Lead Software Engineer, ITC

About the role

Nike's Global Technology organization is looking for an ambitious Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to report to the Engineering Manager. You will work with peer engineers, product managers and architects on product teams, and collaborate with other Global Technology teams on organizational and individual development goals. The role covers building and maintaining front-end and back-end applications, with a focus on scalable, cloud-native software.

Key responsibilities

• Build, test and maintain web applications and services across the full stack, using scalable, resilient cloud-native architecture.
• Lead architectural decisions, technical strategy and feature planning, and explain designs and constraints to stakeholders.
• Work with product managers, designers and other engineers to define requirements and deliver quality software.
• Develop responsive web interfaces with modern JavaScript frameworks (React).
• Lead design reviews, review code from other developers and give feedback.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs, microservices and backend services with Node.js, Python or similar.
• Develop NoSQL databases and write unit and integration tests with tools such as Jest or Mocha.
• Optimize performance, integrate CI/CD pipelines and follow Agile practices (sprints, stand-ups, code reviews, retrospectives).
• Mentor teammates, contribute to documentation and stay curious about new technologies.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7-10 years of professional experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer or similar role.
• Expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Experience building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and deploying to AWS environments such as Lambda, EC2, ECS and EKS.
• Experience with authentication, authorization and session management, and strong debugging and performance optimization skills.

Required skills

• Front-end: React or Vue.js or similar frameworks.
• Back-end: Node.js, Python or similar.
• AWS cloud platform, serverless architectures and cloud-native development.
• NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB.
• RESTful APIs and web services.
• Git, GitHub or similar version control; unit and integration testing (Jest, Mocha or similar).
• Bonus: Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, Docker, microservices architecture.