Director of Engineering – Platform Services (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)

Nordstrom

Actively hiring
Seattle Wa, US Posted 58 days ago $200,500–$332,000 / year
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TL;DR

The Director of Engineering role at Core Platform Services involves leading a team of approximately 30 engineers and program managers across four engineering teams, each headed by an Engineering Manager. This senior-level position requires setting a clear technical direction for foundational infrastructure platforms that power Nordstrom’s technology stack, ensuring these platforms are reliable, secure, and cost-efficient while supporting innovation. Responsibilities include developing multi-year modernization strategies, driving architectural decisions, managing vendor relationships, and optimizing licensing costs without compromising reliability. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in software engineering or platform engineering roles, with a strong track record of leading managers and technical leaders in large-scale environments. They should possess broad technical expertise across infrastructure domains such as data, observability, developer tooling, and enterprise middleware, along with experience in governing production systems in high-stakes environments like retail or e-commerce.

Skills

AWS Kubernetes Terraform CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana Python PostgreSQL PCI DSS Git Jenkins Ansible VMware Azure Google Cloud Platform Chef Puppet SaltStack MuleSoft ServiceNow

What you'll do

  • Sets a clear multi-year technical direction aligned with business priorities.
  • Leads and develops a team of Engineering Managers, building talent pipelines.
  • Owns delivery of critical platform capabilities across infrastructure and developer services.
  • Drives architectural decisions balancing innovation, stability, security, and cost efficiency.
  • Manages vendor relationships to optimize licensing costs without compromising reliability.
  • Governs production change for business-critical systems during peak seasons.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or platform engineering roles.
  • 5+ years leading managers and senior technical leaders in large-scale technology environments.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Proven success in shaping and delivering multi-year technology modernization strategies.
  • Strong technical breadth across infrastructure domains with experience in multiple platform disciplines.
  • Experience governing production systems in high-availability, high-stakes environments.
  • Comfortable working across engineering, product, security, and executive stakeholders.

Market check

Salary context

This $200,500–$332,000 range sits above 87% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$142,000–$230,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$154,812–$229,082

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Nordstrom

Nordstrom is a leading American luxury department store chain offering a wide selection of clothing, shoes, accessories, and beauty products through its stores, Nordstrom Rack outlets, and online. Industry: Luxury Department Store Retail

Nordstrom currently has 25 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $142,000–$220,500 across 25 roles with salary data.

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