Principal, Software Engineering, ITC

You will be a part of the larger Global Technology organization working on Nike’s internal Supply Chain and Planning Technology (SCPT) and reporting to the team’s Engineering Director.  You will work day-to-day with a team of engineers, the team’s Product Manager and Principal Engineers in the organization on software projects to achieve Nike’s business objectives.  You will also engage with other Global Technology functions and teams on organizational and technical goals

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be tasked with working closely with multiple engineering squads across a business-aligned domain 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. You will be reporting into the Software Engineering Director, who will guide you to grow and build your career path.

As a principal software engineer in SCPT organization, you will be part of designing and delivering best in class solutions in supply chain. 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 can-do mentality. We own the products we build and support. You will bring a depth of knowledge and experience in software engineering, with a focus on supply chain distribution domain. The role will provide the opportunity to identify solutions and solve complex business and technical problems that impact multiple teams.

• You have a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or Engineering

• 10+ years relevant experience of designing, building and implementing end-to-end complex software engineering solutions

• Experience in Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or Transportation Management Systems (TMS)

• Expert-level experience in working with Java, AWS, 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

• Experience working with relational data stores like MySQL and Oracle

• Experience with monitoring and tracing tools like Splunk, SignalFx

• Expertise in using Github Co-pilot 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

As a Principal Software Engineer you will:

• Provide technical guidance and innovative approaches to the implementation and realization of roadmaps

• Work with multiple multi-functional engineering teams at Nike to build the future of sport across time zones

• Drive cross-domain alignment and technical delivery of major capabilities across value streams

• Work with Architecture to come up with solution options and help with assessing their relative merits and risks to figure out the best solution

• Provide technical leadership in the evaluation, conceptualization, design, and development of major new capabilities

• Participate in the establishment of core platforms and build a capability maturity vision to progress and improve our platforms

• Design, develop, test and deploy sophisticated solutions

• Mentor software developers on the team, and through code reviews, ensure that all the work meets industry standards

• You will support mission critical platforms across Node (WMS) Management systems and Transportation Management systems.