Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

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. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

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

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $126,700.00 in our lowest geographic market to $258,400.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

The role is part of Geographies and Marketplace Expansion (GaME) BI team focused on Stores and Competitive Insights. The role will interact with other engineers in the space and partner with product management to serve the business needs.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a passionate Lead Data Engineer, to be a part of Nike’s Geographies and Marketplace Expansion (GaME) BI team, specifically serving the stores and competitive insights business teams. You will play a critical role in developing the next generation of BI solutions helping our business teams make decisions faster and better. This position requires technical curiosity and intuition for business along with strong data engineering and visualization skills. We are looking for someone to drive, own, and ship all aspects of large, multi-functional efforts and feature areas.

Requirements:

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

  • 10+ years of technology related experience required

  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering.

  • Proficiency in SQL, Spark, Python

  • Hands-on experience of working with Databricks, AWS, Snowflake

  • Hands on experience of working with visualization tools like Tableau, Looker etc.

  • Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development, and data streaming.

  • Experience with implementing CI/CD and leading teams with DevOps responsibilities of deploying and supporting the software in production

  • Retail/Direct to consumer domain understanding is a plus

  • Knowledge of leveraging Agentic AI is a plus

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

  • Lead the design and build of large-scale BI solutions.

  • Technology stack leveraged is Databricks, Spark, Python, Tableau, PowerBI Datasets

  • Contributing ideas for new features and identifying technical areas for improvement proactively 

  • Collaborate with upstream and downstream technical teams to develop integrations to provide a seamless flow of our data to business.

  • Provide technical leadership and best engineering practices to continuously deliver working software by mentoring other developers

  • As the Lead Engineer you will use your in-depth experience in software development to write clean, tested, and well-documented code, as well as lead the peer code review process and mentor other engineers on the team.

  • Explore new technology advancements like Agentic AI and incorporate them into the BI solutions to create value for Nike.

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.

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What You Can Expect

OUR HIRING GAME PLAN

01 Apply

Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.

02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment

If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete.  No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.

03 Interview

Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.

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