Lead Software Engineer

Nike is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for cloud control plane engineering across Cloud Edge, Storage, and Backup platforms. This is a high-ownership, hands-on engineering leadership role for someone who can go deep in architecture, write and review production-quality Go, and
guide engineers through complex platform modernization efforts. The ideal candidate brings strong experience with Kubernetes-native control planes, Crossplane, AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and production operations. They can lead design reviews, make technical trade-offs visible, mentor engineers, and help migrate legacy provisioning workflows into declarative Kubernetes/Crossplane operating models.
• 7-10+ years of professional software engineering experience building cloud infrastructure platforms, control planes, distributed systems, or backend services at meaningful scale.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Deep hands-on experience with Go and Kubernetes, including production-grade services, APIs, controllers, or operator-style software.
• Experience with Crossplane, AWS, Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code approaches; Azure experience is a plus.
• Experience owning production software, participating in on-call rotations, and serving as an escalation point for operational incidents.
• Ability to mentor engineers, lead design reviews, set technical standards, and drive multi-quarter initiatives across distributed teams.
• Rust programming experience, open-source Kubernetes ecosystem contributions, or platform automation experience is a plus.