Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination.
Who You’ll Work With
The Cloud & Core Engineering team builds, operates, and provides full lifecycle management of Nike’s fully managed, multi-cloud platform and software-defined network. This foundation enables self-service cloud, data, and AI environments for Nike Global Technology.
You will report to a Software Engineering Director and work closely with Software Engineers in Cloud Engineering and adjacent teams, as well as Engineering Managers, Principal Engineers, Engineering Directors, and Product Managers across foundational and business-facing technology domains.
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the layer responsible for multi-cloud access and entitlement management, account lifecycle, resource attribution, cloud governance and policy guardrails, and cloud economics including unit-cost optimization. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility, hands-on engineering leadership role.
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, focused on cloud infrastructure engineering in a multi-cloud ecosystem.
- 5+ years of leadership experience, including at least 3 years at Manager level or equivalent.
- Experience managing senior engineers and engineers in a GCC or distributed engineering model.
- A track record of building and retaining talent and growing engineering teams.
- Experience co-owning a product or platform with a global counterpart.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, maintainable code, API design, and scalability.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Crossplane, CDK, or similar tools.
- Prior backend or platform engineering experience building APIs, services, workflows, and developer-facing systems.
- Experience building control-plane or platform capabilities as software products.
- Fluency in microservices, event-driven patterns, REST or GraphQL API design, domain-driven design, and security-by-design.
- Strong coding skills in Python, Go, or Java.
- Experience with front-end technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, React, or other UI frameworks.
- Experience implementing or integrating AI and machine learning to accelerate automation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Agile and DevOps experience, including CI/CD, SLO-based operations, and blameless post-mortems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent technical background.
- AWS Solutions Architect, Developer, or Azure equivalent certification is an added benefit.
What You’ll Work On
- Lead and grow two engineering squads and set technical direction for Nike’s Cloud Infrastructure Engineering solutions.
- Drive roadmap delivery through quarterly or sprint plans, measurable OKRs, and clear trade-off decisions.
- Mature access management, RBAC, and policy guardrail systems across AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, and GCP.
- Champion agentic and AI-assisted engineering patterns across the squads.
- Operate as a platform owner by setting engineering standards, defining SLOs, and ensuring the management plane is reliable, observable, and secure.
- Build co-ownership partnerships between India-based talent and US-based counterparts.
- Develop a high-performance and inclusive engineering culture.
NIKE, Inc. offers a generous total rewards package, a casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional development. NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.