Nordstrom Data Platform is a real-time, event-streaming-centric analytical platform that provides high-quality, pre-stitched 360 views of our products, inventory, purchase orders, price, fulfillment, logistics and customer service. The Insights Delivery Merch Team delivers data that enables Nordstrom business users such as merchant planners and buyers, data scientists, store personnel, and other business users and leadership to drive the critical Nordstrom Merchandise best action decisions in a single place near real-time.
We are looking for a capable engineer to help our team design and develop highly scalable software applications, data pipelines, and database solutions, apply scientific and mathematical principles, and deliver on Nordstrom's strategic vision.
A day at work…
- Design and develop scalable and durable data analytical solutions using in-house and modern technologies in an agile environment.
- Understand the specific needs of a major line of business and the related set of applications, systems, or functions, and design data solutions that fit business needs.
- Understand architecture and design interaction between multiple modules.
- Design and develop distributed data processing pipelines in the Big Data ecosystem in the Cloud, apply data definitions, modeling, structures, and infrastructure technologies and adhere to good engineering practices.
- Conduct code reviews and drive accountability in following software engineering principles.
- Build testing tools and CI/CD pipeline, reduce automation friction to speed up the path to business outcomes.
- Identify data performance issues and optimize the solution.
- Maintain high data quality standards; identify and measure quality across the entire solution.
- Perform ongoing production and on-call support duties to resolve any incidents and issues.
- Work on cost savings, production alerts, and logging dashboards.
- Collaborate with product managers, data analysts, data scientists, and business partners.
- Partner with analyst stakeholders toward delivering highly effective self-service BI solutions.
- Communicate clearly and efficiently with Nordstrom teams.
You own this if you have…
- 3+ years of experience in at least one modern programming language such as Java or Python.
- 3+ years of experience with databases, SQL, data modeling and automated engineering solutions. Familiarity with GCP BigQuery is a plus.
- Experience with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP.
- 1+ year of experience building dbt models, or strong familiarity with dbt fundamentals (models, tests, documentation, project structure).
- Experience in developing near real-time distributed data processing solutions using Kafka, Flink, Spark, DynamoDB, and Airflow.
- Experience in scalable distributed systems, service-oriented and event-driven streaming architecture.
- Experience with best practices for data engineering and operational excellence.
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related degree
- Passion for innovative technologies, operational excellence, and customer impact.
- Business domain knowledge in Merchandise Planning and Reporting data solutions is a huge plus.
Pay Range Details
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Pay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
We’ve got you covered…
Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:
- Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Learn more in the Nordstrom Benefits Overview by copying and pasting the following URL into your browser: https://careers.nordstrom.com/pdfs/Ben_Overview_16.pdf
A few more important points...
The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.
For Los Angeles or San Francisco applicants: Nordstrom is required to inform you that we conduct background checks after conditional offer and consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with legal requirements per Los Angeles, Cal. Muni. Code 189.04 and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For additional state and location specific notices, please refer to the Legal Notices document within the FAQ section of the Nordstrom Careers site.
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Nordstrom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nordstrom and has not been reviewed or approved by Nordstrom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are described as broad, including medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside virtual care and mental health support. Additional protections like disability coverage, life/AD&D, and accounts such as HSA/FSA further strengthen the overall health-and-protection offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with a defined employer match structure and access to additional financial programs like an employee stock purchase plan. Commuter accounts, transit subsidies, and adoption assistance add to the overall financial support beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-away benefits include PTO accrual, paid holidays, bereavement leave, parental and bonding leave, and a sabbatical program after tenure. PTO sharing and donation options expand flexibility in how time off can be used and supported across colleagues.
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