Data Engineering Manager Jobs in Washington
Data Engineering Manager jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in cloud infrastructure, enterprise analytics, and platform engineering across technology, aerospace, and healthcare sectors, with openings from senior individual contributors stepping into management through staff-level and director-adjacent roles. Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond anchor the bulk of hiring, where established employers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing maintain large data organizations with consistent manager-level demand. The most in-demand specialties are real-time data platform management, cloud-native pipeline architecture, and analytics engineering leadership. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job Description
Our Data Streaming Platform team is seeking a Sr. Engineering Manager to support our data streaming platform (ownership of real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure built on Kafka, Temporal, and Airflow). Qualified candidates must be able to help foster an inspiring workplace where talented people feel empowered to drive operational excellence, mature compliance practices, and business results. As a Sr. Engineering Manager for the platform team, you will report to the Sr. Director of Engineering and lead a distributed team of software engineers. In partnership with technical program management, you will define processes and measurements to ensure strength in performance and delivery. You will own technical solutions—in accordance with Nordstrom’s engineering standards—and you will be accountable for recruiting and hiring talent as well as coaching and mentoring your team members in their career.
You are a highly technical leader with a bias towards action and the ability to drive consensus. You are comfortable discussing software architecture and leveraging data to influence decisions. You have a proven understanding of the fundamentals of agile processes, deep knowledge of software development lifecycle and an experience to draw from that helps you build towards a future state while making smart tradeoffs to meet current objectives. You are a creative problem solver, and you know how to measure and improve your products and teams.
The Data Streaming Platform team enables real-time data movement and event-driven infrastructure that powers our company’s strategic objectives. To support these activities, we must also focus on providing a secure, scalable, and highly available streaming infrastructure and operational environment.
A day in the life…
- Assist in enhancing the Data Streaming Platform vision and strategies to support company goals.
- Guide and motivate a highly talented team to deliver quickly and predictably, adjusting in an agile fashion to deliver efficient technical solutions aligned with business needs
- Manage complex scope of work with multiple tracks in progress at a given time including operational excellence operating in true DevOps model
- Contribute to architecture, coding, test plans, project plans, deployment planning, and operations to drive excellence and lead team towards its goals
- Employ continuous improvement methodologies across own team (e.g. quantifies impacts customer first, waste elimination, increased productivity, iterates quickly, shorten feedback loop, experience creating relevant KPIs)
- Partner with Program, Product, and Business teams to establish short-term goals and long-term vision, including OKRs and other measurements of success
- Connect with leadership and partners to bring back the broader business context to the engineering team, establishing how their work matters to the business
- Develop growth plans with engineers based on opportunities, their interests, Nordstrom Competencies, and our Tech Talent Framework
- Hire capable and motivated talent/teams that can deliver swiftly and predictably, adjusting in an agile fashion to deliver solutions aligned with business needs
- End to end ownership of cross-functional projects, including product definition, roadmap planning, resource planning and project execution
- Driving the roadmap and vision for the teams, collaborate with product groups and partner teams to deliver value to our customers
- Owns direct communication with leadership team.
- At the heart of this role is delivery. You will be hands-on in driving the delivery of critical business initiatives, managing all aspects of the project such as project planning, budget tracking, requirements definition, risk management, communication, and implementation planning
You own this if you have…
- A BA/BS in Computer Science or closely related degree or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of software engineering industry experience, or similar
- 5+ years of managing a team
- Technology background, especially in cloud-based, event-driven architecture with a deep understanding of distributed systems and streaming data pipelines, and a passion for data and analytics
- Proven track record of leading large cross-functional software projects.
- Exceptional customer relationship skills including the ability to discover the true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines
- Demonstrable experience owning and operating business critical systems servicing internal and external customers
- Experience working with cloud technologies, manage scalable solutions that are truly full-stack: frontend, backend, data engineering, DB, dev-ops, CI/CD, support
- Exposure to tech stacks like Kafka for event streaming, Temporal for workflow orchestration, and Airflow for batch/data pipeline scheduling, along with Java or Python for services
#LI-Hybrid
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.
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
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.
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.
© 2026 Nordstrom, Inc
Job Description
Our Data Streaming Platform team is seeking a Sr. Engineering Manager to support our data streaming platform (ownership of real-time data pipelines and streaming infrastructure built on Kafka, Temporal, and Airflow). Qualified candidates must be able to help foster an inspiring workplace where talented people feel empowered to drive operational excellence, mature compliance practices, and business results. As a Sr. Engineering Manager for the platform team, you will report to the Sr. Director of Engineering and lead a distributed team of software engineers. In partnership with technical program management, you will define processes and measurements to ensure strength in performance and delivery. You will own technical solutions—in accordance with Nordstrom’s engineering standards—and you will be accountable for recruiting and hiring talent as well as coaching and mentoring your team members in their career.
You are a highly technical leader with a bias towards action and the ability to drive consensus. You are comfortable discussing software architecture and leveraging data to influence decisions. You have a proven understanding of the fundamentals of agile processes, deep knowledge of software development lifecycle and an experience to draw from that helps you build towards a future state while making smart tradeoffs to meet current objectives. You are a creative problem solver, and you know how to measure and improve your products and teams.
