Engineer 2 - Supply Chain

Nordstrom•Seattle, WA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Nordstrom is seeking an Engineer 2 to join our Merchandising, Inventory, Supply Chain, Shared Services, and Platform Technology (MISC) team! This role will specifically sit within the Supply Chain org and supports the integration layer between the WMS (Warehouse Management System) and the physical Material Handling Equipment (MHE). This role is offered as hybrid in Seattle, WA. Candidates must be available to work in office at the Nordstrom corporate headquarters a minimum of 4 days/week to be considered for this position.

Requirements

3+ years of professional software development experience
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, Engineering or equivalent degree required
Experience analyzing, designing, coding, testing, installing and maintaining complex software programs
Knowledge of Java and Java Springboot framework.
Knowledge of other programming languages (like Python, React , JavaScript, C#) is a plus
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tooling and a strong point of view on how agents can accelerate design, coding, and testing workflows.
A strong desire to automate everything
Strong grasp of multiple tech stacks
Experience with Backend Database (preferably Spanner) or NoSQL or Postgres databases
Experience with RESTful architecture and Microservices.
Experience with Amazon AWS/GCP is required
Familiarity with containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) and modern development practices and development lifecycle using Scrum, Kanban or other agile methodologies
Familiarity with CI/CD and testing tools
Familiarity with messaging middleware (Kafka, SQS)
Experience with writing services as well as consuming services using REST, SOAP, XML, JSON or any combination
Emphasis on building metrics into the system and providing visibility on uptime and performance via real time alerting, reporting, and dashboards
Experience working with diverse, collaborative, cross-functional teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to persuade inspire and motivate others. This includes communicating technical information to non-technical audiences

Nice To Haves

You dislike hearing the words “It has always been done this way” and are curious about why things are done the way they are today.
Have your stylistic preferences when it comes to code but understand the discipline it takes to keep the source code maintainable.
You love troubleshooting issues and know what it takes to get your code to Production if the Zombie apocalypse hits and the rest of the team is unavailable.

Responsibilities

Design & develop innovative solutions to drive Nordstrom business.
Have a passion for writing clean, consistent, and elegant code to create scalable and reliable systems
Contribute towards moving the team forward in leading edge processes like continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud migration and test-driven development
Work with defect tracking, source code control and software release systems to ensure high-quality software releases over time
Assist in peer code reviews and provide constructive feedback
Contribute to the design and development process as part of a SCRUM team.
Transition from application development to support as needed to ensure that appropriate support is available in a timely and efficient manner.
Drive build and release plans and implementation of all actions required to deploy applications to production environment.
Assist Software Development Manager with planning, analysis and definition of high-level software strategies and solutions through functional knowledge and an understanding of the enterprise business systems and industry.
Have a passion for keeping yourself current with industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs
Ensure corporate policies and industry best practices are observed and followed in developed applications.
Work with business, infrastructure and security teams on delivering any enhancements and bug fixes for production systems