Software Development Engineer 2

Position Overview

Software Development Engineer 2 is part of a key team of Nordstrom Technology professionals that applies scientific, mathematical, and social principles to design, build, and maintain technology products, systems, and solutions. These technology products and solutions provide amazing customer experiences while meeting the needs of the business. The scope, responsibility, and accountability at this level support applications, services, infrastructure, and operational components, with minimal supervision.

As a Software Development Engineer 2 on our team, you will work closely with Product, Program, and Engineering to design, develop, and implement solutions that delight our restaurant customers. Our goal is to provide a robust experience for our restaurant employees. You will work closely with engineering teams and roll out the new point-of-sale system and labor management tool across all Nordstrom restaurant concepts.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop robust, maintainable, reusable code for managing functionality, configuration, deployment, monitoring, performance, scalability, availability, security, and alerting for software test, integration, and production environments.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test cases and deployment procedures.
• Design, prototype, and build; you will be hands-on, show a delivery mentality, and lead by example.
• Understand business, stakeholder, and technical requirements and assist in analyzing existing solutions to address the needs.
• Assist in the creation of simple, modular, extensible functional designs for the product/solution in adherence to the requirements.
• Assess gaps, updates, or modifications between customer/business expectations and existing products/solutions.
• Analyze defects from past projects/solutions to avoid recurrence of similar defects.
• Lead and enforce Nordstrom/industry engineering standards, contribute towards their continuous improvement, and be active in the community of practice.
• Display an operational mindset, support, and ensure the reliability of the solution and systems under your purview.
• Think of the customer (other engineering teams and business users) and how they will use the features you develop, maintaining a customer-focused mentality.
• Think deeply about the underlying system that is running your code, employing test-driven development that prioritizes quality.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, or related experience required.
• 2+ years of professional experience in delivering quality software, ideally across the full stack.
• Proficient in developing reliable and scalable solutions.
• Excellent proficiency in an Object-Oriented language, such as Java.
• Proven track record in Java and Java Spring Boot framework.
• Experience with RESTful architecture and micro-services.
• Experience with cloud-based services will be a plus (AWS/GCP).
• Experience with modern infrastructure tools and pipelines (Gitlab CI/CD, Terraform).
• Familiarity with ops tools, logging, and metrics (New Relic, Splunk).
• Experience with messaging technologies and patterns (Kafka/SQS).
• Test automation experience at all levels (Unit, Integration, Regression, Load).
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).

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

Company Information

Nordstrom is committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package to its employees.

Application Instructions

• Nordstrom conducts background checks and considers qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.
• Applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process.

Employment Type: Full-time

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