Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure Engineering

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a Principal Engineer at Nike to be instrumental in crafting our technology strategy. Your expertise in multi-cloud engineering will help us stay ahead of the curve in this constantly evolving landscape and chip in significantly to our success!

The ideal candidate will be a servant leader, bringing deep technical expertise to deliver outstanding agility, availability, resiliency, security, and performance solutions in multi-cloud. Your leadership will deliver these capabilities through communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, dedication, inclusion, and positivity. Your track record in inspiring change and transformation in multi-cloud engineering technologies, tools, and processes through metrics-driven, KPI-based methodologies, and an evidence-based continuous improvement approach will encourage and excite us.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

In the role you will translate business strategies and objectives into technical direction, working implementations, and have these responsibilities:

• Multi-Cloud Architecture: Design, develop, and deploy scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-agnostic solutions that meet Nike's business needs across multiple cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.).

• Technical Leadership: Provide direction and mentorship to cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with company objectives and industry trends.

• Cloud Interoperability: Develop and maintain expertise in cloud interoperability, ensuring seamless integration and migration between cloud platforms.

• Innovation: See opportunities for innovation and develop proof-of-concepts (POCs) or minimum viable products (MVPs) to demonstrate the value of new technologies or approaches.

• Collaboration: Work with collaborators, including business leaders, product managers, and engineering teams, to understand requirements and design solutions that meet their needs.

• Cloud Engineering: Develop a deep understanding of cloud computing platforms, services, and tools.

• Technology Roadmap: Contribute to the development of Nike's technology roadmap, mentor and coach engineers, sharing knowledge and expertise to help them grow in their careers.

• Lead strategy, architecture, and implementation of innovative multi-cloud solutions that are scalable, resilient, and efficient. Leads feasibility analysis and serves as a technical leader for the most sophisticated multi-functional initiatives.

• Be responsible for the engineering transition of existing infrastructure to a multi-cloud image, ensuring detailed migration and integration.

• Acts as an advisor to management and partners on sophisticated/emerging technologies and their applications in cloud and infrastructure technology.

• Work closely with departments to proactively ensure cloud engineering capabilities are capable of handling emerging and future business requirements.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

This role collaborates with the Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering and will connect across all levels of the organization. In addition, we will partner closely with Enterprise Architecture, the Engineering Community, and key partners across Global Geographies.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on cloud computing, architecture, and multi-cloud engineering.

• Deep expertise in multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), including design, development, and deployment across these environments.

• Strong technical leadership skills, with experience guiding multi-functional teams and influencing technical direction.

• Innovative problem-solving skills, with a track record of developing creative solutions to complex technical challenges.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work optimally with both technical and non-technical partners.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in designing and deploying cloud-based solutions for large-scale consumer-facing applications.

• Familiarity with DevOps practices, such as continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).

• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and Scrum framework. Certifications in cloud computing platforms or related technologies.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience as an individual contributor developing custom software using common systems like Java, Python, Rust, and/or JavaScript.

• 7+ years of professional experience with AWS or other major cloud provider.

• Establish best-practice software engineering methodologies for a global, 24x7, high-volume, high-availability, critical production environment, based on metrics-based KPIs.