Software Engineer II, ITC

WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH

This role is part of the Nike’s Product Copywriting platform within Marketing Technology. Goals of the Marketing Technology group at Nike: 

• Automate the production of marketing images and video 

• Support Nike’s Marketing team to inspire athletes using digital media  

• Collaborate with media production teams to support their creative process 

• Measure our impact and continually improve our connection to the consumer 

The Nike Direct strategy is centered on selling directly to our consumers and building a relationship with those consumers, driven by membership. However, our consumers typically only buy from us 1.5 times per year on average. In order to build a daily habit and relationship with our consumers, Nike will be heavily dependent on leveraging non-product-centric content. The Content Engine is at the center of this strategy. Our capabilities support storytelling, content delivery and globalization across Core Commerce, Activity, SNKRS, WeChat, Communications, Nike Partners, and Retail.

Product Copywriting facilitates the generation and localization of all product copy on product detail pages across our owned and operated platforms (Direct and Nike Partners) as well as copy for in-store singate and wholesale tech sheets. The data that is generated and provided includes the product name and description. The key stakeholder that uses the platform are product copywriters. The data is ultimately fed to product data services where it is provided to the front-end experiences. Product copy localization currently supports 35 languages across 150 countries.

As we look towards the future there is a large opportunity for the Content Engine team. These capabilities can and should move from mere utilities that perform required tasks into proactive competitive advantages to help fuel the next phase of Nike Direct growth. We see the opportunities in a few key themes:

• Place an emphasis on streamlining the content creation process, minimizing the impact on operations as content volume scales.

• In the long term, we have a vision of algorithm-based publishing

• Getting to ML based copy creation and sentiment analysis in the future

• We will partner closely with other teams to ensure that as new meta data is added to content it also flows to our localization platform. This will allow us to prioritize content (e.g., highly visible brand campaigns), group content so it is translated in a batch for consistency and efficiency and also give different tiers of content different treatment - machine translation vs human, etc.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for experienced senior software engineers to join our team in Bengaluru, India. The engineer will work with a squad of world class engineers, and will ensure high quality and excellent delivery and solutions.

What you bring:

• Bachelor's degree. Preference for Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems

• 3+ years of hands-on experience as part of a development team, building scalable applications, APIs, and services in latest Java tech stack.

• Experience in micro service architecture, domain driven design, and RESTful Services using Springboot

• Experience on relational database (MySQL/PostGre) and non-relation DB (MongoDB, Dynamo DB).

• API and Micro service development experience in Java.

• Messaging frameworks - Kafka, SQS/SNS

• Proficient in modern software architectural principles and patterns (REST, DDD, microservices, etc.)

• Unit test frameworks such as Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Chai, Sinon

• Nice to have - experience working in a Distributed/Cloud-based environment (e.g., Amazon EC2/ECS, GCE, Rackspace, Azure, etc.)

• Nice to have - Continuous Integration and automated testing experience

• Strong communication skills and phenomenal product sense

• Passion for sports!

WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON

As a senior software engineer on Backend technologies, you will design and deploy end-to-end solutions that transform our business. You will be a technology contributor and will be expected to demonstrate code and module ownership; informing product owners on technology-related business problems; formulating options and assessing their relative merits and risk to figure out the best solution.

In this role, you will keep up to date with the world of platforms and build a capability maturity vision to ensure that we are always aiming to be outstanding. Mentor software developers on the team, conduct code reviews, ensure that all the work meets industry standards. Assist in solving and resolving production issues. Work with multi-functional engineering and architecture teams at Nike to build the future of sports.

• Be a prolific code contributor and will be encouraged to demonstrate code and product ownership

• Design, implement, and maintain a variety of user interfaces for Nike’s tools

• Seek to enhance the user experience by creating seamless navigation through various digital programs and interfaces within the company

• Combine interface design concepts with digital design and establish milestones to encourage cooperation and teamwork

• Develop overall concepts for improving the user experience within a business webpage or product, ensuring all interactions are intuitive and convenient for customers

• Collaborate with front-end web developers and programmers to improve usability

• Work in a fast-paced agile environment

• Help identify all tasks for a feature and the dependencies between tasks and features.

• Review other developer’s code

• Write unit and e2e tests

• Assist in solving problems and resolving production issues raised from customer support.

• Collaborate with other outstanding engineers to power the most exciting digital experiences for athletes on the market

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.