Senior Director, Data Streaming Platforms & Operational DBs

Nike Inc; Beaverton (OR); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Nike, Inc. seeks a senior technology leader to define strategy and oversee engineering and operations for data streaming, integration, and operational databases. Lead through leaders to build resilient, scalable platforms with multi-region availability and strong security.

You will partner with Platform Engineering, Global Technology, Product, Architecture, Security, and Data teams to drive enterprise outcomes and cost-effective infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or related field.
• Advanced degree in CS/SE/IS preferred.
• 12+ years in software, platform, or data infrastructure engineering.
• 5+ years leading engineering orgs through managers and senior leaders.
• Experience operating distributed systems and real-time data platforms.
• Knowledge of streaming, data contracts, and replication.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, IaC, security and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year strategy and roadmap for data streaming, integration, and databases.
• Modernize platforms to be highly available, multi-region, and resilient.
• Set standards for event-driven architecture, data contracts, and recovery.
• Consolidate foundational capabilities and retire legacy solutions.
• Drive self-service, automation, and developer productivity across teams.
• Own reliability, risk reduction, and total cost of ownership.
• Build and grow a diverse, high-performing engineering organization.
• Communicate strategy, trade-offs, and business impact to executives.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Architectural judgment

Distributed systems design

Cloud-native platforms

Vendor & cost stewardship

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Kafka

Job description

Nike, Inc. seeks a senior technology leader to define strategy and oversee engineering and operations for data streaming, integration, and operational databases. Lead through leaders to build resilient, scalable platforms with multi-region availability and strong security.

You will partner with Platform Engineering, Global Technology, Product, Architecture, Security, and Data teams to drive enterprise outcomes and cost-effective infrastructure.