Data Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Nordstrom's Insights Delivery team as a skilled Data Engineer, designing and developing scalable data solutions for real-time, data-driven decision-making. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build distributed data processing systems powering key analytics and insights. You will build and maintain data pipelines, troubleshoot performance issues, and ensure data quality. This role requires strong collaboration skills and experience with modern programming languages, databases, and cloud-based technologies. The position offers remote work and the opportunity to contribute to a data-driven organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and commitment to continuous learning
• 3+ years of experience in at least one modern programming language such as Java or Python
• 2+ years of experience with databases, SQL, data modeling, and automated data engineering pipelines
• Passion for operational excellence, scalable system design, and impactful business outcomes

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable and durable data analytical solutions using in-house and modern cloud-based technologies in an agile environment
• Understand the business needs of a major line of business and the applications, systems, and functions that support it
• Design interaction between multiple architectural modules
• Build distributed data processing pipelines in the cloud Big Data ecosystem with strong data modeling and engineering practices
• Own and participate in code reviews, promoting software engineering best practices
• Build CI/CD pipelines and testing tools to improve automation and reduce development friction
• Troubleshoot and optimize performance issues across data pipelines
• Define and measure quality standards across the solution
• Provide ongoing production support and participate in on-call rotation duties
• Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams to resolve incidents and production issues
• Manage production notifications, alerts, logging dashboards, and cost optimization
• Work closely with product managers, analysts, scientists, and tech teams
• Deliver self-service BI solutions in partnership with stakeholders
• Communicate clearly and effectively with cross-functional partners

Benefits

Work Mode: Remote