Senior Manager, Software Engineering Innovation

Nike - Beaverton, OR

Full-time - Manager

Beaverton, OR

Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Software Engineering Manager at NIKE, Inc. will lead the development of data and sport research technology capabilities. This role requires a strong technical foundation, innovative mindset, and a commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The manager will build and coach an engineering team, collaborate with various stakeholders, and contribute to the strategy and planning of future products and platform capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build and coach the engineering team, ensuring their growth and performance.
• Collaborate with partners to coordinate dependencies and mitigate risks.
• Make decisions needed to deliver continuous business value through technology.
• Contribute to the strategy and program planning of future products and platform capabilities.
• Align enterprise-wide technical designs and plans with Principal Engineers, Solution Architects, and Product Managers.

Requirements

• Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science or related technical subject area or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading full stack DevOps teams that include development, testing, and operations skills.
• 3+ years in a leadership role with direct reports.
• Domain experience building data-centric software products in sports research, medical data, or related field is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both technical and business-facing.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with multiple tech and business stakeholders.
• Solid computer science fundamentals, including algorithms and data structures.
• Fluent in modern software architectural principles and patterns (REST, domain-driven design, microservices, etc).
• Experience with distributed cloud systems tech (AWS, node.js, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, or Google Cloud/Azure equivalents).
• Experience with front-end web application tech (javascript, CSS, html5, Vue, React).
• Experience delivering data products to users in a lakehouse platform (databricks strongly preferred).
• Experience delivering Gen AI applications (to production preferred, at minimum POC to business users required).
• Experience leading engineering in a product model within a large, agile portfolio.

Benefits

• Generous total rewards package
• Casual work environment
• Diverse and inclusive culture
• Professional development opportunities