WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH:
The Cloud & Core Engineering team builds and operates Nike’s multi-cloud platform and software-defined network, enabling scalable, self-service environments for cloud, data, and AI across Global Technology. You will lead multiple engineering squads, partner with global counterparts, and collaborate closely with product, architecture, and platform teams. This role will report in to the Senior Director Software Engineering leading Cloud Gov, FinOps & Management Plane capabilities.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
We are hiring a Director of Software Engineering to own the Management Plane the platform layer enabling multi-cloud access, entitlements, governance, account lifecycle, and cloud cost optimization. This is a high-ownership leadership role requiring strong technical depth, people leadership, and platform thinking. The ideal candidate brings a mix of senior leadership experience, deep cloud engineering expertise, and proven ability to scale high-performing teams in a distributed or GCC environment. They must be hands-on enough to engage in architectural discussions,



influence platform direction, and translate business strategy into executable engineering roadmaps.

Key Qualification:
- 15+ years leading engineering teams, including 3+ years at Director level managing managers or senior ICs
- Proven experience building and scaling engineering teams, including hiring and retaining senior talent
- Proven ability to translate multi-year strategy into squad-level roadmaps with measurable OKRs and clear dependency management across the stack.
- Robust experience co-owning global platforms with distributed teams, driving alignment on priorities, architectural decisions, and operating model without escalation dependency.
- 5+ years of hands-on AWS engineering experience (not just conversational cloud literacy)
- Expertise in cloud governance, entitlements, or policy systems, IAM/RBAC, and policy guardrails at enterprise scale
- Exposure to cloud economic

📌 Director, Software Engineering Core Cloud, ITC (Bengaluru)
🏢 Nike
📍 Bengaluru