Senior Software Engineer - Checkout & Wishlist (Hybrid - Seattle)

Nordstrom•Seattle, WA

1d•$142,000 - $220,500•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for an innovative self-starter to help deliver the next-generation checkout platform at Nordstrom. Sitting at the center-point of our conversion funnel, our checkout platform receives millions of orders each year, generating more than 6+ billion dollars in demand from our customers across the globe. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be playing a pivotal role within the Checkout & Wishlist Team, responsible for designing, developing and testing end to end features while engaging with our partner teams to bring about the very best of-class experiences to our customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
6+ years of professional experience in developing REST-ful services and Event-driven applications
Solid foundation in software engineering practices, data modeling, object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, and algorithms
Experience with Web UI development using JavaScript (React, Redux, Node.JS, TypeScript)
Experience using Go Lang, Java, .Net or other object-oriented program languages
Experience using AWS services such as Kubernetes, Elastic Cache Redis, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc., or features on other similar cloud hosted platforms
Familiarity with Linux/Docker and open source software development
Familiarity with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with Kubernetes, New Relic and Splunk
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical audiences
Curious mindset for AI adoption to optimize work processes
Passion for new technologies, operational excellence and customer impact

Responsibilities

Design and collaborate with local and partner teams
Participate and contribute to the agile development and planning process
Write highly maintainable, easy-to-understand code for RESTful Services, event-driven systems, databases, and cloud infrastructure following secure coding practices
Demonstrate a foundational understanding of standards, concepts, and principles of engineering to solve the practical needs of the business
Design complex systems at the organization level with up/downstream dependencies and understand business metrics for the organization
Mentor other engineers and help them split larger designs into individual work units
Design and validate all scenarios conform to code quality through complete and automated unit, functional, integration, and end-end testing
Identify and prevent performance issues, optimize solutions and infrastructure, and lead cross-functional troubleshooting
Instrument code appropriately, creating custom metrics, alerts, and dashboards
Ensure adherence to Engineering best practices across the entire solution
Collaborate with other software engineers on design and best practices and conduct code reviews.
Understand tradeoffs in types of engineering processes and adjust a team process to meet the project's needs
Test all scenarios and conform to quality and security standards
Participate in design and code review to ensure quality and testability of feature code
Participate in 24X7 on-call responsibilities
Delivering full stack features (design, implementation, and support)
Working across the full stack of technologies (Web UI, APIs, and Infrastructure)
Building reusable cross-platform components for future use
Translating written requirements, designs and wireframes into high quality code
Work with diverse, collaborative, cross-functional teams