Senior Software Engineer - Checkout & Wishlist (Hybrid - Seattle)
Nordstrom Inc · Seattle, WA
$142,000–$220,500from the description
Jun 28, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on building and maintaining a large-scale e-commerce checkout platform. Day-to-day work spans the full stack — REST and event-driven backend services, web UI (React/Node.js), and cloud infrastructure on AWS — along with automated testing, performance optimization, and on-call support. The role also involves mentoring other engineers and collaborating across cross-functional teams.
Senior level · 6+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 570 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 430–740
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $167,280 (middle half $132,800–$211,860). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The JD accepts a Bachelor's, Master's, or 'equivalent practical experience' — no degree is hard-gated.
The 6+ years requirement is stated against 'developing REST-ful services and Event-driven applications', so it is treated as the role-level experience floor.
Go, Java, and .NET are listed as alternatives under a single 'or other object-oriented language' requirement; Go is named first and is the primary option, with Java and .NET as named alternatives.
AWS services (Kubernetes, ElastiCache Redis, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation) are listed together in the requirements section with 'or features on other similar cloud hosted platforms', making AWS the hard gate with Azure/GCP as substitutes. The individual named AWS services are also captured as separate skills since they are each explicitly called out.
Linux/Docker, CI/CD pipelines, New Relic, and Splunk all appear under 'Familiarity with…' language in the requirements block — 'familiarity with' is softer than a hard gate, so these are marked preferred.
The role is based at Nordstrom HQ (Seattle, WA); no explicit remote option is stated. The mention of 'remote pairing tools' refers to collaboration style, not a remote-work policy.
The pay range ($142,000–$220,500 annual) is noted as state-specific compliance disclosure and may vary by location.
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