Lead Software Engineer, ITC

About the job

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH At Nike, we leverage the power of data and technology to serve athletes* around the world. The Data & AI (DAI) team is at the forefront of this mission—building scalable, secure, and intelligent platforms that power decision-making and personalized experiences across the Nike ecosystem.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for an experienced software engineer with a passion for designing and building robust data platforms and solutions. You thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and have a proven track record of delivering scalable and reliable software platforms and services.

- 7+ years of experience in software development, with a strong foundation in object oriented development, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and data platforms.

- Strong expertise in Agentic AI systems: generative AI, LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, RAG patterns, and agentic architectures. You have built and delivered AI-powered solutions, not just prototyped them.

- Experience building agents using modern frameworks and protocols (MCP, A2A, LangGraph, CrewAI, or similar); you've gone beyond tutorials and built something meaningful, whether in production, a significant internal project, or a customer-facing PoC.

- Understanding LLM production concerns: grounding, guardrails, AI Governance, latency, cost optimization, and observability.

- Familiarity with knowledge graphs, vector stores, relational databases, and embedding pipelines.

- Advanced knowledge of a major ML cloud platform (AWS SageMaker, Databricks, Azure ML, GCP/ Google Vertex AI) and its ecosystem of services.

- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.

- Strong understanding of advanced data modeling techniques and modern data warehouses.

- Ability to design scalable, fault-tolerant, and maintainable distributed systems.

- A strong familiarity and development experiences with agentic workflow and AI/LLM powered enterprise applications.

- Experience with UI/UX design principles and tools such as Figma or Adobe.

- Knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing security measures in software development.

- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

- Design, build, deploy, and own complete, scalable, and reliable Agentic AI and software platforms and services.

- Lead the technical design of new ML pipelines, Agentic AI services, and systems.

- Build reusable frameworks, libraries, and data management tools to improve productivity.

- Optimize performance and cost-efficiency of ML workflows and compute layers.

- Collaborate with stakeholders such as data scientists, business analysts, and product managers to understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions.

- Lead the development and production of agentic and AI/LLM powered enterprise applications.

- Collaborate with UI/UX designers to ensure the experiences are optimized for usability and performance.

- Implement security best practices to protect data and ensure compliance with industry standards.

- Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the software.

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

- Ensure the uptime, reliability, and monitoring of the systems you build and own.