WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager / Director of Engineering and serve as the most senior individual contributor in the organization. You will partner with Directors, Senior Architects, BI Experience leadership, Platform leadership, Data Governance, and Security to set the multi-year technical strategy for how Nike consumes Marketplace and Nike Direct data. You will be a technical force multiplier — your decisions influence dozens of teams and millions of dollars of TCO.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a hands-on technical leader with deep systems intuition, strong opinions held loosely, and a proven record of driving enterprise-wide outcomes.
A minimum of 10+ years of software and data engineering experience, including time as a senior or lead IC at a large-scale data-driven company.
Mastery of multiple backend languages (Java, Python, Scala) and deep expertise in distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
Architect-level fluency with modern data platforms — Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Iceberg, Trino, dbt,



or equivalents — and with streaming systems (Kafka, Flink).
Proven experience designing enterprise consumption layers — semantic/ontology layers, governed APIs, metric stores, agentic/LLM-powered analytics surfaces.
Robust cloud architecture expertise across AWS, GCP, or Azure: security, cost, resilience, multi-region.
A track record of driving large-scale simplifications, decommissions, and migrations across many teams.
Demonstrated ability to set technical strategy, write influential design documents, and align senior leaders.
Experience partnering with Platform, Security, and Governance organizations to shape enterprise standards.
Exceptional written and verbal communication; equally comfortable in deep-code reviews and exec briefings.
Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or related field — or equivalent experience.
Preferred: published technical writing, open-source contribu

📌 Principal Software Engineer, ITC (Bikkanahalli)
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