WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager— the enterprise team that curates, governs, and serves Nike Direct and Marketplace data products to BI Experience teams and other GT domains. You will be a senior individual contributor on the squad, working alongside Leads and Principal engineers to deliver complex backend and data systems. You will mentor SWE I and SWE II engineers, drive technical design within your squad, and influence patterns and standards that cross-squad teams adopt.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for senior engineers who own outcomes end-to-end — engineers who can decompose ambiguous problems, drive high-quality designs, and ship complex systems with minimal oversight.
A minimum of 5–8 years of backend and/or data engineering experience.
Strong expertise in at least one of Java, Python, or Scala, and confident fluency in SQL and data modeling.
Proven experience designing and shipping production microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems.
Hands-on experience with modern data platforms — Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog (or equivalent) — and orchestration tools such as Airflow.
Solid cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) including IAM, secrets, networking, and cost-aware design.
Experience leading non-trivial technical designs, writing design documents, and driving them through review with peers.
Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers — code reviews, pairing, and design coaching.
Experience with distributed messaging (Kafka, SQS), caching (Redis), and search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch) where relevant.
Strong test-driven development discipline, including productive use of AI tools like GitHub Copilot.
Experience with CI/CD, observability (metrics/tracing/alerting), and incident response.
Excellent written and verbal communication; able to influence both engineers and senior product/business partners.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field — or equivalent experience.
Preferred: experience with data governance, RLS/ABAC, ontology/semantic layers, dbt, agentic/LLM-powered analytics layers, or large-scale BI platforms.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
As a Software Engineer III in Marketplace Data Engineering, you will own meaningful slices of our data products, APIs, and pipelines — and influence how the broader team builds.
You will lead the design and delivery of significant backend and data services that serve Marketplace and Nike Direct data to BI Experience teams and enterprise consumers.
You will drive technical design reviews within your squad — choosing patterns, defining contracts, and trading off scope, complexity, and timeline with product partners.
You will raise the engineering bar through high-leverage code reviews, pairing, and authoring patterns and blueprints that other squads adopt.
You will own production reliability and operational quality of the services you build — leading on-call, capacity planning, and post-incident learning.
You will mentor SWE I and SWE II engineers on the squad and contribute to their growth through career and skills coaching.
You will partner with the Platform team to adopt recommended toolkits and contribute back improvements when patterns fall short of our needs.
You will collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams and represent your squad in cross-org technical forums.
Skills Required
- 5-8 years of backend and/or data engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in at least one of Java, Python, or Scala.
- Confident fluency in SQL and data modeling.
- Proven experience designing and shipping production microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems.
- Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog or equivalent).
- Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow.
- Solid cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) including IAM, secrets, networking, and cost-aware design.
- Experience leading non-trivial technical designs and writing design documents.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers (code reviews, pairing, design coaching).
- Experience with distributed messaging (Kafka, SQS), caching (Redis), and search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch).
- Strong test-driven development discipline and productive use of AI tools like GitHub Copilot.
- Experience with CI/CD, observability (metrics/tracing/alerting), and incident response.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Preferred: experience with data governance, RLS/ABAC, ontology/semantic layers, dbt, agentic/LLM-powered analytics layers, or large-scale BI platforms.
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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