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.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will work directly with your engineering team to lead the development of key innovation features, while collaborating with peer teams to ensure seamless interoperability and cohesive system integration. Your focus will be on delivering robust, scalable, and reliable solutions that align with business goals and enable smooth integration across platforms. In this role, you will partner with globally distributed engineering, product and program teams to maintain an ecosystem of loosely coupled, independently scalable services that meet evolving business needs. You will report to an Engineering Manager or Senior Engineering Manager within your capability area.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
A minimum of 8 years software development experience in building Frontend with React and TypeScript
Experience driving technical decisions and solutions in a highly collaborative, multi-discipline development team environment
Experience in API development and integration with RESTful Services using languages such as Node.js
Experience with developing automated tests (E2E) with testing frameworks like Jest, Cypress.js and Enzyme
Experience with continuous integration, unit testing, static analysis, and automated integration tests -- Continuous delivery experience preferred
Solid understanding of Scrum and Agile principles
Experience working in a distributed/cloud-based environment (e.g. Amazon EC2, GCE, Rackspace, Azure etc.)
Nice to have experience in Jenkins and Docker
Dedication to and hands-on experience in performing technical code reviews
Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively connect with both business and technical teams
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Information Systems, or a combination of relevant education, experience, and training
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You will build and deliver the technical runway for existing and new technological capabilities to support multiple mission critical systems within the Marketing Communications space. You will rely on your understanding of scalable, highly available, and consistent distributed systems to design world class solutions.
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will:
Design & Develop: Build, test, and maintain React applications and Node services providing functionality necessary to render content
Lead Technical Initiatives: Lead and contribute to architectural decisions, technical strategy, and feature planning
Collaborate: Work closely with product managers, designers, stakeholders and other engineers to define requirements, technical specifications, and deliver quality software
Explain designs and constraints to stakeholders and technical teams, gather alignment and buy-in
Ensure solutions are designed and developed using a scalable, highly resilient cloud native architecture
Front-End Development: Design and implement RESTful APIs, microservices, services using technologies like Node.js
Review: Lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies
Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices
Database Management: Develop NoSQL databases, ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval
Testing & Quality Assurance: Write unit tests, integration tests, and maintain high code quality standards using tools such as Jest, Mocha, or similar
Performance Optimization: Identify and fix performance bottlenecks across the full stack, ensuring high availability and responsiveness
CI/CD Integration: Integrate with and maintain continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for seamless software delivery
Agile Methodologies: Participate in Agile processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, code reviews, and retrospectives.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to your teammates and develop a team environment that promotes collaboration and innovation
Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback
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.
