Engineering Manager, Digital Insights

Nordstrom

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $166,000–$258,000 / yr
Posted: 84 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $219k

This role $212k

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This role pays more than 50% of similar roles. Most pay $171,087–$267,050 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $212k versus about $219k 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 30 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $142,000–$220,500 across 29 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Digital Insights

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Engineering Manager - Digital Insights leads a high-leverage team of senior data engineers and analysts within the Technology organization to manage the data powering digital business decisions. This role involves overseeing the development of pipelines, data models, and reporting systems that transform raw web and app activity into actionable behavioral analytics for demand forecasting and conversion reporting. The manager is responsible for establishing a unified digital analytics strategy, ensuring high standards for data modeling and quality while managing stakeholder relationships across product and marketing teams. Key technical requirements include expertise in SQL, distributed systems, event streaming, and modern cloud data stacks including BigQuery and dbt. Candidates should possess experience with web analytics platforms like GA4 and BI tools such as Looker or Tableau to solve complex problems regarding how a retailer captures, governs, and reports on digital interactions.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Washington?

Median $267050 from 35 postings across 10 companies.

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Skills

SQL BigQuery dbt GA4 Looker Tableau Data Engineering Cloud Data Warehousing Event Streaming Distributed Systems Clickstream Data Agile Data Modeling

What you'll do

Define the technical direction for capturing and processing behavioral data across web and app platforms.
Lead a team of senior engineers and analysts by setting clear expectations for technical quality and professional development.
Manage high-scale data pipelines to transform raw interactions into reliable, near real-time session-level data.
Establish standards for data modeling, transformation, and quality to ensure the business can trust the underlying data.
Drive delivery discipline by shaping priorities, committing to dates, and consistently meeting project deadlines.
Act as the primary liaison to translate complex technical work into clear value for marketing, product, and leadership teams.
Develop a unified digital analytics strategy to establish a single source of truth for company decision-making.

What we're looking for

5+ years of relevant work experience in data engineering.
2+ years of experience managing engineering teams or as a technical lead.
Expertise in building and operating data pipelines using SQL, modern cloud stacks, distributed systems, and event streaming.
Hands-on experience with digital, behavioral, or clickstream data for web and app analytics at scale.
Demonstrated agile delivery discipline to meet project commitments on schedule.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders and communicate complex technical work as clear business value.
BA/BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with web analytics platforms (e.g., GA4), BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau), and transformation tools (e.g., dbt).

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