Engineer 2 - Selling Empowerment

Summary

Nordstrom is a retail company seeking a full-time Engineer 2 to join its Selling Empowerment team. The role builds and maintains full-stack software solutions, infrastructure, applications, and services for selling employees, customers, and retail technology systems. Responsibilities include software development, collaboration with product and design teams, system architecture, production reliability, documentation, and continuous process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions for retail and ecommerce systems
• Collaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements into elegant technical solutions
• Participate in code reviews and pair programming
• Contribute to system architecture and design discussions
• Monitor and maintain production systems, ensuring reliability and performance
• Write clear documentation and uphold technical standards across the team
• Leverage AI development tools effectively while ensuring code quality, maintainability, and alignment with team standards
• Continuously improve development processes and tools

Skills

• • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience required
• • Proficiency in JavaScript (TypeScript/React/Node experience preferred)
• • Knowledge of or openness to work with additional modern programming languages (Java, C#, Python, etc)
• • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and CI/CD pipelines
• • Familiarity with RESTful APIs, microservices, and modern web or backend frameworks
• • Experience with or openness to leveraging AI assistants and tools to accelerate development while maintaining code quality
• • Strong documentation habits and ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• • Commitment to fostering an inclusive and respectful team culture
• • Openness to feedback and a growth mindset
• • Experience in retail, ecommerce, or logistics technology
• • Familiarity with observability tools (New Relic, etc.)
• • Background collaborating with contract engineers in hybrid team structures
• • Experience with agile methodologies and remote-first team practices
• • Passion for mentoring and supporting peers from diverse backgrounds
• • Drive to improve customer experiences through technology

Qualifications

Must Haves

• • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience required
• • Proficiency in JavaScript (TypeScript/React/Node experience preferred)
• • Knowledge of or openness to work with additional modern programming languages (Java, C#, Python, etc)
• • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and CI/CD pipelines
• • Familiarity with RESTful APIs, microservices, and modern web or backend frameworks
• • Experience with or openness to leveraging AI assistants and tools to accelerate development while maintaining code quality
• • Strong documentation habits and ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• • Commitment to fostering an inclusive and respectful team culture
• • Openness to feedback and a growth mindset

Nice to Haves

• • Experience in retail, ecommerce, or logistics technology
• • Familiarity with observability tools (New Relic, etc.)
• • Background collaborating with contract engineers in hybrid team structures
• • Experience with agile methodologies and remote-first team practices
• • Passion for mentoring and supporting peers from diverse backgrounds
• • Drive to improve customer experiences through technology

Benefits

• Remote employment is available in all US states except AR, MS, MT, ND, SD, VT, WV, and WY.
• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
• Performance-based incentives/bonuses may be available for this position.
• 401k
• Medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options
• PTO accruals
• Holidays