Lead Software Engineer

Nordstrom; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 191,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Personal development plan

Job summary

Nordstrom, Inc. is seeking a part-time Lead Software Engineer to ship code that matters, focusing on Java tooling and infrastructure reliability in the Saint Paul, MN area. The role emphasizes resilience, latency management, and cross-team collaboration.

You will work in a hybrid schedule, engage in hands-on development, and contribute to a strategic development plan aligned with Nordstrom's goals in a high-traffic environment.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of Java development experience.
• Experience with Ansible and infrastructure as code.
• Saint Paul, MN experience or strong familiarity with the market.
• Ability to deliver impactful software and influence across teams.

Responsibilities

• Reproduce the Saint Paul field report bug and fix it to prevent recurrence.
• Build Java tooling to accelerate Saint Paul engineers.
• Investigate latency spikes and optimize performance.
• Bridge Resilience and PostgreSQL to improve platform communication.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.
• Monitor error budgets and adjust pacing in Saint Paul, MN.

Skills

Swift

Resilience

Judgment

Persuasion

Tools

Ansible

PostgreSQL

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

This is a chance to ship code that matters, working with Ansible on systems serving high-traffic workloads. Sum it up however you want — part‑time Lead Software Engineer, $140,000 - $191,000, 9 years of Java, and a stake in Nordstrom that only deepens.

Key Responsibilities

• Reproduce the slow‑to‑anger bug from the Saint Paul field report, then make it impossible again
• Build the Java tooling that makes every other Saint Paul engineer faster
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at Nordstrom can explain
• Bridge Resilience and PostgreSQL so the two halves of Nordstrom's platform finally talk
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Watch Java error budgets and pump the brakes before Saint Paul, MN burns through them

What You'll Bring

• Working knowledge of Swift alongside transferable Persuasion chops
• Proven Resilience results, ideally seasoned in Saint Paul, MN
• A point of view on Nordstrom's space, sharpened by your own reading
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter

For over 7 years, Nordstrom has built deeply technical solutions that help teams in Saint Paul, MN get more done. New hires ship something real in week one, because we'd rather you learn by doing.

You’ll receive $140,000 - $191,000, a hybrid schedule, and a personalized development plan tailored to your technology career goals.

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