The Data Streaming Platform team enables real-time data movement and event-driven infrastructure that powers our company’s strategic objectives. To support these activities, we must also focus on providing a secure, scalable, and highly available streaming infrastructure and operational environment.
A day in the life…
- Assist in enhancing the Data Streaming Platform vision and strategies to support company goals.
- Guide and motivate a highly talented team to deliver quickly and predictably, adjusting in an agile fashion to deliver efficient technical solutions aligned with business needs
- Manage complex scope of work with multiple tracks in progress at a given time including operational excellence operating in true DevOps model
- Contribute to architecture, coding, test plans, project plans, deployment planning, and operations to drive excellence and lead team towards its goals
- Employ continuous improvement methodologies across own team (e.g. quantifies impacts customer first, waste elimination, increased productivity, iterates quickly, shorten feedback loop, experience creating relevant KPIs)
- Partner with Program, Product, and Business teams to establish short-term goals and long-term vision, including OKRs and other measurements of success
- Connect with leadership and partners to bring back the broader business context to the engineering team, establishing how their work matters to the business
- Develop growth plans with engineers based on opportunities, their interests, Nordstrom Competencies, and our Tech Talent Framework
- Hire capable and motivated talent/teams that can deliver swiftly and predictably, adjusting in an agile fashion to deliver solutions aligned with business needs
- End to end ownership of cross-functional projects, including product definition, roadmap planning, resource planning and project execution
- Driving the roadmap and vision for the teams, collaborate with product groups and partner teams to deliver value to our customers
- Owns direct communication with leadership team.
- At the heart of this role is delivery. You will be hands-on in driving the delivery of critical business initiatives, managing all aspects of the project such as project planning, budget tracking, requirements definition, risk management, communication, and implementation planning
You own this if you have…
- A BA/BS in Computer Science or closely related degree or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of software engineering industry experience, or similar
- 5+ years of managing a team
- Technology background, especially in cloud-based, event-driven architecture with a deep understanding of distributed systems and streaming data pipelines, and a passion for data and analytics
- Proven track record of leading large cross-functional software projects.
- Exceptional customer relationship skills including the ability to discover the true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines
- Demonstrable experience owning and operating business critical systems servicing internal and external customers
- Experience working with cloud technologies, manage scalable solutions that are truly full-stack: frontend, backend, data engineering, DB, dev-ops, CI/CD, support
- Exposure to tech stacks like Kafka for event streaming, Temporal for workflow orchestration, and Airflow for batch/data pipeline scheduling, along with Java or Python for services
#LI-Hybrid
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.
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
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.
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.
© 2026 Nordstrom, Inc
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Where Washington roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Data Engineering Manager Job Market in Washington
A snapshot from current Washington openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Amazon31
- Apple5
- Amazon Web Services4
- Meta2
- TikTok USDS Joint Venture2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software10
- Retail7
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces6
- Electronics & Hardware3
- Banking & Financial Services2
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in data engineering manager jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data engineering, or a closely related technical field
- Five or more years of hands-on data engineering experience with at least two in a lead or management role
- Demonstrated experience managing cloud data platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Proficiency with distributed processing frameworks including Apache Spark, Kafka, or Databricks
- Experience building and mentoring data engineering teams and owning end-to-end pipeline delivery
- Strong collaboration with data science, analytics, and product teams on Washington enterprise-scale projects
Data Engineering Manager Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a data engineering manager in Washington?
Data engineering manager roles in Washington do not require a state-issued license. The typical path is several years of hands-on data engineering work, followed by a lead or staff engineer role before moving into management. Washington employers, especially in the Seattle tech corridor, consistently favor candidates with cloud certifications from AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud alongside a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data engineering, or a related field.
Which companies hire data engineering managers in Washington?
Employers hiring data engineering managers in Washington right now include Amazon, Apple, and Amazon Web Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Washington's concentration of large cloud and aerospace employers means manager-level openings are distributed across both consumer technology firms and enterprise-focused organizations with significant data infrastructure needs.
Which Washington cities have the most data engineering manager jobs?
Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond have the most data engineering manager openings in Washington. Seattle and Bellevue dominate because of their dense concentration of technology headquarters and cloud platform teams, while Redmond contributes a large share of openings driven by Microsoft's campus and its extensive network of data engineering organizations.
Are there remote data engineering manager jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields, since data engineering manager work is inherently desk-based and distributed teams are common across Washington's technology sector. About 56% of data engineering manager openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting the cloud-first nature of most Washington employers. Strategic and architecture-heavy responsibilities tend to be the most remote-compatible parts of the role.
How can I get hired as a data engineering manager in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving from a senior data engineer or analytics engineer role into a team lead position before pursuing a formal manager title. Washington employers like Microsoft and Amazon run associate and rotational programs that place strong engineers in cross-functional data teams, which is where most early leadership exposure comes from. Building a portfolio of pipeline projects, contributing to open-source data tooling, and earning an Azure or AWS data certification gives candidates a concrete edge when applying to companies in the Seattle and Bellevue corridors.
Where can I find and apply to data engineering manager jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to data engineering manager jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings. Search the available roles, find the ones that fit your background and location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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