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
The Manager, Reliability Engineering will lead a team of talented Site Reliability Engineers focused on delivering reliable and observable software used by millions of athletes* around the world. You will be a part of the Resilience Engineering organization which includes Reliability Engineering, Observability Engineering, and Quality & Release Engineering.
While a variety of engagement methods exist, SREs are primarily embedded with product delivery teams across Global Technology. This leader will work with those scrum teams and all the roles adjacent and therein. These product delivery teams can span all of Nike’s most critical digital properties: Nike.com, NikeApp, SNKRS, brick & mortar retail, wholesale platforms, marketing technologies, order fulfillment and distribution platforms, etc. In order to deliver Reliability Engineering goals, you will partner and influence at multiple levels of not only Global Technology, but across business units and geographical locations.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
• Bachelors degree and 10+ years work experience as a software engineer, team lead, or manager
• Thorough understanding of how to deliver software with reliability and resilience concepts
• Hands-on experience building, deploying, and operating software using modern cloud-based techniques and micro-service architecture patterns
• Ability to build strong relationships with partners/stakeholders and use influence to drive positive change
• A history of finding and reducing toil within complex systems and processes
• Experience with modern observability tooling, processes, and mindset
• A passion for learning, teaching, and mentoring
• And most importantly, a strong desire for building and motivating teams focused on continuous improvement
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
Site Reliability Engineers are blessed to work with a variety of technologies and teams, have the opportunity to solve complex issues, and contribute to the most important areas of Nike’s global business.
As a Manager, Reliability Engineering you will:
• Partner with leaders in product, engineering, business, and operations to identify and address risks, vulnerabilities, and limits in our system before they lead to large-scale issues
• Improve the availability, reliability, and observability of Nike’s services and reduce the burden of human toil with tooling, automation, or process change
• Define a roadmap and execution strategy in collaboration with peer engineering teams, partners, and product management teams
• Identify, curate, and adapt key metrics for not only system health and performance, but for team success
• Create and promote a great work environment and positive team culture that optimizes team success and safety; where different backgrounds, cultures, industry and life experiences are valued
• Coach assigned engineers on problem solving, analysis, influence, architecture
• Collaborate with SRE technical leads and other Reliability leaders to identify training and up- skilling opportunities, monitor industry trends, and define new reliability patterns for the broader organization.
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.
