Senior Engineering Manager - Real-Time Data Streaming

Brobston Group; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Brobston Group in Seattle invites a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team responsible for Nordstrom's real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure. This hybrid role drives platform strategy, technical delivery, operational excellence, and team development.

You will partner with product, program, business, and leadership to define goals, measure outcomes, and recruit and coach engineering talent while improving performance and delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years managing a team
• Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with cloud-based, event-driven architecture and distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Set the platform vision and roadmap, guiding engineers to deliver scalable, secure, highly available solutions
• Lead architecture, project planning, implementation, and operations for cross-functional initiatives
• Partner with product, program, business, and leadership teams to define goals and measure outcomes
• Recruit, coach, and develop engineering talent while improving team performance and delivery

Skills

Software engineering

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Temporal

Airflow

Java

Python

Job description

Brobston Group in Seattle invites a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team responsible for Nordstrom's real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure. This hybrid role drives platform strategy, technical delivery, operational excellence, and team development.

You will partner with product, program, business, and leadership to define goals, measure outcomes, and recruit and coach engineering talent while improving performance and delivery.