WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As a Software Engineer I at Nike’s Geographies & Marketplace Experiences (GaME) – Athlete Tools team located at India Technology Center, you’ll work alongside a group of talented engineers building solutions for global digital and in-store platforms designed to deliver best-in-class consumer experiences.

You’ll work under the guidance of an Engineering Manager, who will mentor and support your career growth. You will have opportunities to learn hands-on, collaborate with teammates, and share ideas that influence the technical direction of projects.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re seeking passionate, driven, and collaborative entry-level backend engineers who want to kickstart their career with exposure to cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions. If you’re excited about solving real-world problems and working in a fast-paced, results-driven environment, we want to hear from you!

We’re looking for a Software Engineer I who can design, develop and deliver high quality software solutions that solve specific business problems and grow Nike’s digital businesses.

In this role, you will gain a deep understanding of Nike’s technology landscape and business perspectives for the geography. You will be responsible for partnering with Global teams to augment existing and implement new products and capabilities through the development cycle.  In this role, it is critical to partnering with local engineering teams, global engineering teams, product managers, business stakeholders and the rest of your immediate development team.

At Nike, we believe in owning the lifecycle of the software that you develop within this fast-paced environment.  That means that new features and products are delivered to production with speed, but also reinforced with a mature, agile development methodology and automated testing to ensure deliverables are of the highest quality.

Technology cutovers and implementations are just the start of the journey. You will use both business and information tools to objectively measure technology systems and how they are performing for the business and when necessary, advocate for key technology and process improvements and you are closely tied in with operational and support SLA’s, OLA’s and KPI’s that measure those systems. 

Ideal Candidate Skills:

• Exposure to Java programming and frameworks like Spring Boot through academics, internships, or projects.

• Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservice architecture.

• Familiarity with databases (NoSQL like Cassandra/DynamoDB/MongoDB or SQL like MySQL/Oracle).

• Enthusiasm for test-driven development using tools like JUnit or Mockito.

• Interest in cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

• Basic knowledge of monitoring tools like Kibana or Grafana (bonus); eagerness to learn.

• Awareness of Agile/Scrum practices and teamwork principles.

• Self-driven mindset with curiosity to learn and adapt in challenging environments.

• Strong communication skills, teamwork abilities, and a willingness to take ownership of tasks.

• Understanding in designing and implementing highly scalable web applications

• Understanding in micro service architecture, domain driven design, and RESTful Services using languages such as Java, Node, or Scala

• Understanding working with relational data stores like MySQL and Oracle

• Understanding working with NoSQL data stores like Cassandra, DynamoDB, or MongoDB is a plus

• Understanding working in a distributed/cloud-based environment (e.g. Amazon EC2, GCE, Rackspace, Azure etc.) is a plus

• Understanding in Python programming is a plus

• Understanding with IaC tools like Cloudformation, Terraform etc is a plus

• Understanding with monitoring and tracing tools like Splunk, SignalFx and New Relic

• Understanding with continuous integration, unit testing

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related fields.

(Note: Final year students or recent graduates are welcome to apply!)

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Technical and data foundation are core to the direction of Nike as we strive to grow in our ability to make better and faster decisions that support our efforts to accelerate a positive consumer experience. You will use both business and information tools to objectively measure technology systems and how they are performing for the business and when necessary, advocate for key technology and process improvements and you are closely tied in with operational and support SLA’s, OLA’s and KPI’s that measure those systems. 

At Nike, we believe in investing in young talent, empowering you to learn, innovate, and grow. As a Software Engineer I, you will:

• Work on impactful projects: Build features using Java and Spring Boot that enable Nike’s digital transformation and scale consumer experiences worldwide.

• Collaborate with teammates: Partner with engineers and product team members to design and deploy scalable solutions.

• Learn from industry leaders: Participate in peer code reviews, receive constructive feedback, and improve your technical expertise.

• Stay future-ready: Explore new technologies, stay updated with industry trends, and proactively contribute ideas to solve real consumer challenges.

• Support agile practices: Contribute to the team’s collaboration and processes to deliver solutions efficiently while focusing on continuous improvement.

In this role, you will:

• Be part of a mission critical team focused on building a high-throughput, low-latency, fault-tolerant supply chain platform that drive Nike’s Digital transformation and growth strategies.

• Design and deliver RESTful API’s following domain-driven design.

• Have strong communication skills, ability to manage up and down, solve complex problems, and being a supportive leader and team player is key.

• Leverage and organize your squad to collectively deliver software solutions that scale appropriately and perform to defined service level agreements

• Collaborate with engineers, architects, product and agile to develop the right business or technical solution

• Ensure on going proper functioning of software solutions in production using testing best practices

• Responsible for the health and maintainability of code base and repositories

• Consistently meets squad-level commitments and deliverables according to agreed upon timelines

• Knowledge sharing through documentation, presentations, pair programming and other mechanisms

• Advise product and business owners on specific technology-related aspects required to deliver solutions correctly and deliver them according to a technical roadmap

• Be an active member and help to define of Nike’s engineering culture

• Remain current with industry trends and lead development of key innovation features.

• Being available in a rotating production support model and being an escalation point when needed

• Being available in interacting with Global teams when needed to assist the teams with business deliverables

• Grow yourself as an engineer and a leader:  Leverage Nike resources and training opportunities to grow yourself in the role.