Position Details

Salary $142K – $220K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 6+ years of professional experience

Education Bachelor's or master's degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Category Software Engineering

About this role

This Senior Software Engineer role builds and tests end-to-end features for Nordstrom’s next-generation checkout platform within the Checkout & Wishlist team. The engineer designs and delivers RESTful and event-driven capabilities, collaborates with partner teams, and ensures quality and resilience through automated testing and monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

Design and collaborate with local and partner teams
Develop and test end to end features (RESTful Services and event-driven systems)
Ensure quality via automated unit, functional, integration, and end-end testing
Optimize performance and lead cross-functional troubleshooting
Instrument code with custom metrics, alerts, and dashboards and participate in 24X7 on-call

Technical Overview

The work focuses on designing, developing, and testing REST-ful services, event-driven systems, databases, and cloud infrastructure using secure coding practices. It includes automated unit/functional/integration/end-end testing, performance optimization, instrumentation with custom metrics/alerts/dashboards, and participation in agile planning and code reviews with on-call coverage.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with 6+ years building REST-ful services and event-driven applications, with strong expertise in software engineering fundamentals like data modeling, object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, and algorithms. They can design and deliver end-to-end features, write maintainable secure code, lead code reviews, and ensure quality through automated unit, functional, integration, and end-end testing, while also instrumenting systems with metrics, alerts, and dashboards.

Must-Have Skills

6+ years of professional experience in developing REST-ful services and Event-driven applicationsREST-ful servicesEvent-driven applicationscode reviewsautomated unitfunctionalintegrationand end-end testingsecure coding practicesobject-oriented analysis and designdesign patternsalgorithmsinstrument code appropriatelycreating custom metricsalertsand dashboards24X7 on-call responsibilitiesparticipate and contribute to the agile development and planning process

Required Skills

RESTful Servicesevent-driven systemsdatabasescloud infrastructuresecure coding practicesagile development and planning processcode reviewsautomated unitfunctionalintegrationand end-end testingperformance optimizationinstrument codecustom metricsalertsdashboardsobject-oriented analysis and designdesign patternsalgorithmsdata modelingJavaScriptReact24X7 on-call responsibilities

Hard Skills

RESTful ServicesREST-ful servicesevent-driven systemsevent-driven applicationsdatabasescloud infrastructuresecure coding practicesagile development and planning processcode reviewsend-to-end featuresautomated unit testingfunctional testingintegration testingend-end testingunitfunctionalintegrationand end-end testingperformance optimizationinstrument codecustom metricsalertsdashboardsobject-oriented analysis and designdesign patternsalgorithmsdata modelingweb UI developmentJavaScript (ReactRedu

Soft Skills

self-startermentoring other engineerscollaboration with local and partner teamscross-functional troubleshootingcross-team communicationwriting maintainable codeevaluating next-generation technologies

Industry & Role

Industry Retail

Job Function Build and deliver a resilient, scalable checkout platform through REST-ful services and event-driven application development.

Role Subtype Backend Engineer

Keywords for Your Resume

Senior Software EngineerCheckout & WishlistHybridagile development and planning processend to end featuresRESTful ServicesREST-ful servicesevent-driven systemsEvent-driven applicationsdatabasescloud infrastructuresecure coding practicescode qualityautomated unit testingfunctional testingintegration testingend-end testingperformance issuesoptimize solutionsinfrastructurecross-functional troubleshootingInstrument code appropriatelycustom metricsalertsdashboardscode reviews24X7 on-call responsibilitiesBachelor's or master's degree in CSEngineeringor equivalent practical experienceJavaScriptReact

Deal Breakers

Must have 6+ years of professional experience developing REST-ful services and Event-driven applications, Must be able to perform automated unit, functional, integration, and end-end testing, Must be able to participate in 24X7 on-call responsibilities, Must have a Bachelor’s or master's degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

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