WHO YOU’LL WORK WITHYou’ll be joining a dynamic, fast-paced Global FPE (Foundational Platforms Engineering) team within Nike. Our mission is to build and scale world-class cloud-native platforms, enabling Nike’s data-driven decision-making and intelligent automation capabilities.This role sits right into AI-driven innovation helping to drive cutting-edge advancements in both analytics and intelligent automation.Collaboration and creativity are at our core, and we are passionate about leveraging cloud-scale data platforms and AI-powered automation to transform business operations.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORWe are seeking a Software Engineer who brings deep expertise in Databricks, AWS Services, Cloud Platforms, and AI-driven automation. You are someone who thrives in building scalable, high-performance data platforms to improve efficiency, insights, and user experience.Key Skills & Traits:2-5 years of production experience in AI/ML model development, deployment, and maintenanceProven expertise with Large Language Models (LLMs) and NLP tasksStrong background in data science and cloud-based AI/ML services (Databricks preferred)Expertise in MLOps/LLMOps for scalable model deployment and managementAdvanced programming skills in Python, SQL, and automation frameworks.Hand on experience in Machine Learning: Supervised and unsupervised learning, model building, evaluation, and optimizations.Hand on experience in Deep Learning: Neural networks, CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, transformers, and LLMs ; LLM fine-tuning and deploymentCompleted projects in Natural Language Processing (NLP): Text pre-processing, tokenization, embeddings, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition (NER), anomaly detectionFrameworks and Libraries: PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face Transformers.Worked in Cloud Platforms: Databricks(AI-ML) - preferred / AWS (SageMaker)MLOps/LLMOpsPassion for leveraging AI to enhance automation, efficiency, and analyticsStrong collaboration, problem-solving, and leadership skills, with the ability to drive initiatives across multiple teams.Good to have :Data Processing: Pandas, NumPy, Spark.DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes,DVC(Data Version control)/model monitoring and versioning.WHAT YOU’LL WORK ONAs a Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in shaping, modernizing, and scaling by helping driving AI adoption and automation.Core AI/ML engineer Responsibilities:Develop end-to-end ML pipelines with focus on production reliability.Implement robust testing and validation frameworks for ML models.Establish best practices for model versioning and reproducibility.Build and optimize production-grade ML models .Develop custom NLP solutions for text analysis and processing.Create automated model evaluation and optimization pipelines.Manage ML infrastructure on Databricks cloud platform.Ensure scalability and cost optimization of ML deployments.Maintain data quality and pipeline efficiency.Maintain security and compliance implementations for ML systems.Evangelize AI adoption, helping Nike teams unlock new automation opportunities.
