WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to design and implement core components of our data science services and platform and scale it to serve Nike globally. The focus of this engineer will be at the intersection of computer systems and machine learning. You will also work collaboratively with the data science and analytics teams to ship scalable, performant and reliable solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As a Software Engineer in AI/ML Platforms, you will be part of a fast-paced engineering team developing services and platform that drive AI/ML at Nike. AI/ML is used in Nike to accelerate its digital transformation and real-time data-based decision-making capabilities. The focus is to leverage AI/ML technology to improve the user experience by using personalization, recommendation, smart search, digital demand sensing and scheduling techniques. These enhancements will be used to power consumer experiences on nike.com, Nike App, Nike SNKRS App as well as product innovation, supply chain, and logistics.

This Software Engineer will develop and/or implement services and paved-path solutions to enable data scientists and ML engineers at Nike. These services will enable and accelerate model training, model serving and model management. Additionally, they will evaluate new AI/ML platform services and capabilities for possible long-term approaches, and work with the user community to anticipate services and platform needs required to support algorithm development, model training, model management, data engineering and model serving. Lastly, they will advance and improve development practices with the engineering team through participation in architecture, technical design and code reviews

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You'll be working with Data Scientists, ML Engineers and Product teams to identify and deliver platform capabilities to accelerate and streamline the delivery and maintenance of ML use cases. Additionally, you’ll work with teams integrating ML capabilities into Nike experiences and business applications. This position reports to the Director of AI/ML Tech Platforms.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or similar field or relevant professional experience, education, and training.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals
• 2+ years professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, Golang
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code / DevOps practices and technologies like Terraform
• Experience with Cloud services (e.g. AWS Cloud EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Azure Cloud, etc.)
• Experience developing and using microservices
• Excellent written and oral communication skills on both technical and non-technical topics