Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It’s a place where passionate individuals come together to create the future of sport. We are unapologetic about who we are and what we’re after—bringing innovation and inspiration to every athlete* in the world. We look for athletes who can push boundaries, elevate our potential and continue leading us to greatness. The next tastemakers, playmakers, risk takers and glue players. Are you game?
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
Nike Platform Engine (NPE) provides solutions to standardize the way that Nike engineering teams deploy software to the cloud.
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. You will partner with product and engineering leadership to break down epics into stories with clear acceptance criteria. And you’ll document, present, and influence technology solutions to various teams in the organization.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for a lead platform engineer to help us build out and support Nike’s Kubernetes platform.
This is an IC leadership role which is critical to the success of the team. The ideal candidate is an experienced practitioner who is capable of both writing code themselves and accomplishing work through others.The candidate needs to be curious and rigorous in their approach to the craft of software engineering. And they must be experienced in developing and deploying distributed systems to the cloud in an enterprise environment.
Minimum qualifications:
6+ 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.
Demonstrated experience in technical leadership and setting technical direction for engineering projects.
Strong understanding of networking protocols and layers.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience developing Kubernetes controllers in Golang
Experience leveraging ArgoCD or similar tools to implement GitOps
Ability to create abstracted solutions that do not rely on any Cloud Service Provider
Able to navigate governance and compliance requirements of Global Platforms
Passionate about delighting enterprise customers and an understanding of enterprise workloads
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
In this role, you will lead the design and development of a Kubernetes-based foundational platform. You will do hands-on development, building custom controllers, Crossplane providers, and GitOps deployment of CNCF components. And you’ll provide technical coaching to less experienced engineers.
You will adopt, implement, and promote best-in-class design and architecture principles of security, observability, availability, and reliability. Contribute to ways of working, development standards, training, and hiring.
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.
