Software Engineer I - Java, APIs, Cloud (Seattle Onsite)

Nordstrom, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Vision

Dental

Retirement

Paid Time Away

Merchandise Discount

Job summary

Nordstrom, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Engineer to help build business-critical systems and APIs for the Merchandise Planning team. You will work with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes in an agile environment, shipping features from design through launch.

You thrive on clean, SOLID code, automation, and DevOps practices, with on-site collaboration four days a week and a strong ownership mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS required.
• Strong OO design and Java proficiency.
• Knowledge of Python, distributed systems, REST APIs.
• Familiarity with cloud tech (AWS) and containers (Docker/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Build or enhance APIs, CI/CD automation, unit tests, and BDD tests for service APIs.
• Demonstrate a standard of engineering excellence and measure everything.
• Design, document, and implement clean and robust solutions to complex business problems.
• Think analytically - define and identify logical steps to execution and priorities.
• Turn business needs into functional requirements; explain technical details to non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in defining, scoping, and estimating stories.
• Pursue continuous learning and contribute to peer learning through knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Communicate effectively with teams, business partners, and leadership.
• Work on proof of concept implementations utilizing new technology to solve business challenges.
• Contribute to design and code reviews, ensuring high-quality, scalable, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Maintain a DevOps mindset - implement and support monitoring, alerting, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
• Handle bugs escalated by support and product management teams.
• Provide on-call support and participate in Root Cause Analysis to improve reliability.
• Work independently with a bias for action and flexibility to evolving business needs.

Skills

Object-oriented design

Java proficiency

Python knowledge

Data structures & distributed systems

RESTful API design

Communication skills

Cloud technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

React UI

AWS

NoSQL

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Nordstrom, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Engineer to help build business-critical systems and APIs for the Merchandise Planning team. You will work with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes in an agile environment, shipping features from design through launch.

You thrive on clean, SOLID code, automation, and DevOps practices, with on-site collaboration four days a week and a strong ownership mindset.