This role pays more than
89%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$225,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$244k
versus about
$200k
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
Nordstrom currently has
30 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$142,000–$220,500
across 29 roles with salary data.
The Principal Software Engineer joins the Inventory Technology team to oversee the design, architecture, and implementation of critical systems for inventory movement, visibility, and traceability across stores, warehouses, and RFID systems. This role involves setting technical direction for a large engineering organization, developing complex event-driven microservices using Kafka, and integrating agentic AI architectures to automate operations. The candidate will build tools to optimize the reverse logistics lifecycle and provide real-time unified inventory states. Key technologies include Java, Python, AWS or GCP, and Bedrock AgentCore. The role requires expertise in CI/CD via GitLab, containerization, and telemetry solutions. The work addresses complex supply chain challenges, specifically solving problems related to warehouse management systems and large-scale retail distribution while leveraging generative AI to enhance platform automation and improve engineering productivity across the inventory portfolio.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.