Senior Software Engineer, Inventory Positioning

Nordstrom

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$142,000–$220,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
153 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $154,350–$214,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $181k versus about $184k 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 60 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$258,000 across 23 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Inventory Positioning

The Sr. Software Engineer: Inventory Positioning joins the Inventory Positioning team to build a unified platform for the fulfillment network. This role involves designing and building core capabilities for the Inventory Positioning Engine, which handles unit-level placement decisions to optimize demand, cost-to-serve, and sell-through probability. You will develop real-time positioning decision pipelines, implement features like Pack & Hold Reimagined and Returns Positioning, and manage solution-level designs spanning multiple engineers. Key responsibilities include analyzing complex inventory state problems, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in 24X7 on-call rotations. Required skills include Java, Springboot, and experience with RESTful services, event-driven applications, and AWS/GCP. You must also possess knowledge of Spanner, NoSQL, or Postgres databases, along with containerization tools like Kubernetes and Docker.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 409 postings across 38 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build real-time positioning decision pipelines to determine optimal inventory placement across the fulfillment network.
  • Own end-to-end implementation of Pack & Hold Reimagined, Returns Positioning, and Racking capabilities.
  • Analyze and deconstruct complex inventory state problems across various inventory systems.
  • Identify and implement automation to streamline the delivery of positioning services and drive measurable outcomes.
  • Make technical tradeoffs regarding design, component choice, and database selection for short-term and long-term needs.
  • Design deployment processes that minimize downtime and include alerting to detect failures before they impact customers.
  • Provide actionable feedback during code and system design reviews to improve team output quality.
  • Participate in 24X7 on-call responsibilities to resolve complex production incidents.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of professional experience in the practice area.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience analyzing, designing, coding, testing, installing, and maintaining complex software programs.
  • Knowledge of Java and the Java Springboot framework.
  • Knowledge of other programming languages like Python, React, JavaScript, or C# (preferred).
  • Experience with Backend Databases (preferably Spanner), NoSQL, or Postgres databases.
  • Experience with RESTful services, event-driven applications, and AWS/GCP services.
  • Familiarity with containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD, and agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean).

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