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You will be directly working within a team of dedicated engineers that work on the same solutions. You share your experience and technical expertise such that we improve on the longer-term technical strategic direction.\nWHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR\nIf you’re ready to innovate and lead in the Digital world, join Nike’s Global Technology - Geographies And Marketplace Experiences Organization. We bring together technology and process expertise to deliver the next generation of applications for Shared Platforms Services. You are responsible for building next generation tools and services that serve consumer ready product information to Nike experiences and back end teams. We are in the process of modernizing our entire product data platform, building scalable applications and services in the cloud. Our operations tools are used by hundreds of users across the globe to plan, prepare, and activate Nike products across multiple Nike consumer experiences. 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