Nordstrom · 5 months ago
Principal Software Engineer, Inventory Technology (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$191K/yr - $297K/yr
10+ years expNordstrom, a leading fashion retailer, is seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to join our Inventory Technology team. This role involves building technology to improve the way the company moves, tracks, and optimizes inventory, while overseeing the design, architecture, and implementation of critical technology.
E-CommerceFashionRetail
Responsibilities
Architect and develop complex systems at scale that meet SLA’s, KPI's and engineering standards
Collaborate and influence Sr. technology and business leaders to recommend solutions and articulate trade-off’s
Lead engineers across multiple teams through projects by providing guidance on software design and development
Develop architecture diagrams and write great code
Diagnose and remedy performance or security issues
Demonstrates expertise in industry standards for secure development practices
Expertise with telemetry solutions and products available in the industry
Contributes to open source, community projects and engineering standards
Help acquire and retain top engineering talent
Hands-on coding for POCs and/or complex areas in which our engineers need your expertise
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field
10+ years of professional software engineering experience
Highly proficient with Java and Python
Highly experienced with AWS and/or GCP
Experience with Agile methodologies with a continuous improvement and quality mindset
DevOps experience with track record of improving time to recovery and mitigating failures
Highly experienced with various CI/CD process and tools GitLab, Containerization technologies
Highly skilled at applying architectural patterns to express complex scalable systems that optimize for simplicity, operational support and implementation velocity
Experienced with developing data science enabled solutions using big data and traditional software skills
Experience leveraging AI, particularly Generative AI, to enhance platform automation, reduce operational costs, and improve engineering productivity. Identify opportunities where AI can streamline workflows, optimize data processing, and enable intelligent decision-making across WBD's digital products
Track record of designing and developing services and application with enterprise grade security to protect sensitive data from threats
Highly experienced with mentoring and coaching engineers
Track record of architecting and solving complex engineering problems at scale with outstanding business and technology results
Preferred
Experience in supply chain and/or complex ecommerce domains
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
Company
Nordstrom
Nordstrom is an online fashion retailer that specializes in fashion, footwear, accessories, and beauty.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$969.45MKey Investors
Ryan CohenEl Puerto de Liverpool
2024-12-23Acquired
2023-02-03Post Ipo Equity
2022-09-16Post Ipo Equity· $294.45M
Leadership Team
Erik Nordstrom
Chief Executive Officer
Alexis DePree
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
Digital Commerce 360
2025-12-31
2025-12-16
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