Contractor Niche Engineer

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. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

What You Will Work On

Nike has embraced big data technologies to enable data-driven decisions. We’re looking to expand our Software & Data Engineering team to keep pace. You will work with a variety of talented Nike teammates and be a driving force for building first-class data solutions for Nike Technology and its business partners by building and improving data products for consumer behavior events from our experiences. Join us in our mission to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world!

In this role, you will have both the freedom and the responsibility to make a significant impact on our systems. We are looking for someone who is passionate about Dev and Data Ops. You will have an opportunity to improve support processes, increase observability, reduce cost, and improve efficiency.

What You Bring

• Build and incorporate automated unit tests and participate in integration testing efforts
• Troubleshoot data issues and perform root cause analysis
• Work across teams to resolve operational & performance issues
• Propose solutions and designs to reduce performance issues and improve efficiency
• Perform cost analysis across data products
• BS degree in Computer Science or related field or experience in lieu of degree
• Programming experience in Python or Scala, preferred.
• Experience building domain-driven Microservices
• Experience with data modeling in different data stores
• Experience working with Big Data processing frameworks such as Spark, Hive, etc.
• Experience working with Big Data streaming frameworks such as Nifi, Spark-Streaming, Flink, etc.
• Experience working with Big Data streaming services such as Kinesis, Kafka, etc.
• Experience with performance and scalability tuning
• Experience working in a public cloud environment, particularly AWS
• Familiarity with practices like Continuous Development, Continuous Integration, and Automated Testing
• Familiarity with Git and version control
• Desire to work collaboratively with your teammates to come up with the best solution to a problem
• Proven experience and ability to deliver results on multiple projects in a fast-paced agile environment
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong desire to learn and share knowledge with others
  
  

Not sure if this is you?

We're hiring at all experience levels, and we're particularly interested in having a diverse team with a broad set of skills and viewpoints. If this seems like your dream job, but you're not sure if you qualify, apply anyway! We'll carefully consider every applicant that takes the time to apply for this specific position. We'll either move forward with you, find other teams that are good fits, keep in touch for later opportunities, or thank you for your time.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.