Senior Engineer - Supply Chain Tech

Nordstrom•Seattle, WA

About The Position

The Supply Chain Tech – Outbound team owns the platform and services to make sure Nordstrom’s distribution center / fulfillment center network can deliver orders to all its customers. We are a dynamic organization, revolutionizing Nordstrom’s technical landscape with innovative systems, APIs, and platforms. Our ambition is to transform and enhance every aspect of business operations, empowering all its users with critical tools in order flow management. We're looking for a passionate Senior Engineer who can design and deliver solutions that solve complex business problems and span the work of multiple engineers. In this role, you will improve service quality across the team, make technical decisions that align with Nordstrom engineering standards, mentor engineers, and support incident resolution for complex production issues.

Requirements

6+ years of professional software engineering experience in a relevant practice area.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience analyzing, designing, coding, testing, installing, and maintaining complex software programs.
Strong knowledge of Java and the Java Spring Boot framework; experience with Python, React, JavaScript, C#, or similar technologies is a plus.
Strong grasp of multiple technology stacks, including APIs, services, data stores, cloud infrastructure, and operational tooling.
Experience with RESTful services, event-driven applications, and Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms.
Experience with AWS or GCP services and cloud-native application development.
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, automated testing, and agile delivery practices such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean.
Emphasis on building metrics into systems and providing visibility into uptime, performance, reliability, and customer impact through real-time alerting, reporting, and dashboards.
Sound object-oriented design skills and knowledge of application design patterns.
Experience working with diverse, collaborative, cross-functional teams across business, product, infrastructure, security, and engineering functions.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information clearly to nontechnical audiences.
Curious mindset for AI adoption, automation, new technologies, operational excellence, and customer impact.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with Supply Chain domain or any Warehouse Management System is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead technical strategy and solution design for Supply Chain Tech – Outbound, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and aligned with business priorities.
Design, build, and maintain high-performing services, APIs, and reusable components that support order flow, inventory and supply chain processes.
Own solutions that span multiple services and engineering workstreams, translating business, stakeholder, and technical requirements into simple, modular, and extensible designs.
Improve reliability, performance, scalability, availability, observability, and security across test, integration, and production environments.
Plan and implement application enhancements, integrations, reconfigurations, and component changes that improve functionality, resiliency, usability, and operational stability.
Build and improve automated tests, CI/CD practices, deployment procedures, and release processes that increase delivery confidence.
Analyze defects, system performance, and operational bottlenecks to prevent recurrence and improve overall system stability.
Lead by example through hands-on design, prototyping, coding, testing, and delivery of high-quality solutions.
Lead design and code reviews to ensure quality, maintainability, extensibility, testability, and operational readiness of feature code.
Apply, enforce, and improve Nordstrom engineering and security standards while contributing to the engineering community of practice.
Maintain a strong customer mindset for engineering partners and business users, balancing delivery needs with long-term maintainability and operational excellence.
Participate in 24x7 on-call support and incident resolution for complex production issues.
Mentor engineers across a wide spectrum of technical activities and participate in interviews for individual contributor roles by providing clear, specific feedback.