Lead Data Engineer, ITC

NIKE Retail Germany

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Karnataka, India Until 10/2/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 4, 2026 Last posted August 3, 2026
Job description

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will be a part of the larger Global Technology organization working on Nike’s internal product tools and report to the team’s Engineering Director.  You will work day-to-day with a team of engineers, the team’s Technical Product Manager and Principal Engineers in the organization on software projects to achieve Nike’s business objectives.  You will also engage with other Global Technology functions and teams on organizational and technical goals.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to solve complex software engineering problems

supporting Nike’s pursuit of delivering state of the art tools to our Consumer Product and Innovation (CP&I) community. The candidate needs to be highly collaborative with peers, productive in a fast-paced development environment and have depth of native cloud software engineering experience.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will be part of and leading a team of engineers building out tooling for our Consumer Product & Innovation team members. We are investing in building modular, configurable and “API-First” capabilities which will be consumed by modern web applications build with the most recent SPA frameworks. You are expected to help coordinate with other teams and provide guidance and coaching for more junior team members.

  • Experience leading teams in a highly collaborative environment

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or similar field, or relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree

  • 8+ years of hands-on industry data engineering experience

  • Proficiency in SQL, Spark, Python

  • Hands-on experience with Databricks, AWS, Snowflake

  • Demonstrated strength in data modeling, ETL development, and data streaming.

  • Experience with AWS products including Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, S3

  • Demonstrated expertise in Java, with understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js

  • Experience with React, Vue.js, or Angular for data visualization dashboards

  • Demonstrated expertise in API development using REST/GraphQL APIs for data services

  • Strong understanding of microservices architecture and architectural design patterns

  • Experience with CI/CD and leading teams with DevOps responsibilities for deploying and supporting software in production

  • Experience with implementing and integrating AI, Machine Learning and related data solutions

About this role

Summary

Lead and build data tools and pipelines for Nike's consumer and innovation teams.

Job title

Lead Data Engineer, ITC

Experience level

8+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Karnataka, India; remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

SQLSparkPythonDatabricksAWSSnowflakeJavaRESTAPIGraphQLmicroservicesCI/CDDevOps

Preferred skills

Data streamingData visualizationMachine learningJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsReactVue.jsAngularAI

Specializations

data engineeringcloud computingAPI developmentETLdata modeling
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Udupi, Karnataka, India

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