Nordstrom
Retail Technology
SeniorEngineerAssetProtection
“Senior Engineer - Asset Protection at Nordstrom. Skills: Design, development, and operation of complex distributed systems, Cloud-native, event-driven architecture, Production code development, Mentoring engineers. Write production code. Lead the design, development, and operation of complex distributed systems that process sales transactions, in-store alerts, and other business data”
What You'll Achieve.
Reduce shrink; Detect fraud; Enhance the safety of customers and employees; Ship resilient, well-tested code into production; Continuously raise the bar on quality, automation, and delivery speed
Industry & Context.
Own complex problems end to end; Understand the _why_ behind a problem before reaching for a solution; Debating tradeoffs; Arriving at better solutions together; Question existing patterns and assumptions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years of professional experience writing, shipping, and supporting production-quality software, proficiency in Java and the Spring Boot framework, Familiarity with RESTful microservices and the tools used to work with them (Postman, curl, OpenAPI/Swagger), Experience with a major public cloud (AWS or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Experience with event streaming and messaging (Kafka, Confluent, SQS) and the patterns that go with them, Comfort with modern infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI/CD, Terraform), Familiarity with observability tools (New Relic, Splunk, Grafana) and a habit of instrumenting what you ship, A solid testing discipline across unit, integration, regression, and load testing, Experience with relational and/or NoSQL data stores, A track record of leading the design of complex systems and features, supported by clear technical specs and diagrams, written and verbal communication skills, Energized by building solutions with a team, A willingness to question existing patterns and assumptions
Nice to Have
Experience with point-of-sale systems or retail technology, Background in fraud detection, security, or other domains where data integrity and low latency really matter, Hands-on experience designing and building RESTful microservices
What You'll Do.
Write production code
and operation of complex distributed systems that process sales transactions
and other business data
Build using development practices
Keep technical debt in check
Work through design problems
Understand the 'why' behind a problem
Partner with stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into well-scoped solutions
Mentor other engineers
Raise the bar on quality
Own service in production
and cloud infrastructure
Develop practices for delivering high-quality code with the help of AI coding assistants
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Shape the design with product and business partners; Perform code reviews and share context with teammates; Work through design problems alongside the team; Partner with engineers, product managers, business stakeholders, and vendors; Build solutions with a team
Communication Scope
written communication; verbal communication; propose, evaluate, and defend technical designs
Process & Methodology
Translate ambiguous problems into well-scoped solutions, Translate business needs into functional requirements, Translate technical tradeoffs into language the business can act on
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