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Nordstrom hires Software Engineers across full-stack, platform, and data engineering disciplines to support its retail technology and e-commerce operations. The company has an established sponsorship process for international candidates, making it a realistic target if you're navigating H-1B, OPT, or TN status.
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Are you an engineer who strives to build simple, stable, scalable, and resilient solutions? Are you passionate about working in a fast-paced, high-energy atmosphere, constantly evaluating solutions to next-generation technologies with a relentless focus on automation and continuous delivery? Are you obsessed with quality and delivering the best-of-class experiences to customers?
We are eager to hear if you answered “Yes” to these questions. We are looking for an innovative self-starter to help deliver the next-generation checkout platform at Nordstrom. Sitting at the center-point of our conversion funnel, our checkout platform receives millions of orders each year, generating more than 6+ billion dollars in demand from our customers across the globe.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be playing a pivotal role within the Checkout & Wishlist Team, responsible for designing, developing and testing end to end features while engaging with our partner teams to bring about the very best of-class experiences to our customers.
A day in the life…
- Design and collaborate with local and partner teams
- Participate and contribute to the agile development and planning process
- Write highly maintainable, easy-to-understand code for RESTful Services, event-driven systems, databases, and cloud infrastructure following secure coding practices
- Demonstrate a foundational understanding of standards, concepts, and principles of engineering to solve the practical needs of the business
- Design complex systems at the organization level with up/downstream dependencies and understand business metrics for the organization
- Mentor other engineers and help them split larger designs into individual work units
- Design and validate all scenarios conform to code quality through complete and automated unit, functional, integration, and end-end testing
- Identify and prevent performance issues, optimize solutions and infrastructure, and lead cross-functional troubleshooting
- Instrument code appropriately, creating custom metrics, alerts, and dashboards
- Ensure adherence to Engineering best practices across the entire solution
- Collaborate with other software engineers on design and best practices and conduct code reviews
- Understand tradeoffs in types of engineering processes and adjust a team process to meet the project's needs
- Test all scenarios and conform to quality and security standards
- Participate in design and code review to ensure quality and testability of feature code
- Participate in 24X7 on-call responsibilities
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You own this if you have…
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of professional experience in developing REST-ful services and Event-driven applications
- Solid foundation in software engineering practices, data modeling, object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, and algorithms
- Experience with Web UI development using JavaScript (React, Redux, Node.JS, TypeScript)
- Experience using Go Lang, Java, .Net or other object-oriented program languages
- Experience using AWS services such as Kubernetes, Elastic Cache Redis, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc., or features on other similar cloud hosted platforms
- Familiarity with Linux/Docker and open source software development
- Familiarity with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, New Relic and Splunk
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical audiences
- Curious mindset for AI adoption to optimize work processes
- Passion for new technologies, operational excellence and customer impact
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Your responsibilities...
- Delivering full stack features (design, implementation, and support)
- Working across the full stack of technologies (Web UI, APIs, and Infrastructure)
- Building reusable cross-platform components for future use
- Translating written requirements, designs and wireframes into high quality code
- Work with diverse, collaborative, cross-functional teams
WORK ENVIRONMENT
How we work...
- With others. We have remote pairing tools where engineers often work together, as well as virtual collaboration tools for building out solutions.
- With transparency. We encourage open dialog and discourse. We don’t encourage silos.
- With agility. We don’t believe in following a process for ‘process’ sake. We ship frequently and focus on delivering incremental value.
- With open minds. We are committed to building a diverse team of people with unique perspectives. This encourages a healthy and inclusive environment that builds a more sustainable, successful company.
- With pride. We value our people most of all. We invest in ourselves by applying our own strengths and interests.
BENEFITS
We’ve got you covered…
Our 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:
- Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A few more important points...
The 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.
For 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.
Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation should contact the nearest Nordstrom location, which can be identified at www.nordstrom.com.
Please 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.
© 2022 Nordstrom, Inc
Current Nordstrom employees: To apply, log into Workday, click the Careers button and then click Find Jobs.
