Engineering Manager, AI-Driven Marketplace Tech (EMEA)

NIKE; Hilversum; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike in Hilversum, Netherlands, is seeking an Engineering Manager for Marketplace Technology EMEA. You will lead a team of software engineers and partner with product leaders, business stakeholders, and external partners.

You will stay technically engaged in solution design and architecture, drive AI-enabled engineering practices, mentor engineers, and help shape a scalable, reliable platform across domains. The role emphasizes ownership, initiative, and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience.
• Experience building and delivering software solutions across multiple systems, platforms, and business domains.
• Proven experience leading engineers through the full software development lifecycle, from discovery and design through implementation and operational support.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, integrations, APIs, event-driven systems, and end-to-end business process flows.
• Experience driving technical design decisions and solution architecture for complex initiatives.
• Experience implementing automation and integration solutions across enterprise technology landscapes.
• Experience applying AI technologies to improve engineering productivity, business processes, customer experiences, and organizational effectiveness.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows, agent-based solutions, emerging AI development patterns, and modern AI-powered software engineering practices.
• Actively champions the adoption and effective use of AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve delivery velocity, engineering productivity, code quality, innovation, and operational efficiency.
• Comfortable contributing technically through design reviews, prototyping, troubleshooting, and implementation guidance.
• Possesses a founder's mindset, proactively identifying opportunities, challenging assumptions, and driving business and technology outcomes rather than simply executing assigned requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and rapidly changing priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Practical and outcome-oriented approach to solving complex business and technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Building, leading, and developing a high-performing team of software engineers.
• Creating an environment that promotes engineering excellence, continuous learning, innovation, and accountability.
• Creating a culture of ownership and entrepreneurial thinking, encouraging engineers to proactively identify opportunities, solve problems, and drive outcomes rather than operate as order takers.
• Partnering with business and technology stakeholders to identify opportunities where engineering can create measurable business value.
• Driving technical solution design and implementation approaches across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Guiding architecture and technology decisions in collaboration with engineers and partner teams.
• Providing technical leadership for the development of integrations, automation capabilities, APIs, services, and AI-enabled business solutions.
• Driving the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices and identifying opportunities to leverage AI technologies across software development, operations, and business-facing solutions.
• Building strong engineering practices focused on reliability, scalability, security, observability, maintainability, and operational excellence.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers and technical leaders to support their growth, career development, and technical capability.
• Driving delivery excellence by balancing business priorities, team health, technical quality, and long-term platform sustainability.
• Identifying strategic opportunities and helping shape the technology roadmap through proactive engagement with business and technology partners.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software engineering

Stakeholder management

AI/ML integration

APIs

Event-driven architectures

Architecture design

Agile / DevOps

Problem solving

Job description

Nike in Hilversum, Netherlands, is seeking an Engineering Manager for Marketplace Technology EMEA. You will lead a team of software engineers and partner with product leaders, business stakeholders, and external partners.

You will stay technically engaged in solution design and architecture, drive AI-enabled engineering practices, mentor engineers, and help shape a scalable, reliable platform across domains. The role emphasizes ownership, initiative, and an entrepreneurial mindset.