Principal Software Engineer

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. TeamNIKE, 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.NIKE is a technology company. From our flagship website and five-star mobile apps to developing products, managing big data and providing leading edge engineering and systems support, our teams at NIKE Global Technology exist to revolutionize the future at the confluence of tech and sport. We invest and develop advances in technology and employ the most creative people in the world, and then give them the support to constantly innovate, iterate and serve consumers more directly and personally. Our teams are innovative, diverse, multidisciplinary and collaborative, taking technology into the future and bringing the world with it.Supply Chain & Planning Technology (SCPT) team under Global Technology (GT) at Nike is building a global platform to offer best-in-class delivery experience for Nike’s consumers and partners while reducing fulfillment costs and increasing supply chain network throughput with strategically deployed talent across Nike’s capability centers globally.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORAs a principal software engineer in SCPT organization, you will be part of designing and delivering both digital and in-store platforms to bring best in class consumer experiences to our consumer worldwide. We invest and develop advances in technology and employ the most creative people in the world, and then give them the support to constantly innovate, iterate and serve consumers more directly and personally. Our teams are innovative, diverse, multidisciplinary and collaborative, taking technology into the future and bringing the world with it.You will join an extended team of fellow engineers that nurture an engineering culture with its roots in diversity, inclusion and equality. As a team we embrace a DevOps culture and have a can-do mentality. We own the products we build and support. The candidate will have a depth of knowledge and experience in software engineering, with a focus on data and data engineering paradigms. The role will provide the opportunity to identify solutions and solve complex business and technical problems that impact multiple squads.WHAT YOU WILL WORK ONAs a Principal Software Engineer you will partner with product and engineering leadership on the creation and management of roadmaps and provide guidance into approaches to the implementation and realization of roadmaps.You’ll Work with multiple multi-functional engineering teams at Nike to build the future of sport across time-zones by driving cross-domain alignment and technical delivery of major capabilities across value streams along with solution options, assessing their relative merits and risks to figure out the best solution.Being a Principal engineer, you’ll provide technical leadership in the evaluation, conceptualization, design, and development of major new capabilities and participate in the establishment of core platforms and build a capability maturity vision to progress and improve our platforms ensuring architect, develop, test and deploy sophisticated solutions.Along with mentoring software developers on the team through code reviews & ensuring that all the work meets industry standards, you’ll work on technical solutions that serve other engineering, data, or business facing teams.You’ll work for our technical solutions which serve the end-to-end breadth of Nike, from building foundational data capabilities, creating analytical products to help the Nike business make better decisions to optimizing our supply chain enabling our business to run as efficiently as possible.WHO YOU WILL WORK WITHYou will be reporting into the Software Engineering Director, who will guide you to grow and build your career path. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be tasked with working closely with multiple engineering squads across a business-aligned domain in order to solve a wide range of business and technology related problems.Working with Architecture, you will help define the technical design and implementation roadmap across multiple solutions and will work with engineering leadership to ensure we resource and equip our squads with the right expertise to deliver those solutions. Your partners will include Scrum teams, Engineering and Architecture, as well as Product and Business leadership.Through our communities of practice, you will interact with engineers from multiple other squads, and will play a key role in elevating Nike’s engineering culture, standards and best practices, advocating for engineering excellence and innovation.WHAT YOU BRINGYou have education, professional credentials, and/or demonstrable expertise in Computer Science, Engineering, or Numerate Field

15+ years experience of building complex software engineering solutions

Exposure to Supply Chain domain areas like inventory management, order management (B2B & B2C), logistics management, warehouse management

Exposure to implementing or integrating with enterprise scale packages like SAP S4, IBM Sterling, Manhattan WMS is an advantage

Expert-level experience in working with Java and related technologies

A strong knowledge of Cloud Computing (AWS – preferred ), Containerization, CI/CD and DevOps

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

Experience working with NoSQL data stores like Cassandra, DynamoDB, or MongoDB

An expert proficiency in objected oriented programming & design

Expertise in using Github Co-pilot is an advantage

Expertise in front end development is an advantage

A demonstrable ability to solve complex software engineering problems

In-depth knowledge of designing and implementing API and microservice patterns

Quality vs speed approach, preferable with testing experience of some of the most common tools in the industry

Able to function as an expert advisor, inspiring leader as well as facilitate and influence on engineering decisions within tactical and strategic instances

Ability to communicate technical and functional vision and direction to multiple audiences

The skills and desire to work and cooperate with colleagues all around the world

Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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