Senior Software Engineer
Nike · Beaverton, OR
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Jul 24, 2026
Beaverton, OR
Jul 27, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack engineering role focused on building software that supports product innovation work involving robotics, data pipelines, and AI/ML systems. Day-to-day work spans designing and operating web services and front-end applications, primarily in Node.js and Python on AWS, alongside mentoring junior engineers and participating in on-call rotations. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable owning feature direction across the full stack and working closely with non-engineering teams.
Senior level · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 730 people in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 550–950
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $159,430 (middle half $128,996–$177,877).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The job posting is located at Nike's headquarters in Beaverton/Portland, OR. No remote option is stated; the on-call and in-person interview language implies on-site or hybrid.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training' — equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, so no hard degree gate applies.
All named technologies appear under a 'Preferred skills and experiences' heading, making them preferred rather than hard gates. NodeJS and Python are additionally called out in the 'What You'll Work On' narrative as the team's primary languages, and the Requirements section hard-gates on experience building web services and consumer-facing web UIs — those are captured as required capabilities rather than named tools.
Industrial Robot APIs and ML models are listed under the preferred 'Knowledge' section alongside LLMs and Computer Vision; all are marked preferred accordingly.
Cursor (AI-assisted IDE) appears in the preferred Tools list; it is a niche/emerging tool and is omitted as it names no standard technology category.
No compensation range is provided in the posting.
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