Engineer 1 - Inventory

Seattle, WA

Full time

R-895495

Job Description

Are you ready to help build a new platform of APIs and web applications that powers one of the most important business areas at Nordstrom? Are you looking for a team of committed individuals working toward a common goal with clarity and purpose?

Nordstrom is a fashion specialty retailer founded on a simple idea: offer each customer the best possible service, quality, value and selection. At Nordstrom, providing great customer service goes beyond the selling floor. It takes a team of individuals with different talents and skills to continuously improve services and processes serving our customer. Our Technologies division works in partnership with other areas of the Company to develop and support the business systems used throughout Nordstrom.

We are the INVENTORY SERVICES (INVENTORY OPERATIONS) team. With responsibility over building and supporting various applications and services in support of Nordstroms Enterprise Inventory Service systems., we are a significant part of Nordstrom customer experience. We build out new features and experiences on the Java SpringBoot, AWS, GCP and Message Streaming technology stacks in an agile, team-oriented and collaborative environment. We encourage innovation and expect developers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle.

We are looking for a skilled individual to provide valuable technical expertise to our projects and production support for our systems. When you join our team, you are part of the team that manages Enterprise Inventory to support our business in multi-market and multi-channels with a continuous aim to improve and optimize the end user experience. You’re the type of person who thrives on taking care of things the right way the first time. You excel at taking a project from scoping requirements to design, coding and actual launch of the project. When you notice a bug or an issue, you take it upon yourself to investigate and come up with an efficient and scalable solution. When you say “I’ll take care of it” we know it’ll be done well. You love working with open source technologies and have experience with technologies & frameworks like Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes. You are able to clearly articulate what building cloud native applications entails and have experience using at least one of the two major cloud platforms. (AWS, GCP). You are passionate about the virtues of writing SOLID code and can passionately explain the difference between Behavior Driven Development and Test Driven Development to a junior developer. You have a strong desire to automate everything. You hate hearing the words “It has always been done this way” and are curious about why things are done the way they are today. You like contributing to open source projects and believe that reading other people’s code widens your perspective and skillset. You have your stylistic preferences when it comes to code but understand the discipline it takes to keep the source code maintainable. You love troubleshooting issues and know what it takes to get that code you wrote to Production. if. You will develop and implement new technologies as well as maintain and enhance existing systems. You will create and support interfaces with internal systems, other technology teams across the company, and key external vendor applications. You will thrive in an intellectually challenging environment, solve problems and work with team members to create high quality solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop innovative solutions to drive Nordstrom business.
• Have a passion for writing clean, consistent, and elegant code to create scalable and reliable systems
• Contribute towards moving the team forward in leading edge processes like continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud migration and test-driven development
• Work with defect tracking, source code control and software release systems to ensure high-quality software releases over time.
• Transition from application development to support as needed to ensure that appropriate support is available in a timely and efficient manner.
• Drive build and release plans and implementation of all actions required to deploy applications to production environment.
• Have a passion for keeping yourself current with industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs
• Ensure corporate policies and industry best practices are observed and followed in developed applications.
• Participate in rotating 24x7 shifts to support developed products
• Work with business, infrastructure and security teams on delivering any enhancements and bug fixes for production systems

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ years of professional experience in practice area
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• Experience analyzing, coding, testing, installing and maintaining complex software programs
• Knowledge of Java and Java Springboot framework. Knowledge of other programming languages (like Python, React , JavaScript, C#) is nice to have
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tooling and a strong point of view on how agents can accelerate design, coding, and testing workflows.
• Experience with Backend Database (preferably Spanner) or Postgres databases
• Experience with RESTful architecture and micro services.
• Experience with Amazon AWS/GCP services
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) and modern development practices and development lifecycle using Scrum, Kanban, Lean or other agile methodologies
• Familiarity with CI/CD and testing tools
• Familiarity with messaging middleware (e.g. Kafka)
• Sound object-oriented design skills and knowledge of application design patterns
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to persuade inspire and motivate others. This includes communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences

Pay Range Details

The pay range(s) below has been provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different for other locations. Pay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

$104,500.00 - $162,500.00 Annual

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

This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Learn more in the Nordstrom Benefits Overview by copying and pasting the following URL into your browser: https://careers.nordstrom.com/pdfs/Ben_Overview_15_Full_Time_ES-US.pdf

A few more important points...

The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.

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