Senior Principal Engineer, Employee Experience

Nordstrom

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$200,500–$332,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $164,750–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $266k versus about $190k 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 69 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$258,000 across 26 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Engineer, Employee Experience

The Sr. Principal Engineer, Employee Experience joins the Technology team to define the technical strategy, architecture, and engineering standards for systems powering financial operations, people processes, and workplace collaboration. This role involves architecting core business systems including ERP, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and financial planning, alongside HR platforms like Human Capital Management and recruiting tools. You will establish SaaS integration patterns, API standards, and event schemas while leading large-scale initiatives like platform modernizations and vendor migrations. Key technical requirements include expertise in AWS, GCP, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, and Slack. You must ensure security compliance for sensitive data regarding PCI and SOC standards. The work focuses on solving complex enterprise problems by enabling AI-enabled productivity, data protection, and seamless integration across the broader corporate ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Develop and communicate a multi-year technical vision and roadmap for Finance, HR, and Productivity systems.
  • Own the architecture and design patterns for ERP, HR, and collaboration platforms.
  • Establish SaaS integration patterns, API standards, event schemas, and data contracts across the enterprise.
  • Lead large-scale initiatives including platform modernizations, vendor migrations, and technical debt deprecations.
  • Define architecture patterns for identity, access control, and data protection to meet PCI and SOC requirements.
  • Identify and implement AI-enabled automation and self-service capabilities for finance and HR processes.
  • Set technical standards and best practices across the engineering portfolio.
  • Mentor senior and principal engineers on technical career growth and architecture reviews.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering, systems architecture, or platform engineering.
  • Demonstrated progression to strategic, enterprise-scope technical leadership.
  • Experience architecting solutions for enterprise finance systems, HR/HCM platforms, and productivity/collaboration tools.
  • Deep expertise in enterprise integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architecture, and data flows.
  • Ability to lead through influence and build consensus with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
  • Working knowledge of security, privacy, and regulatory considerations for financial and employee data systems.
  • Expertise with multiple cloud platforms (AWS & GCP preferred) and modern application architectures.
  • Track record of developing engineering talent and building cross-functional partnerships.

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