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Job Description

A Principal Engineer acts as a technology leader in all aspects of their daily job. This includes being responsible for architecture, best practices and operational excellence for multiple teams across Nordstrom as well as being the subject matter expert for a specific vertical. Principal Engineers are extremely proficient and self-starting individual contributors that know when to use coding as a core part of their practice as well as lead code reviews to expand their influence.

The Principal Engineer, HR & Legal Technology will be a member of the Extended Core leadership team, responsible for mentoring other engineers and understanding the greater business context as it relates to their areas of operation. This role functions in a leadership capacity comparable to that of a Senior Manager role, and reports to the VP.

In addition to supporting foundational initiatives including the Workforce Management Transformation underway, this position will also play a key role in the modernization and evolution of our architecture in the HR Tech space, helping us accelerate our contributions to foundational company initiatives, while ensuring we are maintaining operational excellence and meeting compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities...

+ Supports the VP of Employee Experience and Director of HR + Legal Tech in developing a tech strategy for the long-term success and improvement of the entire division.

+ Collaborates with HR business leaders to understand use cases, explain strategy, and present trade-offs associated with recommended approaches.

+ Understands SaaS & Packaged software integration into enterprise systems; with skills to determine and overcome risks using solution design.

+ Finds solutions that solve more than one problem without unreasonably increasing developer cognitive load or support responsibility.

+ Partner with Program, Product, and Business teams to establish short-term goals and long-term vision, including OKRs and other measurements of success

+ Understands event-driven and microservice architectures.

+ Understands the power of platforms as a unification model, reducing cognitive load on teams and helping to drive individuals and teams to solve business problems rather than focusing on infrastructure.

+ Demonstrates ability to incorporate industry best practices across engineering teams.

+ Demonstrates ability to recognize performance issues as well as optimizations and solutions for any application, product, or service.

+ Demonstrates ability to recognize, diagnose and fix security defects and issues in any application or service.

+ Understands cost trade-offs between technology and business and provides the best technology solution as it relates to telemetry.

A day in the life…

+ Apply advanced concepts, theories, and principles to create multi-disciplinary innovations and solutions for the most complex or risky business situations.

+ Contribute to development of new principles and concepts.

+ Collaborate with and influence team, partners, and organization.

+ Provide thought leadership to ensure that systems and services are designed, and operating to achieve optimal levels of performance, reliability, and sustainability.

+ Ensure secure coding practices and secure system fundamentals.

+ Demonstrate ability to identify key areas to instrument across

+ Mentor the development teams on engineering practices; coach the engineers to develop robust, supportable, secure, scalable software for a high-availability, high- volume system.

You own this if you have…

+ Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent industry

+ 10+ years professional experience working in software engineering teams, developing enterprise software systems.

+ Excellent proficiency in object-oriented languages, such as Java and C#.

+ experience.

+ Extensive experience delivering complex, multi-tier systems from discovery to implementation to deployment.

+ Experience designing and developing REST-based and event-based microservices.

+ Experience with developing software architecture, system design, scaling, and performance optimization.

+ Deep understanding of cloud technologies.

+ Experience in HR and/or Legal technology domains is a plus.

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We’ve got you covered…

Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:

+ Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away

+ Life Insurance and Disability

+ Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

A few more important points...

The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.

Nordstrom will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation should contact the nearest Nordstrom location, which can be identified at www.nordstrom.com .

• 2022 Nordstrom, Inc

Current Nordstrom employees: To apply, log into Workday, click the Careers button and then click Find Jobs.

Pay Range Details

The pay range(s) below are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations.

Washington: $162,000-$297,000 annually

This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Learn more in the Nordstrom Benefits Overview by copying and pasting the following URL into your browser: https://careers.nordstrom.com/pdfs/Ben\_Overview\_17-19.pdf

Starting April 12, 2025 this website link will be changing to: https://nordstrom.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/nordstrom\_careers

About Us

We’re a fast-moving fashion company that started as a shoe store in 1901. This heritage of service is the foundation we’re building on as we provide convenience and true connection for our customers. We empower our people to be innovative, creative and focused on providing the best service to our customers. Through it all, we remain committed to leaving the world better than we found it.

Whether you’re a genius engineer, a phenomenal salesperson or a supply chain pro, we invite you to bring your unique talents and join our team. We reward great work, promote from within and celebrate diversity.

CUSTOMER OBSESSEDWe strive to know our customers better than anyone else. We listen, anticipate, build trust and move with speed to deliver on their needs.

OWNERS AT HEARTWe treat every interaction as an opportunity to make an impact and deliver excellence.

CURIOUS AND EVER CHANGINGWe approach problems with curiosity and create solutions. We unlock potential to be bold, think big and inspire innovation.

HERE TO WINWe’re committed to delivering results, both today and tomorrow. We win as a team by supporting and challenging one another to be better every day.

WE EXTEND OURSELVESWe treat each other with respect and kindness. We do the small things that make a big difference. We create a welcoming environment, helping people feel connected, valued and part of one community.

Come on! Join us!