Engineering Manager: Engineering Data Platform Enablement (Hybrid, Seattle - WA)
Core
Lead engineering delivery, platform reliability, and team growth for Nordstrom's analytics and data platforms (BigQuery, Looker, Metabase) on GCP and AWS, integrating AI into daily operations.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Player-Coach)
Builds
Data platform infrastructure, access management systems, cost optimization tools, and conversational analytics enablement.
Domain
Retail / Cloud Data Platforms / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering team leadership, Python, Cloud (GCP/AWS), Infrastructure as Code, Access management, AI coding tools
Preferred skills
BigQuery, Looker, Metabase, Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloud cost optimization, Conversational Analytics, LLM-powered tools
Technologies
GCP, AWS, BigQuery, Looker, Metabase, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD
Responsibilities
Lead engineering delivery across data workloads, own platform reliability and incident response, drive capacity planning and cost optimization, establish Looker governance, lead conversational analytics enablement, set technical direction and coach engineers, contribute hands-on code and reviews.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership
