Engineering Manager - Digital Insights (Hybrid - Seattle)

Nordstrom

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$166,000–$258,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago

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Similar $215k
This role $212k
$155k most similar roles pay here $270k

This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $176,112–$254,806 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $212k versus about $215k for comparable roles.

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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 34 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $154,000–$239,250 across 34 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager - Digital Insights (Hybrid - Seattle)

As the Engineering Manager for Digital Insights & Delivery at Nordstrom, you will lead a small, high-impact team of senior data engineers and analysts responsible for building and maintaining the data pipelines, models, and reporting that underpin the company's digital decision-making processes. Reporting to the Director of Data Engineering, your role involves setting technical direction, ensuring stakeholder alignment across product, marketing analytics, and platform teams, and driving a coherent digital analytics strategy. You will manage day-to-day operations, including defining data capture methods for web and app interactions, processing raw data into actionable insights, and ensuring high standards for data quality and reliability at scale. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with strong skills in SQL, cloud data stacks, distributed systems, and event streaming, as well as a proven track record in agile delivery and stakeholder management. Experience with web analytics platforms like GA4 and modern BI tools such as Looker or Tableau is highly desirable.

What you'll do

  • Define and implement technical direction for capturing and processing digital behavioral data.
  • Lead and develop a team of senior engineers and analysts in data engineering roles.
  • Ensure high-scale data platform reliability and performance for real-time data processing.
  • Establish standards for data modeling, transformation, and quality to ensure accuracy.
  • Manage stakeholder relationships and communicate complex data work to business partners.
  • Drive alignment on digital analytics strategy across product, marketing, and platform teams.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering with strong SQL and cloud data stack skills.
  • 2+ years of managing engineering teams or proven tech lead experience ready for management.
  • Hands-on expertise in digital, behavioral, or clickstream data at scale.
  • Proven ability to deliver projects on time with agile methodologies.
  • Strong communication and influence skills without direct authority.
  • BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience with web analytics platforms like GA4 and modern BI/reporting tools.

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