Principal Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Bismarck (ND); On-site; USD 132,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordstrom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer with a focus on Presentation Skills and modern tooling in Bismarck, ND. You will lead the adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability while building internal tooling to boost developer productivity.

You will bridge Change Management and CI/CD across Nordstrom's platform, reproduce and squash critical bugs, and document decisions for the broader org.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Laravel and willingness to learn GitLab CI quickly.
• Ability to handle scope changes with calm and focus.
• Commitment to completing the essential 20% that drives the rest.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Bridge Change Management and CI/CD so the two halves of Nordstrom's platform finally talk
• Reproduce the flat-and-fast bug from the Bismarck field report, then make it impossible again
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
• Design CI/CD APIs other Bismarck, ND teams will still thank you for next year
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Translate React metrics into the one chart Nordstrom leadership checks each morning

Skills

Laravel

Tools

GitLab CI

Job description

Build the tools that thousands of developers depend on as a Principal Software Engineer working with Presentation Skills and modern tooling. The technology charter, the $132,000 - $175,000, the 8-year ask — all of it points to a Nordstrom role built for owners, not order-takers.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Bridge Change Management and CI/CD so the two halves of Nordstrom's platform finally talk
• Reproduce the flat-and-fast bug from the Bismarck field report, then make it impossible again
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
• Design CI/CD APIs other Bismarck, ND teams will still thank you for next year
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Translate React metrics into the one chart Nordstrom leadership checks each morning

What You'll Bring

• Real proficiency with Laravel, plus willingness to learn GitLab CI fast
• A Bismarck network, or the hustle to build one from scratch
• Demonstrated calm when a Bismarck, ND client changes scope mid-stream
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter

Nordstrom makes CI/CD look simple, which anyone in technology knows is the high-growth hardest thing to pull off. Every client-focused idea gets a fair hearing at Nordstrom, no matter the 10 of experience behind it.

This position offers $132,000 - $175,000, comprehensive benefits, and genuine room to advance into leadership within technology.

We refreshed it today so candidates know the full-time role is genuinely open.