WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Freight Audit and Pay engineering team that builds and operates systems enabling accurate freight invoice validation, carrier settlement, and payment processing across Nike's global supply chain. You will be the technical leader of the squad, owning the technical roadmap and providing hands-on technical direction whilst working closely with Product Managers to define and drive delivery priorities. You will mentor Software Engineer III, SWE II, and SWE I engineers through code reviews, design coaching, whilst remaining an active individual contributor delivering high-impact technical work.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
You will have -
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
A minimum of 7–12+ years of backend and/or data engineering experience.
Deep expertise in at least one of Java, Python, or Scala, and confident fluency in SQL and data modelling.
Proven experience designing and shipping production Microservices, RESTful APIs,



and event-driven systems.
Demonstrated ability to lead significant technical designs, write architecture decision records (ADRs), and drive them through review and adoption across engineering and product leadership
Hands-on experience with contemporary data platforms—Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalogue (or equivalent)—and orchestration tools such as Airflow.
Solid cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) including IAM, secrets, networking, and cost-aware design.
Experience with distributed messaging (Kafka, SQS), caching (Redis), and search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch) where relevant.
Strong test-driven development discipline, including productive use of AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor
Experience with CI/CD, observability (metrics/tracing/alerting), and incident response.
Excellent written and verbal communication; able to influence senior engineering leaders, product partners, and business stakeh

📌 Lead Software Engineer, ITC (Bikkanahalli)
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📍 Bikkanahalli