WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Senior Principal Engineer, Software Engineering, EADP who excels in team environments and are excited about building cloud native platforms that can scale with the demand of our business. This role is part of Enterprise Architecture & Developer Platforms team which aggressively innovate solutions to drive growth while creating and implementing tools that help make everything else in the company possible. The candidate needs to have a strong understanding of technical concepts, excellent attention to detail, strong verbal and written communication skills, and be self-motivated and operates with a high sense of urgency and a high level of integrity.

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON

Evangelize and cultivate adoption of Global Platforms, open-source software and agile principles within the organization

Ensure solutions are designed and developed using a scalable, highly resilient cloud native architecture

Deliver well-documented and well-tested code, and participate in peer code reviews

Design and develop tools and frameworks to improve security, reliability, maintainability, availability and performance for the technology foundation of our platform

Ensure product and technical features are delivered to spec and on-time

Collaborate with and consult other Nike development teams, architecture teams etc.

Explain designs and constraints to stakeholders and technical teams, gather alignment and buy-in’s

Provide responsive support and operations for the platforms you help build.

Work with product management to support product / service scoping activities

Work with leadership to define delivery schedules of key features through an agile framework

Be a key contributor to overall architecture, framework and design of global platforms

Self-Driven and Self-Motivated to drive the initiatives

Very strong in developing the concepts and influencing teams by publishing Whitepapers

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH

This role is part of the Enterprise Architecture & Developer Platforms and will be working very closely with Foundational Platforms & Business Platforms teams

Masters’ or Bachelors' degree in Computer Science or a related field

12+ years of experience in large-scale production-grade software development & platform engineering

Strong experience in developing Scalable and Secure API Development

Proven experience in Full-Stack Software Development covering end to end SDLC

Strong experience in at least two programming languages (Python, Java, Node.js, or Golang)

Hands on expertise in Micro Services Architecture, Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development, API Test Automation and Serverless Architecture.

In-depth knowledge of OOP’s concepts, strong Coding Principles, Software Architectural Patterns, Cloud Native Patterns, and real-time streaming patterns

Proven experience in contributing to open-source technologies

Experience with Kubernetes and AWS/ Azure/Google Cloud services

Must have experience in mentoring and coaching team of engineers and ensuring Code Quality and standards are followed

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders across the enterprise

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively

Experience in Supply Chain or Retail domain is a great addition

Good Understanding on Big Data, ML/Ops, Data Analytics, Visualisation, Integration Tools and Technologies