Director, Software Engineering

Nike; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike in Beaverton, Oregon seeks an experienced Director of Engineering to lead development of Product Creation platforms and experiences.

You will guide teams, manage priorities across boundaries, and enable agile delivery of scalable web applications and cloud services in a product-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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 like micro-services architectures and domain driven design.
• Ability to create technical architecture diagrams, API specifications, data models, engineering planning and implementation strategy & test documentation.
• Hands-on knowledge of front-end technologies (Javascript or Typescript, React or Vue or Angular), Backend service technologies (Java, Node.js, Python) and cloud-native distributed system technologies (AWS: EC2, ECS, DynamoDB, Lambdas, S3 etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• In addition to building and leading engineering teams, you will plan engineering capacity, manage third‑party engagements, manage interactions with stakeholders in the business teams and lead a software delivery organization to innovate and deliver business value at scale.
• You will also drive engineering excellence and well as best practices for modern web application design and scalable cloud‑based service architectures.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strategic thinking

Agile / DevOps practices

Frontend technologies (JS/TS; React/Vu

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering

Job description

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to join our team in Beaverton, Oregon to lead development of Nike’s Product Creation platforms and experiences.

The Director of Engineering will lead, support and develop team members, manage priorities and create results across boundaries. The successful candidate is 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.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to join our team to lead development of Nike’s Product Creation platforms and experiences.

The Director of Engineering will lead, support and develop team members, manage priorities and create results across boundaries. The successful candidate is 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.

What you bring

• 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

• 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 like micro-services architectures and domain driven design.

• Ability to create technical architecture diagrams, API specifications, data models, engineering planning and implementation strategy & test documentation

• Hands‑on knowledge of front‑end technologies (Javascript or Typescript, React or Vue or Angular), Backend service technologies (Java, Node.js, Python) and cloud-native distributed system technologies (AWS: EC2, ECS, DynamoDB, Lambdas, S3 etc.)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

In addition to building and leading engineering teams, you will plan engineering capacity, manage third‑party engagements, manage interactions with stakeholders in the business teams and lead a software delivery organization to innovate and deliver business value at scale. You will also drive engineering excellence and well as best practices for modern web application design and scalable cloud‑based service architectures.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in‑person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.