Nordstrom keeps job postings open for at least one day after the posting date.
PAY RANGE DETAILS
The pay range(s) below has been provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different for other locations.
Pay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
$142,000.00 - $220,500.00 Annual
This 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.pdf
LOCATION
1600 7th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101
JOB DETAILS
Job category
Date posted
04/07/2026
End posting date
Position type
Job ID
R-821770
Salary range
$142,000.00 - $220,500.00
INTRODUCTION
Are you an engineer who strives to build simple, stable, scalable, and resilient solutions? Are you passionate about working in a fast-paced, high-energy atmosphere, constantly evaluating solutions to next-generation technologies with a relentless focus on automation and continuous delivery? Are you obsessed with quality and delivering the best-of-class experiences to customers?
We are eager to hear if you answered “Yes” to these questions. We are looking for an innovative self-starter to help deliver the next-generation checkout platform at Nordstrom. Sitting at the center-point of our conversion funnel, our checkout platform receives millions of orders each year, generating more than 6+ billion dollars in demand from our customers across the globe.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be playing a pivotal role within the Checkout & Wishlist Team, responsible for designing, developing and testing end to end features while engaging with our partner teams to bring about the very best of-class experiences to our customers.
A day in the life…
- Design and collaborate with local and partner teams
- Participate and contribute to the agile development and planning process
- Write highly maintainable, easy-to-understand code for RESTful Services, event-driven systems, databases, and cloud infrastructure following secure coding practices
- Demonstrate a foundational understanding of standards, concepts, and principles of engineering to solve the practical needs of the business
- Design complex systems at the organization level with up/downstream dependencies and understand business metrics for the organization
- Mentor other engineers and help them split larger designs into individual work units
- Design and validate all scenarios conform to code quality through complete and automated unit, functional, integration, and end-end testing
- Identify and prevent performance issues, optimize solutions and infrastructure, and lead cross-functional troubleshooting
- Instrument code appropriately, creating custom metrics, alerts, and dashboards
- Ensure adherence to Engineering best practices across the entire solution
- Collaborate with other software engineers on design and best practices and conduct code reviews
- Understand tradeoffs in types of engineering processes and adjust a team process to meet the project's needs
- Test all scenarios and conform to quality and security standards
- Participate in design and code review to ensure quality and testability of feature code
- Participate in 24X7 on-call responsibilities
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You own this if you have…
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of professional experience in developing REST-ful services and Event-driven applications
- Solid foundation in software engineering practices, data modeling, object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, and algorithms
- Experience with Web UI development using JavaScript (React, Redux, Node.JS, TypeScript)
- Experience using Go Lang, Java, .Net or other object-oriented program languages
- Experience using AWS services such as Kubernetes, Elastic Cache Redis, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc., or features on other similar cloud hosted platforms
- Familiarity with Linux/Docker and open source software development
- Familiarity with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, New Relic and Splunk
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical audiences
- Curious mindset for AI adoption to optimize work processes
- Passion for new technologies, operational excellence and customer impact
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Your responsibilities...
- Delivering full stack features (design, implementation, and support)
- Working across the full stack of technologies (Web UI, APIs, and Infrastructure)
- Building reusable cross-platform components for future use
- Translating written requirements, designs and wireframes into high quality code
- Work with diverse, collaborative, cross-functional teams
WORK ENVIRONMENT
How we work...
- With others. We have remote pairing tools where engineers often work together, as well as virtual collaboration tools for building out solutions.
- With transparency. We encourage open dialog and discourse. We don’t encourage silos.
- With agility. We don’t believe in following a process for ‘process’ sake. We ship frequently and focus on delivering incremental value.
- With open minds. We are committed to building a diverse team of people with unique perspectives. This encourages a healthy and inclusive environment that builds a more sustainable, successful company.
- With pride. We value our people most of all. We invest in ourselves by applying our own strengths and interests.
BENEFITS
We’ve got you covered…
Our 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:
- Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A few more important points...
The 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.
For 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.
Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation should contact the nearest Nordstrom location, which can be identified at www.nordstrom.com.
