The Lead Data Engineer role on Nordstrom’s Customer Identity team is a senior-level position responsible for driving the technical direction of customer recognition systems and data quality analysis. This individual will oversee a team of four engineers, guiding them in setting strategic roadmaps and improving match accuracy through advanced techniques like data enrichment and KPI design. Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with analytics leadership to support key use cases, migrating identity infrastructure to a warehouse-native architecture using BigQuery and dbt, and mentoring junior engineers while maintaining high standards for data quality and automated testing. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in entity resolution and customer identity systems, proficiency in SQL and cloud data warehouses like BigQuery, and the ability to communicate statistical concepts effectively to stakeholders.
Own the technical direction and strategy to improve customer recognition accuracy.
Design and implement platform quality KPIs and match confidence scoring metrics.
Lead migration of identity infrastructure to a warehouse-native architecture.
Mentor engineers, set technical standards, and conduct design reviews.
Maintain high data quality through automated checks and monitoring systems.
What we're looking for
7+ years of experience in data engineering or related field with hands-on work in entity resolution and customer identity systems.
Deep understanding of data matching concepts including match rules, blocking strategies, and precision/recall tradeoffs.
Proficient in SQL and cloud data warehouses like BigQuery, with experience using dbt for transformations.
Ability to design and implement platform quality KPIs and automated checks for data quality monitoring.
Strong mentorship skills to guide a team of engineers and set technical standards.
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How this pay compares to similar roles
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This role pays more than
72%
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$135,000–$216,300
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$212k
versus about
$176k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
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