Senior Software Engineer - Inbound Team

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Inbound Team at Nordstrom, you will lead the development and maintenance of critical services and applications that support inbound receiving and put-away operations across distribution and fulfillment centers. This hybrid role requires collaboration in person at the Seattle corporate office from Monday to Wednesday each week.

• Lead a portfolio of over 20 applications and services, providing technical guidance and mentorship to the team.
• Design and maintain distributed messaging systems interfacing warehouse management systems with enterprise data planes.
• Architect and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform, ensuring scalability and security.
• Monitor cloud service usage and optimize AWS resources for cost-efficiency.
• Write clean, maintainable code in Java and conduct thorough code reviews.
• Improve operational reliability and performance through proactive monitoring and incident resolution.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Oversee and perform testing at unit, integration, and end-to-end levels.

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, focusing on Java-based microservices architecture.
• Strong expertise in distributed messaging systems, particularly Apache Kafka.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience with monitoring tools like New Relic and Splunk.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior engineers.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration.