2 hours ago
Base Salary
$166k - $258k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate batch and orchestrated data pipelines connecting the SaaS planning application with Nordstrom enterprise systems, the data warehouse, and downstream consumers.
- Enable, configure, and extend SaaS merchandise, assortment, item planning, and forecasting workflows in partnership with vendors and business stakeholders.
- Develop curated datasets, semantic models, analytics, and reporting using BigQuery and Looker.
- Own data quality, reconciliation, monitoring, alerting, validation, and observability for the integration platform.
- Design, develop, ship, evaluate, and monitor AI agents supporting merchandise planning with human-in-the-loop guardrails.
- Collaborate with engineering, business, program, product, merchandising, finance, and supply chain teams on technical decisions and priorities.
- Assist engineering managers with software and data strategy, architecture, planning, and solution definition.
- Break down cross-functional systems and designs into tasks for more junior engineers and help them adopt AI-enabled development tools.
- Participate in production support, rotating 24/7 shifts, enhancements, and bug fixes.
- Apply engineering practices including continuous integration, continuous delivery, testing, cloud migration, and performance testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an engineering discipline, preferably computer science, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of professional experience delivering quality software, with a strong focus on data and integration engineering.
- Hands-on experience building batch and orchestrated pipelines with Apache Airflow, Python, and Apache Spark.
- Proficiency with BigQuery, SQL, and data modeling for curated datasets, schemas, transformations, analytics, and reporting.
- Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating third-party and SaaS applications through APIs, files, and events.
- Experience with enterprise SaaS planning or supply chain platforms such as Toolio, O9, Anaplan, or Blue Yonder is preferred.
- Experience developing analytics, dashboards, and reporting, ideally with Looker or a comparable business intelligence platform.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, cloud services such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, and deployment practices.
- Practical experience using AI coding tools such as Claude, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot.
- Proficiency with relational databases including PostgreSQL and MySQL, plus familiarity with MongoDB and Redis.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, system design, architecture, scaling, and performance testing skills for data-intensive systems.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with analysts, testers, product managers, and other cross-functional partners.
- Strong computer science fundamentals; merchandise planning, assortment planning, item planning, demand forecasting, or fashion retail knowledge is a strong plus.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, dental, retirement, paid time away, life insurance, disability coverage, merchandise discounts, and EAP resources.
- 401(k), PTO accruals, holidays, and additional insurance options, subject to eligibility requirements.
- The position may be eligible for performance-based incentives or bonuses.
- Hybrid Seattle work arrangement requiring onsite attendance at the Nordstrom Seattle office at least four days per week.
- Participation in rotating 24/7 support shifts is required.
Tech Stack
Apache AirflowApache SparkAWSAzureDockerGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformMongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLPythonRedisSQL
Categories
AI ApplicationsData Engineering
About Nordstrom
At Nordstrom, we empower our employees to set their sights high and blaze their own trails. This is a place where your success and growth are truly a result of your own efforts and achievements. Our teams are made up of motivated people who work hard to become leaders within the company, at all levels of the organization. These well-traveled paths show how hard work, loyalty, a competitive spirit and your unwavering commitment to the customer can take you and your career to new places. In addition to being a great place to have a career, we’re also committed to respecting the environment and supporting our communities. To learn more, check out NordstromCares.com. Interested in joining the Nordstrom team? See some of our current opportunities under our Careers tab or visit careers.nordstrom.com to apply today.