadership, you will implement designs that meet customer requirements and construct microservices, deploying them within the Kubernetes ecosystem. You will also engage in various sprint ceremonies such as backlog grooming, estimation, development, demos and retrospectives.

You will:

• Assist in building and maintaining streaming pipelines using Kafka and other technologies.

• Support cloud infrastructure development on AWS platform.

• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot streaming issues to ensure reliability and efficiency.

• Collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams to improve platform scalability and resilience.

• Contribute to automation efforts by enhancing CI/CD workflows and infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Optimize data streaming solutions for low-latency, high-throughput processing.

• Write and maintain technical documentation to support system improvements and knowledge sharing.

• Engage in continuous learning, staying up to date with emerging trends in cloud computing and streaming technology.

• Participate in team discussions and code reviews to refine skills and contribute to best practices.

• Approach challenges with curiosity and a problem-solving mindset to drive innovation and efficiency.

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.