Nordstrom tech stack

Nordstrom builds mostly with Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript. Its stack also includes AWS, GCP, Google BigQuery, BigQuery. AWS is named in 36 of the 122 job postings Nordstrom published in the last 12 months (30%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Nordstrom, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 27, 2026
Technologies in use
157
Postings analysed
122
Open now
52
Modernity
84 /100
New in 6 months
2

What programming languages does Nordstrom use?

Python is named in 27% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by SQL (25%), Java (15%), JavaScript (10%).

Python 33 27% required in 91% · 15 open now · since May 2026
SQL 31 25% required in 87% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
Java 18 15% required in 67% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
JavaScript 12 10% required in 83% · 6 open now · since May 2026
C# 10 8% required in 80% · 5 open now · since May 2026
TypeScript 5 4% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
PowerShell 4 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Assembly 3 2% required in 67% · since Aug 2026
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Kotlin2
LookML2
Node JS2
Go2
Perl1
R1
Ruby1

What frameworks and libraries does Nordstrom use?

Spring Boot is named in 9% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by React.js (7%), LangChain (4%), LangGraph (4%).

Spring Boot 11 9% required in 82% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
React.js 9 7% required in 89% · 6 open now · since May 2026
LangChain 5 4% required in 40% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
LangGraph 5 4% required in 40% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
CrewAI 3 2% required in 33% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
OpenTelemetry 2 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Spring Framework 2 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Temporal 2 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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AutoGen2
Flink2
OpenAI Agents SDK2
Angular1
Django1
Express1
Flask1
Keystone Engine1
Matplotlib1
Shiny1
Vue.js1
Next.js1

What databases does Nordstrom use?

Google BigQuery is named in 16% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by BigQuery (12%), PostgreSQL (7%), Redis (5%).

Google BigQuery 19 16% required in 74% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
BigQuery 15 12% required in 67% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
PostgreSQL 9 7% required in 78% · 6 open now · since May 2026
Redis 6 5% required in 67% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
DynamoDB 5 4% required in 40% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
MySQL 4 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Amazon Redshift 4 3% required in 25% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Oracle 3 2% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
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Amazon Aurora2
OpenSearch2
Teradata2
Google Cloud Spanner2
Pinecone1
Snowflake1

What cloud and platforms does Nordstrom use?

AWS is named in 30% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by GCP (26%), Windows (25%), Kubernetes (17%).

AWS 36 30% required in 67% · 19 open now · since May 2026
GCP 32 26% required in 69% · 17 open now · since May 2026
Windows 30 25% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
Kubernetes 21 17% required in 62% · 11 open now · since May 2026
Azure 17 14% required in 88% · 7 open now · since May 2026
Apache Kafka 16 13% required in 81% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
Tableau 13 11% required in 92% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
GitHub 12 10% required in 67% · 2 open now · since May 2026
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Looker10
New Relic8
GitLab8
Amazon S35
GitHub Actions5
AWS Bedrock4
OpenAI4
AWS Lambda4
Spark4
AWS Bedrock AgentCore3
Active Directory3
Amazon CloudWatch3
Anthropic3
Microsoft Entra ID3
Power BI3
Airflow2
SIEM2
Splunk2
Amazon ECS2
Amazon EKS2
.NET1
BeyondTrust1
Crowdstrike1
DLP1
Datadog1
Figma1
Metabase1
MicroStrategy1
Okta1
VMWare1
Zscaler1
AppsFlyer SDK1

And 6 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Nordstrom use?

Docker is named in 15% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by Claude Code (9%), Microsoft Excel (7%), Terraform (7%).

