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Inventory is Nordstrom’s biggest investment and the productive use of it is critical to the company’s success. Our team is responsible for the movement execution and optimization of inventory across a network of 400+ stores and our warehouses, as well as the visibility and traceability of the inventory. Lastly, we are also responsible for the systems that support all of the reverse logistics lifecycle for Nordstrom. Our platform provides a real-time, unified representation of inventory state, enabling stores, fulfillment centers, and enterprise stakeholders to make informed decisions about stock availability, movement, and allocation. We’re also at the forefront of applying AI and agentic architectures to transform how inventory systems are built, tested and operated.\nAs a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building technology to improve the way we move, track and optimize our inventory. As a key member of our Inventory technology leadership team, you will oversee the design, architecture, and implementation of critical technology. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation and ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of our technology.\nA day in the life...\nSet technical direction for a 150+ engineering org on how the org designs, builds, and ships code, with agentic development practices where agents write code and engineers provide the context and review\nArchitect and develop complex systems at scale that meet SLA’s, KPI's and engineering standards \nDesign and evolve event-driven, microservices-based architectures (e.g., streaming platforms such as Kafka) that power real-time inventory visibility, movement, and traceability across our store, warehouse, and RFID systems \nCollaborate with and influence senior technology and business leaders to recommend solutions and articulate trade-off’s \nSet technical direction and strategy across the Inventory Technology portfolio, serving as the domain’s technical authority to peer engineering organizations (Supply Chain, Merchandising, Data Science) and enterprise business stakeholders \nLead engineers across multiple teams through projects by providing guidance on software design and development \nDiagnose and remedy performance or security issues \nDemonstrates expertise in industry standards for secure development practices \nApply expertise with telemetry solutions and products available in the industry \nContributes to great open source, community projects and engineering standards \nMentor and elevate Senior engineers across the broader Inventory Technology organization; help acquire and retain top engineering talent \nStay hands-on: build POCs and dig into complex problem areas directly, not just at the whiteboard\nYou own this if you have…\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field\n10+ years of professional software engineering experience \nHighly proficient with Java and Python \nHighly experienced with AWS and/or GCP\nHands-on experience with agentic AI systems; experience with AWS Bedrock AgentCore is a strong plus\nExperience with Agile methodologies with a continuous improvement and quality mindset \nDevOps experience with track record of improving time to recovery and mitigating failures \nHighly experienced with various CI/CD process and tools (GitLab) and containerization technologies \nHighly skilled at applying architectural patterns to express complex scalable systems that optimize for simplicity, operational support and implementation velocity \nExperienced with developing data science enabled solutions using big data and traditional software skills \nExperience leveraging AI, particularly Generative AI, to enhance platform automation, reduce operational costs, and improve engineering productivity. Identify opportunities where AI can streamline workflows, optimize data processing, and enable intelligent decision-making\nTrack record of designing and developing services and applications with enterprise grade security to protect sensitive data from threats \nHighly experienced with mentoring and coaching engineers \nTrack record of architecting and solving complex engineering problems at scale with outstanding business and technology results \nExperience in supply chain and/or complex ecommerce domains is preferred\nDomain experience with inventory management, warehouse management systems (WMS), or RFID-based tracking systems is a strong plus\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$191,000.00 - $297,000.00 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_17-19.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":6950,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"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":"2026-08-30T09:07:03Z"}],"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":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+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":9,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.337,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":80,"expected_fill_days":14,"reasons":["conf:15","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-19T05:45:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":297000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nordstrom-principal-software-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nordstrom-principal-software-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T15:19:21Z","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":11279,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"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-principal-software-engineer-2"},{"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-principal-software-engineer-2"},{"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-principal-software-engineer-2"},{"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-principal-software-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnordstrom-principal-software-engineer-2"}]}