Are you an engineer who strives to build simple, stable, scalable, and resilient solutions? Are you passionate about working in a fast-paced, high-energy atmosphere, constantly evaluating solutions to next-generation technologies with a relentless focus on automation and continuous delivery? Are you obsessed with quality and delivering the best-of-class experiences to customers?
We are eager to hear if you answered “Yes” to these questions. We are looking for an innovative self-starter to help deliver the next-generation checkout platform at Nordstrom. Sitting at the center-point of our conversion funnel, our checkout platform receives millions of orders each year, generating more than 6+ billion dollars in demand from our customers across the globe.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be playing a pivotal role within the Checkout & Wishlist Team, responsible for designing, developing and testing end to end features while engaging with our partner teams to bring about the very best of-class experiences to our customers.
A day in the life…
- Design and collaborate with local and partner teams
- Participate and contribute to the agile development and planning process
- Write highly maintainable, easy-to-understand code for RESTful Services, event-driven systems, databases, and cloud infrastructure following secure coding practices
- Demonstrate a foundational understanding of standards, concepts, and principles of engineering to solve the practical needs of the business
- Design complex systems at the organization level with up/downstream dependencies and understand business metrics for the organization
- Mentor other engineers and help them split larger designs into individual work units
- Design and validate all scenarios conform to code quality through complete and automated unit, functional, integration, and end-end testing
- Identify and prevent performance issues, optimize solutions and infrastructure, and lead cross-functional troubleshooting
- Instrument code appropriately, creating custom metrics, alerts, and dashboards
- Ensure adherence to Engineering best practices across the entire solution
- Collaborate with other software engineers on design and best practices and conduct code reviews.
- Understand tradeoffs in types of engineering processes and adjust a team process to meet the project's needs
- Test all scenarios and conform to quality and security standards
- Participate in design and code review to ensure quality and testability of feature code
- Participate in 24X7 on-call responsibilities
You own this if you have…
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of professional experience in developing REST-ful services and Event-driven applications
- Solid foundation in software engineering practices, data modeling, object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, and algorithms
- Experience with Web UI development using JavaScript (React, Redux, Node.JS, TypeScript)
- Experience using Go Lang, Java, .Net or other object-oriented program languages
- Experience using AWS services such as Kubernetes, Elastic Cache Redis, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc., or features on other similar cloud hosted platforms
- Familiarity with Linux/Docker and open source software development
- Familiarity with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, New Relic and Splunk
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical audiences
- Curious mindset for AI adoption to optimize work processes
- Passion for new technologies, operational excellence and customer impact
Your responsibilities...
- Delivering full stack features (design, implementation, and support)
- Working across the full stack of technologies (Web UI, APIs, and Infrastructure)
- Building reusable cross-platform components for future use
- Translating written requirements, designs and wireframes into high quality code
- Work with diverse, collaborative, cross-functional teams
How we work...
- With others. We have remote pairing tools where engineers often work together, as well as virtual collaboration tools for building out solutions.
- With transparency. We encourage open dialog and discourse. We don’t encourage silos.
- With agility. We don’t believe in following a process for ‘process’ sake. We ship frequently and focus on delivering incremental value.
- With open minds. We are committed to building a diverse team of people with unique perspectives. This encourages a healthy and inclusive environment that builds a more sustainable, successful company.
- With pride. We value our people most of all. We invest in ourselves by applying our own strengths and interests.
Pay Range Details
The pay range(s) below has been provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different for other locations.
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_17-19.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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years professional experience developing RESTful services and event-driven applications
- Solid foundation in software engineering practices, data modeling, object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, and algorithms
- Experience with Web UI development using JavaScript frameworks and tooling (React, Redux, Node.js, TypeScript)
- Experience with Go, Java, .NET, or other object-oriented programming languages
- Experience with AWS/cloud services (Kubernetes, ElastiCache Redis, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation or similar)
- Familiarity with Linux, Docker, and open source software development
- Familiarity with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, New Relic, and Splunk for observability and monitoring
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to explain technical information to nontechnical audiences
- Participate in 24x7 on-call responsibilities
- Curious mindset for AI adoption to optimize work processes
- Passion for new technologies, operational excellence, and customer impact
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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What We Do
When you join Nordstrom, you join a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment is paired with the strong history and experience of the Nordstrom retail legacy. We have access to some of the greatest minds in retail and technology and are constantly creating innovative strategies to develop the ultimate apparel solutions.
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