Engineer 2
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. The Engineer 2 will work with a cross-functional group of engineers on production systems from day one. The team’s priorities may change over time based on where the greatest impact for Nordstrom can be made. The delivery process is agent-driven, and engineers increasingly orchestrate AI agents. The position is offered as a hybrid role in the Seattle, Washington area, with a requirement to work in the Nordstrom Seattle office at least four days per week.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of industry experience as a software engineer.
- Experience with Go or Java; willingness to learn the other.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrable ability to think critically and solve problems.
- Hands-on experience using AI tools in a professional or personal setting, and genuine interest in how AI changes the way engineers work.
- Willingness to work in the Nordstrom Seattle office at least 4 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 the development of new features and system improvements 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.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Retirement benefits, including a 401(k).
- Paid time away and PTO accruals.
- Life insurance and disability coverage.
- Merchandise discount.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) resources.
- Holidays.
- Position may be eligible for performance-based incentives or bonuses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
