Director, Software Engineering - Design ITC

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to join Nike’s team in Bengaluru, India, leading development of Nike’s Product Design and Development platforms and experiences.

The Director of Engineering will lead, support, and develop team members, manage priorities, and create results across boundaries. The successful candidate will be an inclusive and empowering leader with a history of enabling agile teams to solve technical problems in a product model, including building scalable platforms and web applications.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years leading high-performing software engineering teams, including 5+ years managing direct reports.
• Strong technical and business communication, strategic thinking, and the ability to turn strategy into measurable outcomes.
• Hands-on knowledge of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, or Angular; backend service technologies such as Java, Node.js, or Python; and cloud-native distributed system technologies including AWS EC2, ECS, DynamoDB, Lambda, and S3.
• Proven ability to drive solution design, technical delivery, process improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Experience with Agile software development, DevOps, observability tools, and modern software architecture patterns such as microservices architectures and domain-driven design.
• Ability to create technical architecture diagrams, API specifications, data models, engineering planning and implementation strategies, and test documentation.
• Experience with 3D design, including Blender, Rhino, or CLO, visualization, game development, or AI/ML solutions is preferred.

What You’ll Work On

• Build and manage Nike’s multi-team engineering organization in the Bengaluru Capability Center.
• Plan engineering capacity to ensure scalable delivery.
• Manage third-party engagements and vendor relationships.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to align technical execution with organizational priorities.
• Lead a software delivery organization to innovate and deliver business value at scale.
• Drive engineering excellence by championing modern web application design principles.
• Establish best practices for scalable, cloud-based service architectures.

Nike offers a generous total rewards package, a casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and professional development opportunities. NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.