Collaborate with and consult Architecture, Security, Privacy, and other subject matter experts within Nike
Act as the subject matter expert for resilience and high availability of consumer facing (e-commerce) systems/applications
Communicate to leadership the status of recovery time (RTO), recovery point objectives (RPO) for critical systems
Within the Reliability Engineering our goal is to provide technical solutions to complex production problems with a focus on reduction of incident and problem toil, speeding detection and recovery of critical incidents through observability and continuous improvement through operational health measurement and sharing.
Ability to lead assessments of applications and infrastructure components to identify gaps related to high availability/disaster recovery
5+ years of software development experience
5 years’ experience in building cloud-based enterprise systems, ideally on AWS.
Proficient in Java 8 and newer
Proficient with JavaScript on frontend (React, Angular, etc.) and backend (Node.js) components.
Demonstrable knowledge of Linux operating system internals, TCP/IP, filesystems, disk/storage technologies
Basic understanding of DNS, Networking, Virtualization
ˀExperience with Docker and/or serverless patterns.
Expertise in designing and building scalable Micro Services
Expertise in web and web-app patterns
Expertise in SQL and NoSQL datastore systems to build highly scalable solutions
Experience with expertise in other modern enterprise languages (functional or other – Python, Golang, etc.)
Experience with securing Restful APIs and Apps using OAuth and OpenID Connect and JWT
Good understanding of async/non-blocking Restful APIs approaches and frameworks
Experience within messaging (pub-sub) patterns
Demonstrated negotiation and influencing skills
Basic understanding of most of the following: ServiceNow, Jira, Jenkins, GitHub, Splunk, New Relic, or equivalent Application Performance Monitoring Tool
The following are a High Availability Engineer’s responsibility for this role but is not limited to:
Plan and lead chaos engineering exercises to expose weaknesses in Nike production systems, uncover any gaps in monitoring and observability, and put in place solutions to lower the effects of any failures on consumers
Partner with infrastructure and application engineering teams to ensure solutions meet high availability/disaster recovery requirements, including gap identification, assessment, and remediation
Assess current disaster recovery strategy, impacts, and risks including business, legal, and IT perspectives
Propose various application design patterns and develop disaster recovery scenarios/resilience requirements
Act as a subject matter expert to system owners on industry standards and best practices for disaster recovery
Lead technical recovery efforts in the event of a site outage
Skills Required
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 5 years building cloud-based enterprise systems, ideally on AWS
- Proficient in Java 8 and newer
- Proficient with JavaScript on frontend (React, Angular) and backend (Node.js)
- Demonstrable knowledge of Linux operating system internals, TCP/IP, filesystems, disk/storage technologies
- Basic understanding of DNS, Networking, Virtualization
- Experience with Docker and/or serverless patterns
- Expertise in designing and building scalable microservices
- Expertise in web and web-app patterns
- Expertise in SQL and NoSQL datastore systems
- Experience with other modern enterprise languages (Python, Golang, etc.)
- Experience securing RESTful APIs and apps using OAuth, OpenID Connect, and JWT
- Good understanding of async/non-blocking RESTful API approaches and frameworks
- Experience with messaging (pub-sub) patterns
- Basic understanding of ServiceNow, Jira, Jenkins, GitHub, Splunk, New Relic or equivalent APM
- Demonstrated negotiation and influencing skills
Nike Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nike and has not been reviewed or approved by Nike.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is complemented by options such as a Mega Backdoor Roth and deferred compensation for eligible earners. Financial coaching and structured savings programs support long-term financial security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a stock discount sits alongside broad-based equity vehicles like RSUs and non-qualified stock options. These avenues expand wealth-building opportunities beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave includes maternity and paternity time, recently expanded in the U.S. to 16 weeks and extended to part-time retail teammates. Additional supports include childcare assistance at select locations and family-building benefits such as fertility, surrogacy, and adoption.
Nike Insights
What We Do
At NIKE, Inc., we innovate to serve athletes*. Every teammate - from coder to creator - plays a role in making these athletes’ dreams real. Our tech, data, and digital teams push limits every day, building the future of sport and the tools that drive it. Here, curiosity is fuel. Innovation is the game plan. Different perspectives keep us on the offense. You’ll solve challenges worth tackling, grow fast and belong to a team that backs you to do the right thing. Bring your drive. Bring your bold. Let’s move the world, together. Take your first step at nike.com/careers * If you have a body, you’re an athlete.
Why Work With Us
At NIKE, Inc., your dedication fuels the future of sport. There is a sense of pride that comes from representing an iconic brand and shaping its future. Here, we treat every day as a new opportunity to push boundaries, ask tough questions and share whole-hearted convictions. We are a team – united by the belief that anything is possible.
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