Engineering Manager: Inventory Movement (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)

Nordstrom

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Seattle, WA Posted 13 days ago $166,000–$258,000 / year
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TL;DR

As an Engineering Manager for Inventory Movement at Nordstrom’s Technology organization, you will lead a team responsible for developing and maintaining the inventory movement platform across stores, distribution centers, and fulfillment centers. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating with business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions that enhance consistency and visibility in inventory management, driving alignment across channels to simplify complex processes, and ensuring teams have the resources needed to succeed. You must have experience managing engineering teams and leveraging AI tools for software development, along with a strong background in designing distributed systems and DevOps practices. This role requires expertise in event-driven architectures and familiarity with retail operations, making it ideal for someone passionate about modernizing legacy platforms in a large-scale enterprise environment.

Skills

CI/CD DevOps Kubernetes AWS Docker Python PostgreSQL Event-driven architecture Apache Kafka Agile methodologies SCRUM Terraform Monitoring Alerting

What you'll do

  • Lead the development and evolution of a complex inventory movement platform across multiple channels.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate end-to-end use cases into scalable technical solutions.
  • Drive alignment and simplify processes by retiring legacy workarounds in favor of unified solutions.
  • Define and track KPIs, roadmaps, and priorities to ensure technical investments align with business outcomes.
  • Champion visibility and traceability in inventory movement across the network.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience with AI tools and practices.
  • Proven track record in managing engineering teams and delivering scalable systems.
  • Strong communication skills to bridge technical complexity and business needs.
  • Experience designing distributed, event-driven systems in cloud environments.
  • Understanding of DevOps best practices including CI/CD and monitoring.

Market check

Salary context

This $166,000–$258,000 range sits above 73% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$136,453–$213,600

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$143,248–$215,975

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 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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