Director, Software Engineering

NIKE Retail Germany

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Beaverton, Oregon Until 9/27/2026 15+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted July 29, 2026 Last posted July 29, 2026
Job description

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to join our team in Beaverton, Oregon to lead development of Nike’s Product Creation platforms and experiences.

The Director of Engineering will lead, support and develop team members, manage priorities and create results across boundaries. The successful candidate is an inclusive and empowering leader with a history of enabling agile teams to solve technical problems in a product model, including building scalable platforms and web applications.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to join our team to lead development of Nike’s Product Creation platforms and experiences.

The Director of Engineering will lead, support and develop team members, manage priorities and create results across boundaries. The successful candidate is an inclusive and empowering leader with a history of enabling agile teams to solve technical problems in a product model, including building scalable platforms and web applications.

What you bring

  • 15+ years leading high-performing software engineering teams, including 5+ years managing direct reports

  • Strong technical and business communication, strategic thinking, and the ability to turn strategy into measurable outcomes

  • Proven ability to drive solution design, technical delivery, process improvement, and engineering excellence

  • Experience with Agile software development, DevOps, observability tools, and modern software architecture patterns like micro-services architectures and domain driven design.

  • Ability to create technical architecture diagrams, API specifications, data models, engineering planning and implementation strategy & test documentation

  • Hands-on knowledge of front-end technologies (Javascript or Typescript, React or Vue or Angular), Backend service technologies (Java, Node.js, Python) and cloud-native distributed system technologies (AWS: EC2, ECS, DynamoDB, Lambdas, S3 etc.)

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

In addition to building and leading engineering teams, you will plan engineering capacity, manage third-party engagements, manage interactions with stakeholders in the business teams and lead a software delivery organization to innovate and deliver business value at scale. You will also drive engineering excellence and well as best practices for modern web application design and scalable cloud-based service architectures.

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.

About this role

Summary

Lead and develop engineering teams to build scalable web and cloud systems.

Job title

Director, Software Engineering

Experience level

15+ years

Minimum experience

15+ years exp

Industry

retail

Location requirements

Beaverton, Oregon, on-site, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

software engineeringleadershipapi designcloud architectureagile

Preferred skills

microservicesdevopsobservability toolsJavaScriptAWS

Specializations

product creationscalable platformsweb applications
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Beaverton, OR, USA

On-site City