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Are you looking for a team of committed individuals working toward a common goal with clarity and purpose?\nNordstrom is a fashion specialty retailer founded on a simple idea: offer each customer the best possible service, quality, value and selection. At Nordstrom, providing great customer service goes beyond the selling floor. It takes a team of individuals with different talents and skills to continuously improve services and processes serving our customer. Our Technologies division works in partnership with other areas of the Company to develop and support the business systems used throughout Nordstrom.\nWe are the INVENTORY SERVICES (INVENTORY OPERATIONS) team. With responsibility over building and supporting various applications and services in support of Nordstroms Enterprise Inventory Service systems., we are a significant part of Nordstrom customer experience. We build out new features and experiences on the Java SpringBoot, AWS, GCP and Message Streaming technology stacks in an agile, team-oriented and collaborative environment. We encourage innovation and expect developers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle.\nWe are looking for a skilled individual to provide valuable technical expertise to our projects and production support for our systems. When you join our team, you are part of the team that manages Enterprise Inventory to support our business in multi-market and multi-channels with a continuous aim to improve and optimize the end user experience. You’re the type of person who thrives on taking care of things the right way the first time. You excel at taking a project from scoping requirements to design, coding and actual launch of the project. When you notice a bug or an issue, you take it upon yourself to investigate and come up with an efficient and scalable solution. When you say “I’ll take care of it” we know it’ll be done well. You love working with open source technologies and have experience with technologies & frameworks like Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes. You are able to clearly articulate what building cloud native applications entails and have experience using at least one of the two major cloud platforms. (AWS, GCP). You are passionate about the virtues of writing SOLID code and can passionately explain the difference between Behavior Driven Development and Test Driven Development to a junior developer. You have a strong desire to automate everything. You hate hearing the words “It has always been done this way” and are curious about why things are done the way they are today. You like contributing to open source projects and believe that reading other people’s code widens your perspective and skillset. You have your stylistic preferences when it comes to code but understand the discipline it takes to keep the source code maintainable. You love troubleshooting issues and know what it takes to get that code you wrote to Production. if. You will develop and implement new technologies as well as maintain and enhance existing systems. You will create and support interfaces with internal systems, other technology teams across the company, and key external vendor applications. You will thrive in an intellectually challenging environment, solve problems and work with team members to create high quality solutions.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nDevelop innovative solutions to drive Nordstrom business. \nHave a passion for writing clean, consistent, and elegant code to create scalable and reliable systems \nContribute towards moving the team forward in leading edge processes like continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud migration and test-driven development \nWork with defect tracking, source code control and software release systems to ensure high-quality software releases over time. \nTransition from application development to support as needed to ensure that appropriate support is available in a timely and efficient manner. \nDrive build and release plans and implementation of all actions required to deploy applications to production environment. \nHave a passion for keeping yourself current with industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs \nEnsure corporate policies and industry best practices are observed and followed in developed applications. \nParticipate in rotating 24x7 shifts to support developed products \nWork with business, infrastructure and security teams on delivering any enhancements and bug fixes for production systems \nKEY QUALIFICATIONS\n1+ years of professional experience in practice area \nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, Engineering or equivalent practical experience \nExperience analyzing, coding, testing, installing and maintaining complex software programs \nKnowledge of Java and Java Springboot framework. Knowledge of other programming languages (like Python, React , JavaScript, C#) is nice to have \nFamiliarity with AI-assisted development tooling and a strong point of view on how agents can accelerate design, coding, and testing workflows.\nExperience with Backend Database (preferably Spanner) or Postgres databases \nExperience with RESTful architecture and micro services. \nExperience with Amazon AWS/GCP services\nFamiliarity with containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) and modern development practices and development lifecycle using Scrum, Kanban, Lean or other agile methodologies \nFamiliarity with CI/CD and testing tools \nFamiliarity with messaging middleware (e.g. Kafka) \nSound object-oriented design skills and knowledge of application design patterns \nStrong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to persuade inspire and motivate others. This includes communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences\nPay Range Details\nThe pay range(s) below has been provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different for other locations. \nPay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.\n$104,500.00 - $162,500.00 AnnualWe’ve got you covered…\nOur 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:\nMedical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away\nLife Insurance and Disability\nMerchandise Discount and EAP Resources\nThis 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_15_Full_Time_ES-US.pdfA few more important points...\nThe 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.\nFor Los Angeles or San Francisco applicants: Nordstrom is required to inform you that we conduct background checks after conditional offer and consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with legal requirements per Los Angeles, Cal. Muni. Code 189.04 and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For additional state and location specific notices, please refer to the Legal Notices document within the FAQ section of the Nordstrom Careers site.\nApplicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation should contact the nearest Nordstrom location, which can be identified at www.nordstrom.com.\nPlease be mindful that there may be legal notices and requirements related to this job posting that are specific to your state. Review the Career Site FAQ’s for relevant information and guidelines.\nCurrent Nordstrom employees: To apply, log into Workday, click the Careers button and then click Find Jobs.\nNordstrom keeps job postings open for at least one day after the posting date.© 2026 Nordstrom, Inc","description_format":"text","description_chars":8286,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Luxury Retail"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-05T00:09:30Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 162 · green card filings: 92","filings_12m":162,"filings_prev_12m":202,"green_card_filings_12m":92,"median_offered_wage_usd":149823,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":113}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":162500,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nordstrom-engineer-1-inventory","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nordstrom-engineer-1-inventory.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T08:19:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":14915,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":8032},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=8032"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnordstrom-engineer-1-inventory"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnordstrom-engineer-1-inventory"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnordstrom-engineer-1-inventory"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nordstrom-engineer-1-inventory\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnordstrom-engineer-1-inventory"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3778821}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"nordstrom.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3778821},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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