Manager, Software Engineering

Nike•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

As a Software Engineering Manager within Consumer Product & Innovation, you will lead a team responsible for building, enhancing, and operating digital capabilities that support Nike's product creation, merchandising, and consumer innovation ecosystem. You will lead and develop engineers, translate business objectives and product strategy into engineering priorities, and deliver scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions. The role provides technical leadership on architecture, engineering practices, delivery tradeoffs, and operational excellence, while advancing modern practices such as automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and operational readiness. You will support modular, configurable, API-first capabilities for digital products and platforms; improve team effectiveness, quality, reliability, and delivery speed; lead incident reviews and root cause analyses; contribute to resource planning, hiring, talent development, and organizational growth; and promote technical knowledge sharing. The position reports to the Engineering Director and works with product managers, engineers, architects, data scientists, operations teams, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; a suitable combination of education, experience, and training is also accepted.
10+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams.
Proven experience leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers.
Strong understanding of software engineering practices across the full software development lifecycle.
Experience with modern architectural patterns, including APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, and domain-driven design.
Experience with cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and operational support.
Ability to partner effectively with product managers, architects, and business stakeholders to align engineering investments with business outcomes.
Strong communication, collaboration, and facilitation skills.
Experience driving process improvements, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to influence decisions, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a collaborative environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, Step Functions, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, and S3.
Experience with TypeScript, Python, Node.js, React, or similar technologies.
Experience with front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
Experience implementing AI/ML-enabled solutions and data-driven applications.
Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, data movement, orchestration, workflow, and content management platforms.
Experience contributing to architecture reviews, technical forums, tech talks, or engineering communities of practice.
Strong understanding of enterprise security, privacy, and secure software engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop software engineers, fostering accountability, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.
Translate business objectives and product strategy into actionable engineering plans and priorities.
Drive delivery of scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
Provide technical leadership on architecture, engineering practices, delivery tradeoffs, and operational excellence.
Partner with product managers, architects, engineering leaders, and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused outcomes.
Advance engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and operational readiness.
Support the design and delivery of modular, configurable, API-first capabilities for digital products and platforms.
Improve engineering processes, team effectiveness, quality, reliability, and delivery speed.
Lead incident reviews and root cause analyses, incorporating lessons into standards and operating procedures.
Contribute to resource planning, hiring, talent development, and organizational growth.
Promote technical knowledge sharing through design reviews, technical forums, communities of practice, and engineering events.