Principal Software Engineer, HR Technology (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)

Nordstrom • Seattle, WA

87d • $191,000 - $297,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

A Principal Engineer acts as a technology leader in all aspects of their daily job. This includes being responsible for architecture, best practices and operational excellence for multiple teams across Nordstrom as well as being the subject matter expert for a specific vertical. Principal Engineers are extremely proficient and self-starting individual contributors that know when to use coding as a core part of their practice as well as lead code reviews to expand their influence. The Principal Engineer, HR & Legal Technology will be a member of the Extended Core leadership team, responsible for mentoring other engineers and understanding the greater business context as it relates to their areas of operation. This role functions in a leadership capacity comparable to that of a Senior Manager role, and reports to the VP. In addition to supporting foundational initiatives including the Workforce Management Transformation underway, this position will also play a key role in the modernization and evolution of our architecture in the HR Tech space, helping us accelerate our contributions to foundational company initiatives; while ensuring we are maintaining operational excellence and meeting compliance requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• 10+ years professional experience working in software engineering teams, developing enterprise software systems.
• Excellent proficiency in object-oriented languages, such as Java.
• Prior experience in HR/People Technology and/or HCM is required.
• Extensive experience delivering complex, multi-tier systems from discovery to implementation to deployment.
• Experience designing and developing REST-based and event-based microservices.
• Experience with developing software architecture, system design, scaling, and performance optimization.
• Deep understanding of cloud technologies.
• Experience mentoring and developing Engineers of various levels.

Nice To Haves

• Workday HCM experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supports the VP of Employee Experience and Director of HR + Legal Tech in developing a tech strategy for the long-term success and improvement of the entire division.
• Collaborates with HR business leaders to understand use cases, explain strategy, and present trade-offs associated with recommended approaches.
• Understands SaaS & Packaged software integration into enterprise systems; with skills to determine and overcome risks using solution design.
• Finds solutions that solve more than one problem without unreasonably increasing developer cognitive load or support responsibility.
• Partners with Program, Product, and Business teams to establish short-term goals and long-term vision, including OKRs and other measurements of success.
• Understands event-driven and microservice architectures.
• Demonstrates ability to incorporate industry best practices across engineering teams.
• Recognizes performance issues as well as optimizations and solutions for any application, product, or service.
• Recognizes, diagnoses and fixes security defects and issues in any application or service.
• Understands cost trade-offs between technology and business and provides the best technology solution as it relates to telemetry.

Benefits

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away.
• Life Insurance and Disability.
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources.
• 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree