DIR, Discovery Services

Open to remote work except in South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

Information about benefits can be found here.

NIKE, 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. We look for colleagues who can grow, think, dream and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The Nike brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game. 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We seek passionate engineering leader to join our team. As a Director of Engineering, you'll be responsible for leading Nike’s Search & Discover platforms and services. You are a seasoned leader who can evangelize technical direction, mentor the engineers, influence cross-functional technical teams, and collaborate with non-technical stakeholders. As a Director, you will be expected to own organizational-level initiatives from conception to operationalization, demonstrating an understanding of the full software development lifecycle.  You will be expected to provide technical vision and guidance to your teammates; therefore, strong communication skills are critical in this role. 

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON

You will be integral part of Search and Discovery platform team at Nike Global organization.  You will work with geographically distributed engineering, product management, program management  and SRE teams to deliver the consumer facing application and backend services.  You’ll be influencing the design and implementation of scalable discovery services.  You’ll also contribute to machine learning platforms and tools to enable Search, Browse and recommendation.  You thrive when surrounded by talented colleagues and aim to never stop learning. We are looking for a leader who enjoy a collaborative and academic environment where we develop and share new skills, mentor, and contribute knowledge to communities both within Nike and at-large.  We value and nurture our culture by seeking to always be collaborative, intellectually curious, fun, open, and diverse. 

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH 

You will be working with  Engineering, Product  Management, Program Management, Data Science  and SRE Teams.

Essential job functions

• Influence and Lead the design and development of technical solutions for the Search and Discovery services

• Establish and communicate a strategic vision for multiple systems and solution areas

• Actively participating in design, development and debugging activities, demonstrating deep understanding of engineering principles and practices

• Partner with Product Management, Program Management,  Data Science & Engineering leadership to establish an architectural runway for building Search & Discover platform solutions in consideration of the product roadmaps.

• Adopt and influence best in class design and architecture principles of security, scale, uptime and reliability

• Partner with business leaders to provide expert technical advice and influence strategic decision making

• Contribute to architecture guiding principles, development standards, training and hiring.

• Document, present and influence technology solutions to various teams in the organization

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in business or engineering preferred.

• 10+ years of technology experience in software development or management of full stack software solutions with a solid understanding of business needs.

• The ability to establish credibility through vision, thought leadership, technical expertise and implementation.

• Working understanding of building platform/services for ML needs (familiarity with SageMaker and other frameworks)

• Experience in microservices architecture, domain driven design, and RESTful API’s 

• Strong understanding of scalable platforms and technologies.

• Ability to lead globally distributed engineering teams.

• Ability to work collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment 

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. 

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.