Engineering Manager: Product & Vendor Insights (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)

Job DescriptionNordstrom - Engineering Manager, Product & Vendor InsightsIn the Data & Analytics Services org, our teams build and maintain the data infrastructure that powers product, vendor, and merchandising decisions across Nordstrom. We ensure that every product in our catalog - from typecodes to pricing to item availability - is represented accurately, governed rigorously, and delivered reliably to the systems and teams that depend on it. Our Product & Vendor Insights team owns the enterprise product data layer that makes this possible.Product data is the foundation of the Nordstrom shopping experience - and of the decisions made across merchandising, supply chain, personalization, and finance. When a style changes price, a new item enters the catalog, or a vendor relationship evolves, our pipelines are what make that change visible across the company. This team sits at the intersection of enterprise strategy and engineering precision - and the Engineering Manager will be its technical and people leader.Role SummaryThe Engineering Manager for Product & Vendor Insights owns one of the most consequential data domains in Nordstrom's enterprise: the product information layer that powers merchandising decisions, personalization, pricing analytics, vendor partner programs, and large-scale selling events and campaigns.This is a high-visibility role with a broad stakeholder footprint - spanning merchandising, machine learning, digital product, supply chain, compliance, and external partner teams. You will lead a team of approximately 8 engineers (a mix of full-time and contract), drive platform modernization initiatives including a transition to medallion architecture and manage a growing brand partner data program that delivers data feeds for an expanding portfolio of strategic partnerships. You will report to the Director of Merchandising, Customer, and Marketing Reporting & Data Engineering.A Day in the LifeLead a team of engineers building and operating the event-driven pipelines and cloud data warehouse products that power product, pricing, vendor, and promotions data across NordstromOwn the enterprise product dimension layer - tens of millions of items across the full product hierarchy - consumed by machine learning, personalization, and downstream reporting teamsDrive the brand partner data program: engineering the data feeds that onboard and sustain external brand partners onto Nordstrom's platformDeliver pricing and promotions data capabilities - pricing analytics, promotional event data, campaign-specific reporting views - in close partnership with merchandising and marketing stakeholdersLead platform modernization: medallion architecture migration, observability and monitoring tooling, data governance, and cloud infrastructure across a portfolio of event consumer servicesPartner with stakeholders across machine learning, digital product, compliance, partner programs, and supply chain to translate business requirements into scalable data productsContribute to architecture and design decisions - this is a hands-on role with real technical depth expectedRecruit, develop, and retain engineering talent; provide direct feedback and coaching to help engineers growPromote DevOps best practices: CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), monitoring, alerting, and incident responseYou Own This If You Have5+ years of relevant software engineering experience, with strong foundations in event-driven systems, distributed data pipelines, or enterprise data products2+ years of experience managing engineering teamsHands-on experience with messaging technologies and patterns - Kafka and/or Confluent Cloud strongly preferredProficiency with Java and/or Java Spring Boot for building microservice consumersExperience building and operating data products in a cloud data warehouse (BigQuery, Snowflake, or similar)Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS and/or GCP) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)Strong understanding of DevOps best practices including CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), monitoring, and production supportProven ability to ship reliable, scalable systems with high data quality standardsBA/BS in Computer Science or closely related field, or equivalent practical experienceWe're Also Looking For…Experience in retail, merchandising, supply chain, or vendor data domainsFamiliarity with event sourcing patterns, schema registries, Confluent Cloud platform management, or Apache FlinkExperience delivering cloud data warehouse products - dimensional models, gold/silver layer tables, or similar patterns - at enterprise scaleExperience leading teams through infrastructure migrations, platform consolidations, or medallion/lakehouse architecture transitionsTrack record of managing complex stakeholder relationships across business and engineering functionsPay Range DetailsThe 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.$166,000.00 - $258,000.00 AnnualWe’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 AwayLife Insurance and DisabilityMerchandise Discount and EAP ResourcesThis 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: 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 . 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, IncSummaryLocation: Seattle, WAType: Full time