Nordstrom
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Nordstrom tech stack

Nordstrom builds mostly with Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Windows, AWS, Google BigQuery, Spring Boot. Windows is named in 91 of the 239 job postings Nordstrom published in the last 12 months (38%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Nordstrom, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
173
Postings analysed
239
Open now
62
Modernity
83 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Nordstrom use?

Python is named in 22% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by SQL (21%), Java (11%), JavaScript (6%).

Python 52 22% required in 92% · 7 open now · since May 2026
SQL 51 21% required in 90% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
Java 27 11% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
JavaScript 14 6% required in 86% · since May 2026
C# 11 5% required in 82% · since May 2026
PowerShell 8 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
TypeScript 5 2% required in 80% · since Jun 2026
Kotlin 3 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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LookML3
Go3
Node JS2
R2
Perl1
Ruby1
Swift1
Assembly1

What frameworks and libraries does Nordstrom use?

Spring Boot is named in 7% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by React.js (5%), LangGraph (3%), LangChain (3%).

Spring Boot 16 7% required in 81% · since Jun 2026
React.js 11 5% required in 91% · since May 2026
LangGraph 8 3% required in 63% · since Jun 2026
LangChain 8 3% required in 25% · since Jun 2026
CrewAI 6 3% required in 50% · since Jun 2026
AutoGen 4 2% required in 75% · since Jun 2026
OpenAI Agents SDK 4 2% required in 75% · since Jul 2026
Matplotlib 2 1% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
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OpenTelemetry2
Shiny2
Spring Framework2
Temporal2
Flink2
Angular1
AudioCraft1
Django1
Express1
Flask1
Redux1
Vue.js1
Next.js1

What databases does Nordstrom use?

Google BigQuery is named in 12% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by PostgreSQL (5%), Redis (3%), Amazon Redshift (3%).

Google BigQuery 29 12% required in 76% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
PostgreSQL 13 5% required in 69% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Redis 6 3% required in 67% · since Jun 2026
Amazon Redshift 6 3% required in 17% · since Jun 2026
DynamoDB 5 2% required in 40% · since Jun 2026
MySQL 4 2% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Google Cloud Spanner 4 2% optional · since May 2026
Oracle 3 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
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Teradata3
Amazon Aurora2
OpenSearch2
ElasticSearch1
Pinecone1
Snowflake1

What cloud and platforms does Nordstrom use?

Windows is named in 38% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by AWS (23%), GCP (20%), Kubernetes (13%).

Windows 91 38% required in 100% · 29 open now · since Jul 2026
AWS 55 23% required in 75% · 9 open now · since May 2026
GCP 48 20% required in 73% · 9 open now · since May 2026
Kubernetes 32 13% required in 69% · 2 open now · since May 2026
Azure 25 10% required in 92% · 6 open now · since May 2026
Apache Kafka 23 10% required in 83% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Looker 20 8% required in 90% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Tableau 17 7% required in 94% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
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GitHub14
New Relic11
GitLab11
OpenAI7
Amazon S37
Anthropic6
Power BI6
Spark6
Active Directory5
GitHub Actions5
AWS Bedrock4
Figma4
Splunk4
AWS Lambda4
AWS Bedrock AgentCore3
Airflow3
Amazon CloudWatch3
Datadog3
Microsoft Entra ID3
Vertex AI3
ElevenLabs2
Hugging Face2
Runway2
SIEM2
Zscaler2
Amazon ECS2
Amazon EKS2
.NET1
BeyondTrust1
Crowdstrike1
DLP1
Grafana1

And 11 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Nordstrom use?

Docker is named in 10% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by Microsoft Excel (8%), Claude Code (7%), Terraform (5%).

Docker 25 10% required in 60% · since May 2026
Microsoft Excel 18 8% required in 94% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Claude Code 17 7% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Terraform 12 5% required in 83% · 4 open now · since May 2026
AutoCAD 10 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Git 9 4% required in 78% · 2 open now · since May 2026
Adobe Photoshop 7 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Rest API 7 3% required in 43% · since May 2026
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Copilot6
Semantic Kernel6
Ansible5
dbt4
Model Context Protocol3
AWS CDK2
Adobe After Effects2
Alteryx2
Canva2
Jenkins2
A2A1
Bicep1
CloudFormation1
Cursor1
GraphQL1
OpenRouter1
Prometheus1
Swagger1
gRPC1

What AI and ML technologies does Nordstrom use?

LLM is named in 9% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by Claude (8%), ControlNet (<1%), Stable Diffusion (<1%).

