Senior Engineering Manager, Data Streaming Platform

Nordstrom

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$191,000–$297,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $244k
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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $162,050–$228,787 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $244k versus about $195k 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 33 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $142,000–$220,500 across 32 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, Data Streaming Platform

As a Sr. Engineering Manager, Data Streaming Platform, you will join the Data Streaming Platform team to lead a distributed group of software engineers in building and maintaining real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure. You will be responsible for overseeing technical solutions, recruiting talent, mentoring team members, and managing the full lifecycle of cross-functional projects including roadmap planning and execution. The role requires expertise in cloud-based, event-driven architecture and distributed systems to ensure a secure, scalable, and highly available environment. You will work with technologies such as Kafka for event streaming, Temporal for workflow orchestration, Airflow for batch scheduling, and programming languages like Java or Python. This position focuses on solving the technical challenge of enabling real-time data movement and providing robust infrastructure that supports critical business objectives through a true DevOps model.

What you'll do

  • Manage a distributed team of software engineers to deliver real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure.
  • Oversee the technical roadmap and vision for Kafka, Temporal, and Airflow based systems.
  • Recruit, hire, and mentor engineering staff while developing individualized career growth plans.
  • Drive the end-to-end execution of cross-functional projects including product definition, resource planning, and risk management.
  • Ensure high availability, security, and scalability of the company's event-driven infrastructure.
  • Define performance metrics and OKRs in partnership with program and product teams.
  • Lead technical architecture decisions to ensure alignment with engineering standards and business goals.
  • Implement continuous improvement methodologies to increase team productivity and reduce waste.

What we're looking for

  • BA/BS in Computer Science or closely related degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of software engineering industry experience.
  • 5+ years of managing a team.
  • Experience with cloud-based, event-driven architecture and distributed systems.
  • Proven track record of leading large cross-functional software projects.
  • Experience managing scalable full-stack solutions including frontend, backend, data engineering, DB, dev-ops, and CI/CD.
  • Exposure to Kafka for event streaming, Temporal for workflow orchestration, and Airflow for batch/data pipeline scheduling (preferred).
  • Proficiency in Java or Python for services (preferred).

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