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Senior Director, Software Engineering - Data Streaming Platforms & Operational DBs

Nike
Beaverton, USA
Full-time
Senior · 12+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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What You Bring

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
  • Advanced degree in computer science, software engineering or information systems preferred.
  • 12+ years of experience in software, platform, or data infrastructure engineering.
  • 5+ years leading engineering organizations through managers and senior leaders in global or matrixed environments.
  • Deep experience operating distributed systems, real-time data platforms, and high-volume transaction-processing environments.
  • Strong knowledge of streaming and messaging architectures, Kafka-based platforms, stream processing, schema management, data contracts, and replication.
  • Strong knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases, including scaling, performance, partitioning, backup, recovery, and multi-region design.
  • Experience delivering cloud-native platforms with automation, infrastructure-as-code, security, and resilience practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to define strategy, make architecture trade-offs, drive modernization, and connect technology decisions to business outcomes.
  • Experience with enterprise security, privacy, risk management, vendor relationships, and financial stewardship.
  • Excellent executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Critical Skills
  • Strategic leadership and a track record of delivering results at enterprise scale.
  • Builder-operator mindset with strong technical judgment.
  • Ability to lead through leaders, build organizational capability, and establish accountability.
  • Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive collective decisions.
  • Strong business acumen, executive presence, and change leadership.
  • Commitment to inclusive leadership, diverse teams, and continuous learning.
  • We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
  • 12+ years of experience in software, platform, or data infrastructure engineering.
  • 5+ years leading engineering organizations through managers and senior leaders in global or matrixed environments.
  • Deep experience operating distributed systems, real-time data platforms, and high-volume transaction-processing environments.
  • Strong knowledge of streaming and messaging architectures, Kafka-based platforms, stream processing, schema management, data contracts, and replication.
  • Strong knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases, including scaling, performance, partitioning, backup, recovery, and multi-region design.
  • Experience delivering cloud-native platforms with automation, infrastructure-as-code, security, and resilience practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to define strategy, make architecture trade-offs, drive modernization, and connect technology decisions to business outcomes.
  • Experience with enterprise security, privacy, risk management, vendor relationships, and financial stewardship.
  • Excellent executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Critical Skills
  • Strategic leadership and a track record of delivering results at enterprise scale.
  • Builder-operator mindset with strong technical judgment.
  • Ability to lead through leaders, build organizational capability, and establish accountability.
  • Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive collective decisions.
  • Strong business acumen, executive presence, and change leadership.
  • Commitment to inclusive leadership, diverse teams, and continuous learning.
  • We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in computer science, software engineering or information systems preferred.

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