LLM 21 9% required in 86% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Claude 19 8% required in 95% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
ControlNet 1 <1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Stable Diffusion 1 <1% optional · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Nordstrom ask for?

CI/CD is named in 17% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by AI Agents (14%), RAG (5%), Machine Learning (3%).

CI/CD 41 17% required in 78% · 2 open now · since May 2026
AI Agents 33 14% required in 94% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
RAG 11 5% required in 91% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Machine Learning 8 3% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
Prompt Engineering 8 3% required in 88% · since Jun 2026
Human-in-the-Loop 7 3% required in 71% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
LLM Guardrails 7 3% required in 71% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Context Engineering 6 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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ETL/ELT6
Function Calling6
Platform Engineering6
Agentic Workflows5
Multi-Agent Systems5
BGP4
DNS4
IAM4
TCP/IP4
SOAP4
A/B Testing3
DHCP3
GitOps3
Incident Management3
OSPF3
PKI3
Recommender Systems3
VPN3
Wi-Fi3
Dimensional Modeling3
Anomaly Detection2
Multimodal AI2
Configuration Management1
Deep Linking1
Embeddings1
MPLS1
Modularization1
Progressive Delivery1
SLI/SLO/SLA1
SRE1
Service Mesh1
VLAN1

What does each Nordstrom team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Analytics

19 postings
SQL16
Google BigQuery11
Python11
Tableau11
Claude Code9
Claude7

Management

16 postings
AutoCAD4
Microsoft Excel4
SQL4
AWS3
Claude3
Google BigQuery2

Backend

14 postings
Python11
Apache Kafka10
AWS9
Docker9
GCP9
Java9

Product

13 postings
GCP3
Google BigQuery3
GitHub2
LLM2
Looker2

Operations

10 postings
SQL8
AutoCAD5
Apache Kafka2
Claude Code2
Java2
Kubernetes2

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How much does Nordstrom pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Nordstrom postings with stated pay: $163k across 183 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
AWS50$221k+36%
Python50$221k+36%
SQL50$171k+5%
GCP45$221k+36%
Windows42$38k−77%
Kubernetes29$221k+36%
Google BigQuery27$189k+16%
Java24$205k+26%
Azure23$221k+36%
LLM20$221k+36%

How is the Nordstrom stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
Adobe After EffectsOct 2026
CanvaOct 2026
ElevenLabsOct 2026
RunwayOct 2026
Recommender SystemsOct 2026
Vertex AIOct 2026
Hugging FaceOct 2026
DHCPOct 2026
Rising
Windows3% → 45%
Microsoft Excel3% → 8%
Adobe Photoshop0% → 3%
Platform Engineering0% → 3%
Power BI0% → 3%
Falling
AWS54% → 17%
GCP49% → 15%
Python49% → 17%
CI/CD43% → 12%
Kubernetes38% → 9%
Java30% → 8%
GitHub24% → 2%
Google BigQuery30% → 9%

How modern is the Nordstrom stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 83/100

Nordstrom scores 83 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Nordstrom stack in its industry?

Share of the 103 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Windows15%
AWS17%
Python23%
SQL26%
GCP8%
Kubernetes13%
Google BigQuery9%
Java10%
Azure13%
Apache Kafka4%

What sets Nordstrom apart

Apache Kafka4%
Spring Boot4%
LangChain4%
LangGraph3%
Amazon Redshift3%
Anthropic4%
CrewAI2%
Spark4%
DynamoDB4%
AWS Bedrock2%

Questions about the Nordstrom tech stack

What programming languages does Nordstrom use?

The languages named in Nordstrom job postings are Python (22%), SQL (21%), Java (11%), JavaScript (6%), C# (5%), as a share of the 239 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Nordstrom use Spring Boot?

Yes. Spring Boot is named in 16 of 239 job postings (7%) and required in 13 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Nordstrom use?

The cloud and platforms named in Nordstrom job postings are Windows (91), AWS (55), GCP (48) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Analytics job at Nordstrom?

Analytics postings at Nordstrom most often require SQL (16), Google BigQuery (11), Python (11), Tableau (11), out of 19 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Nordstrom tech stack changing?

Yes. Adobe After Effects, Canva, ElevenLabs, Runway first appeared in Nordstrom job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Nordstrom tech stack?

Nordstrom scores 83 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Nordstrom tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Nordstrom publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 239 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Nordstrom tech stack: 173 technologies from 239 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/nordstrom/technologies

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