Principal Software Engineer, Inventory Technology (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)
Nordstrom, a leading fashion retailer, is seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to join our Inventory Technology team. Inventory is Nordstrom’s biggest investment and the productive use of it is critical to the company’s success. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building technology to improve the way we move, track and optimize our inventory. This space requires ingenuity on integrating with different type of data sources to build near-real-time inventory availability and explainability of inventory movement. As a key member of our Inventory technology leadership team, you will oversee the design, architecture, and implementation of critical technology. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation and ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of our technology. A day in the life... · 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 You own this if you have… · 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 · Experience in supply chain and/or complex ecommerce domains is preferred #LI-Hybrid We’ve got you covered… Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including: • Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away • Life Insurance and Disability • Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources A few more important points... 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