Please 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.
© 2022 Nordstrom, Inc
Current Nordstrom employees: To apply, log into Workday, click the Careers button and then click Find Jobs.
Nordstrom keeps job postings open for at least one day after the posting date.
PAY RANGE DETAILS
The pay range(s) below has been provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different for other locations.
Pay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
$142,000.00 - $220,500.00 Annual
This 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.pdf
LOCATION
1600 7th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101
JOB DETAILS
Job category
Date posted
04/07/2026
End posting date
Position type
Job ID
R-821770
Salary range
$142,000.00 - $220,500.00
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Align your resume to retail tech domains
Nordstrom's engineering teams focus on e-commerce platforms, supply chain systems, and personalization infrastructure. Frame your experience around distributed systems, APIs, or data pipelines at scale to match what their hiring managers are actively looking for.
Confirm sponsorship intent early in the process
Nordstrom's recruiting process for Software Engineers often moves through multiple technical rounds before compensation and sponsorship come up. Ask your recruiter directly after the first-round screen whether the specific team has sponsored this role before, not just whether the company sponsors in general.
Understand TN eligibility if you hold Canadian or Mexican citizenship
Software Engineer roles at Nordstrom can qualify for TN status under the Computer Systems Analyst category if your duties align correctly. Unlike H-1B, TN has no annual cap or lottery, so eligible candidates can start faster without waiting for an April filing cycle.
Use Migrate Mate to identify open Software Engineer roles at Nordstrom with confirmed sponsorship
Sponsorship availability varies by team and headcount cycle at large retailers. Migrate Mate filters Nordstrom's open Software Engineer positions specifically by visa type so you can target roles where sponsorship is already on the table, not discover it late in negotiations.
Prepare for PERM documentation requirements before an offer closes
If Nordstrom pursues a Green Card through PERM for your Software Engineer role, DOL requires evidence that no qualified U.S. worker was available. Gather your educational credentials, foreign transcripts, and employment records in advance so the process doesn't stall on your end after an offer is signed.
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Find Software Engineer at Nordstrom JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Nordstrom sponsor H-1B visas for Software Engineers?
Yes, Nordstrom sponsors H-1B visas for Software Engineer roles. The company participates in the annual H-1B cap-subject lottery, which opens each April for an October 1 start date. If you're already working at Nordstrom on OPT or CPT, your employer can file the petition on your behalf. Sponsorship availability can vary by team and budget cycle, so confirming early in the interview process is worthwhile.
How do I apply for Software Engineer jobs at Nordstrom?
Applications go through Nordstrom's careers portal, where roles are listed by team and location. You can also browse open Software Engineer positions at Nordstrom with visa sponsorship confirmed directly through Migrate Mate, which filters by sponsorship type so you're not applying blind. Most roles require at least one technical phone screen followed by a structured system design and coding interview loop.
Which visa types does Nordstrom commonly use for Software Engineer roles?
Nordstrom supports multiple visa pathways for Software Engineers, including H-1B, F-1 OPT and CPT, TN, and immigrant visa categories like EB-2 and EB-3 for Green Card sponsorship. F-1 OPT and CPT are common entry points for recent graduates, with H-1B transfer or cap-subject filing as the next step once you're in the role and approaching the end of your authorized period.
What qualifications does Nordstrom expect for Software Engineer roles?
Nordstrom's Software Engineer roles typically require a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field, which also satisfies the specialty occupation requirement for H-1B purposes. Practically, interviewers focus on proficiency in modern backend or full-stack languages, experience with cloud infrastructure, and an understanding of how software supports high-traffic e-commerce or retail systems at scale.
How do I plan my timeline around Nordstrom's sponsorship process?
The H-1B cap-subject process runs on a fixed federal calendar: USCIS opens registration in March, the lottery runs in April, and approved petitions take effect October 1. If you're on F-1 OPT, you should plan to have an offer and approved registration before your OPT expires. USCIS premium processing can reduce adjudication time to roughly 15 business days, which Nordstrom may offer depending on the role and timeline.
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