Senior Software Engineer, Inbound Team - Hybrid - Seattle

Job Description

Nordstrom's Building Technology organization is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Inbound Team, supporting the critical services and applications that enable inbound receiving and put-away operations across Nordstrom's distribution and fulfillment centers. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced and motivated engineer to lead a portfolio of over 20 applications and services within a distributed messaging architecture, interfacing our warehouse management systems with enterprise data planes.

As the lead engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable, and efficient solutions that ensure seamless operations for Nordstrom's supply chain. You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product managers, and cross-functional teams to drive technical excellence, mentor team members, and continuously improve the performance and reliability of our systems. Additionally, you will leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, especially using Terraform, to provision, manage, and optimize the cloud infrastructure supporting these applications.

This is a hybrid position, with the expectation that team members will collaborate in person at our Seattle corporate office Monday to Wednesday each week.Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the lead engineer for a portfolio of over 20 applications and services, providing technical guidance and mentorship to the team.
• Team Mentorship & Development: Lead and mentor junior team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment. Provide coaching, technical direction, and career development support to help team members excel in their roles.
• System Design & Architecture: Design and maintain distributed messaging systems interfacing our warehouse management systems (MA Pro-active WMS) with enterprise data planes to support inbound receiving and put-away functionality.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Architect, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform, enabling consistent, automated provisioning and management of AWS resources while adhering to best practices for scalability and security.
• Cloud Budgeting & Optimization: Continuously monitor cloud service usage, forecast budgets, and optimize AWS resources for cost-efficiency without compromising system performance.
• Infrastructure Management: Build and maintain resilient and scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC tools and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes (EKS).
• Coding & Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Java, adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Code Reviews: Conduct thorough reviews of pull requests to ensure code quality, maintainability, and alignment with architectural principles.
• Operational Excellence: Improve the operational reliability, scalability, and performance of our services through proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
• Monitoring & Observability: Leverage tools like New Relic and Splunk, or related technologies (e.g., APMs, distributed tracing, scalable logging platforms), to analyze logs, identify issues, and enhance system performance.
• On-Call Support: Participate in the team's on-call rotation to ensure system uptime and availability.
• Agile Practices: Help lead Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to ensure effective team collaboration and delivery.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with business and product team members to gather requirements, design solutions, and provide updates on progress. Collaborate across the organization with dependencies on design, troubleshooting, and integrations.
• Testing: Oversee and perform testing at unit, integration, and end-to-end levels to ensure the reliability and correctness of our systems.
• Configuration Management: Design and maintain configuration settings for Inbound functionality in the MA Pro-active warehouse management system.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive innovation and adoption of new technologies, tools, and processes to continuously improve system performance, team efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

Key Technologies & Tools:

• Core Languages & Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot, Gradle
• Messaging & Distributed Systems: Apache Kafka
• Databases: SQL (required), Postgres (preferred)
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform (required), AWS CloudFormation (optional)
• CI/CD & Source Control: GitLab, GitHub
• Testing Frameworks: JUnit
• Cloud Services: AWS DynamoDB, S3, EKS, Lambda, EC2
• Monitoring & Logging: New Relic, Splunk, or related technologies such as APMs, distributed tracing, and scalable logging platforms
• Other Tools: Proficiency with configuration and integrations with MA Pro-active WMS is a significant advantage

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on Java-based microservices architecture.
• Strong expertise in distributed messaging systems, particularly Apache Kafka.
• Extensive experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to design and automate cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with containerized applications and compute cluster management using Kubernetes (EKS).
• Proficiency in SQL, with the ability to write and optimize queries.
• Demonstrated ability to budget for cloud services and tune systems to optimize both performance and cost.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools such as New Relic, Splunk, or related technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with a focus on operational excellence.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks like JUnit and a strong understanding of testing practices at unit, integration, and end-to-end levels.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to perform technical design and architecture for complex systems.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, business partners, and stakeholders.

Preferred (Bonus Qualifications):

• Experience with Postgres as a database technology.
• Direct experience with the Manhattan Associates Pro-active Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Previous experience in a supply chain, distribution, or warehouse management domain.
• Familiarity with related warehouse management system technologies or integrations.

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Washington: $120,500 - $220,500 Annually

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