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
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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.