Docker 18 15% required in 61% · 10 open now · since May 2026
Claude Code 11 9% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Microsoft Excel 9 7% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Terraform 9 7% required in 89% · 3 open now · since May 2026
AutoCAD 4 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Copilot 4 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Git 4 3% required in 50% · since May 2026
Ansible 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
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Semantic Kernel3
AWS CDK2
Adobe Photoshop2
Model Context Protocol2
dbt2
Jenkins2
Rest API2
A2A1
Alteryx1
Bicep1
CloudFormation1
Cursor1
GraphQL1
Swagger1
gRPC1

What AI and ML technologies does Nordstrom use?

Claude is named in 12% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by LLM (10%), ControlNet (1%), Stable Diffusion (1%).

Claude 15 12% required in 93% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
LLM 12 10% required in 92% · 6 open now · since Jun 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 26% of job postings at Nordstrom, followed by AI Agents (15%), RAG (5%), Platform Engineering (4%).

CI/CD 32 26% required in 78% · 17 open now · since May 2026
AI Agents 18 15% required in 94% · 12 open now · since Jun 2026
RAG 6 5% required in 83% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Platform Engineering 5 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Prompt Engineering 5 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
SLI/SLO/SLA 5 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
LLM Guardrails 5 4% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
ETL/ELT 4 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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Tool Use4
Human-in-the-Loop4
SOAP4
Agentic Workflows3
BGP3
Context Engineering3
DNS3
IAM3
Machine Learning3
Multi-Agent Systems3
A/B Testing2
Anomaly Detection2
GitOps2
OSPF2
PKI2
VPN2
Deep Linking1
Dimensional Modeling1
Function Calling1
Incident Management1
MPLS1
Multimodal AI1
Progressive Delivery1
Service Mesh1
TCP/IP1
VLAN1
Wi-Fi1

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

12 postings
SQL9
Claude Code7
Google BigQuery7
Tableau7
Claude6
Python6

Backend

10 postings
Apache Kafka8
Java7
Python7
AWS6
Docker6
GCP6

Management

8 postings
AWS2
Claude2
Microsoft Excel2
Tableau2

Product

8 postings
BigQuery2
Claude2
GCP2
GitHub2
Google BigQuery2
SQL2

Industrial Engineering

6 postings
AWS4
Azure3
Docker3
GCP3
JavaScript3
PostgreSQL3

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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: $189k across 98 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
AWS31$221k+17%
Python31$221k+17%
SQL30$171k−10%
GCP29$221k+17%
Kubernetes18$221k+17%
Google BigQuery17$171k−10%
Java15$221k+17%
Azure15$221k+17%
Apache Kafka13$221k+17%
BigQuery13$221k+17%

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
Node JSAug 2026
Model Context ProtocolAug 2026

How modern is the Nordstrom stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 84/100

Nordstrom scores 84 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 27 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

AWS30%
Python19%
GCP19%
SQL37%
Windows26%
Kubernetes22%
Google BigQuery11%
Java11%
Azure22%
Apache Kafka11%

What sets Nordstrom apart

Spring Boot4%
GitLab4%
LangGraph4%
AWS Bedrock4%
AWS Lambda4%
Amazon Redshift4%
OpenAI4%
Spark4%
AWS Bedrock AgentCore4%
Active Directory4%

Questions about the Nordstrom tech stack

What programming languages does Nordstrom use?

The languages named in Nordstrom job postings are Python (27%), SQL (25%), Java (15%), JavaScript (10%), C# (8%), as a share of the 122 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Nordstrom use Spring Boot?

Yes. Spring Boot is named in 11 of 122 job postings (9%) and required in 9 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Nordstrom use?

The cloud and platforms named in Nordstrom job postings are AWS (36), GCP (32), Windows (30) (postings in brackets).

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

Analytics postings at Nordstrom most often require SQL (9), Claude Code (7), Google BigQuery (7), Tableau (7), out of 12 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Nordstrom tech stack changing?

Yes. Node JS, Model Context Protocol first appeared in Nordstrom job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Nordstrom tech stack?

Nordstrom scores 84 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 122 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 27, 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: 157 technologies from 122 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/nordstrom/technologies

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