WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR :
We are seeking a highly accomplished Distinguished Engineer to lead and inspire our engineering teams responsible for developing and maintaining our products and platforms and delivering great integrated experiences for our users. As a key member of our technology leadership team, you will oversee the design, architecture, and implementation of critical products across Innovation, design creation. merchandizing, AI/ML and GenAI platforms. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation and ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of our product ecosystem.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON :
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Technical Leadership: Provide strategic direction and technical guidance to engineering teams across multiple domains, and geographies.
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Product and Platform Architecture: Design and evolve the overall architecture for our suite of products and platforms, ensuring they align with business objectives and meet the evolving needs of our organization.
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Innovation: Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation, driving the adoption of emerging technologies and best practices.
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Team Development: Mentor engineering talent, building high-performing teams and fostering a collaborative work environment.
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Collaboration: Partner with product management, data science, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
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Problem Solving: Identify and resolve complex technical challenges related to design, security, governance, performance, scalability, and reliability.
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Industry Trends: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies.
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Hands-on coding: Actively participating in design, development and debugging activities, demonstrating deep understanding of engineering principles and practices.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH :
This role reports to the VP of Consumer Product and Innovation and will work closely with Product creation, Merch, Design, Innovation teams, the Distinguished Engineering Community, and key partners across Footwear, Apparel, Ops, Merch and Geos.
WHAT YOU BRING :
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Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field (Master's or Ph.D. preferred)
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10+ years software engineering experience as an individual contributor.
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Proven track record as a Distinguished Engineer or equivalent role in a technology-driven organization.
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Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, asynchronous architectures and distributed algorithms
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Deep understanding of system performance tradeoffs, work scheduling, and engineering for high availability
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Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies and their application to data-driven solutions.
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Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams.
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Proven ability to drive innovation and solve complex technical challenges.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Active involvement in the open-source community and a history of contributing to relevant projects and/or experience in publishing technical articles.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
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What We Do
At NIKE, Inc., it’s in our nature to innovate and our mission is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world [if you have a body, you’re an athlete]. Because we exist to serve athletes, we dare to design the future of sport. To us, innovation is about elevating human potential. We obsess over the needs of athletes of all abilities, using their insights to create products that are beautiful, useful and make all athletes better. To make big leaps, we take big risks. Incremental change won’t get us to where we want to go fast enough. So we pursue moonshots — like developing the first self-lacing shoe, running the first two-hour marathon and committing to 100% renewable energy use in our facilities. We embrace different perspectives — from scientists and designers to coders and quarterbacks — because we know everyone brings unique experiences and ideas to the team. To serve athletes across the hundreds of countries where NIKE does business, we need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our consumers and a culture of inclusivity. We aim to foster inclusion and embrace diversity throughout our business, teams, and culture to create breakthrough innovations, empower teammates to realize their full potential and bring us closer to the communities we serve. NIKE's diverse, high-performing teams around the world are united in purpose and inspired to change the world through sport.
Why Work With Us
With a global footprint, culture of innovation and team-first mentality, we take action to create a future of continual progress for athletes, sport and our world. Whether our job is designing the ultimate sneaker or coding a revolutionary app, we’re united by the same mission: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.
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