Engineer 2

Nordstrom•Seattle, WA

2d•$121,500 - $188,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Nordstrom’s Marketing Content Orchestration (MCO) team is seeking a curious, motivated software Engineer 2 to help modernize how Nordstrom creates and delivers marketing content. The team builds systems for campaign assets across email, web, app, and paid social, including product images and video, designer imagery, and copy. It replaces manual workflows with automated and agentic workflows so marketers can build campaigns with AI. Engineers contribute to production systems from day one and work on changing problems according to where they can have the greatest impact for Nordstrom. The team uses an agent-driven delivery process, and engineers increasingly orchestrate AI agents. A desire to solve problems, openness to working with AI, and eagerness to learn and grow are central to success; the team is willing to teach engineers who want to learn. This is a hybrid position in the Seattle, Washington area. Candidates must be willing to work in Nordstrom’s Seattle office at least four days per week. The annual pay range is $121,500 to $188,500. Offers depend on location and job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The position may be eligible for performance-based incentives or bonuses. Nordstrom offers benefits to support employees and their families, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Requirements

At least 3 years of industry experience as a software engineer.
Experience with Go or Java; willingness to learn the other is supported.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Demonstrable ability to think critically and solve problems.
Hands-on experience using AI tools, professionally or personally, and genuine interest in how AI changes the way engineers work.
Willingness to work in the Nordstrom Seattle office at least four days per week.

Nice To Haves

Full-stack experience; the work leans toward backend.
Familiarity with managing context, memory, and prompting when working with AI tools and agents.
Experience building cloud-native software.
Experience integrating third-party platforms or working with content or marketing technology.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Contribute to developing new features and improving systems in an agile environment.
Build and maintain APIs and services that move content and assets between content management, asset management, and campaign delivery platforms.
Work with platforms such as AEM, Sanity, and a Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO) platform, and build in-house applications that connect them.
Orchestrate AI agents and contribute to automation and agentic workflows that reduce manual effort for marketers.
Participate in code review and the agent-driven delivery process, including verifying AI-generated code.
Own features across every stage of delivery, with a focus on quality.
Deliver results.