Engineer 2 - Selling Empowerment Team

Job Description

Nordstrom is seeking a full-time Engineer 2 (Remote) to join our Selling Empowerment team. In this role, you'll build and maintain software solutions that deliver exceptional experiences for our selling employees and customers. You'll work across the full stack on infrastructure, applications, and services that power our retail technology ecosystem. 

As an Engineer 2, you'll design, develop, and maintain scalable technology solutions for selling and relationship management tools in a remote-first environment alongside a distributed team of engineers, UX designers, and product managers. This role is ideal for someone with a solid software engineering foundation who's ready to tackle complex technical challenges and contribute to architectural decisions. 

About Store Experience Technology (SET) 

We build the software and hardware that make Nordstrom stores the best shopping, style, and beauty destination in the world. Our team creates tools that empower store employees to delight customers across diverse physical environments and use cases—from point-of-sale systems and handheld alteration devices to stylist tools, curbside pickup systems, and innovative digital in-store experiences. 

A day in the life...

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions for retail and ecommerce systems 

• Collaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements into elegant technical solutions 

• Participate in code reviews and pair programming 

• Contribute to system architecture and design discussions 

• Monitor and maintain production systems, ensuring reliability and performance 

• Write clear documentation and uphold technical standards across the team 

• Leverage AI development tools effectively while ensuring code quality, maintainability, and alignment with team standards 

• Continuously improve development processes and tools 

You own this if you have...

Required: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience required 

• Proficiency in JavaScript (TypeScript/React/Node experience preferred) 

• Knowledge of or openness to work with additional modern programming languages (Java, C#, Python, etc) 

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and CI/CD pipelines 

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, microservices, and modern web or backend frameworks 

• Strong documentation habits and ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders 

• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and respectful team culture 

• Openness to feedback and a growth mindset 

Preferred: 

• Experience in retail, ecommerce, or logistics technology 

• Familiarity with observability tools (Splunk, New Relic, etc.) 

• Experience with or openness to leveraging AI assistants