Engineering Manager: Engineering Data Platform Enablement (Hybrid, Seattle - WA)
Nordstrom · Seattle, WA · 1 wk ago
HybridEngineeringFull-time
About the role
Data Platform Enablement keeps Nordstrom's analytics and data platforms running, evolving, and getting simpler. We own a broad portfolio across GCP and AWS — BigQuery, Looker Core, Metabase, and the access management and cost optimization that keep them healthy. We're a small team covering a large surface area, and AI is how we do it.
What You'll Own
- Platform & Operations
- Lead engineering delivery across BigQuery/GCP, GCP Looker, Metabase, and AWS workloads
- Own platform reliability, incident response, and on-call for production systems
- Drive capacity planning — forecasting growth, managing compute costs, and scaling ahead of demand
- Support the deprecation of legacy platforms (MicroStrategy, Tableau)
- Access Management & Cost Optimization
- Own enterprise access provisioning and governance across the data platform
- Lead cost optimization across GCP, AWS, and platform tooling in partnership with engineering and finance
- Define access policies, tiering models, and provisioning workflows with security and compliance partners
- Looker Governance & Development Framework
- Establish LookML governance, development standards, and deployment practices for Looker Core
- Partner with analytics teams on explore design, data modeling, and dashboard best practices
- Own platform health, migration governance, and the Looker development lifecycle
- Conversational Analytics Enablement
- Lead the CA enablement strategy — Golden Query standards, agent development, adoption
- Manage token utilization and capacity planning with Insights Delivery leadership
- Partner with every team across the organization to drive CA maturity enterprise-wide
- Team Leadership
- Set technical direction: architecture, standards, monitoring, and prioritization
- Develop your engineers and coach AI fluency through hands-on guidance and a high adoption bar
- Contribute as an engineer: write code, build tooling, and review pull requests alongside the team
- Own hiring, capacity planning, and team health
- Required
- 2+ years leading engineering teams, with direct accountability for delivery and people development
- 5+ years building software, platforms, infrastructure, or data systems
- Hands-on Python proficiency (or equivalent) you still write today — direct technical contribution is expected
- Strong cloud experience across GCP and/or AWS, with fluency in Git, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Experience owning access management programs at scale
- Daily use of AI coding tools and a real point of view on how they change the way teams work
- Bonus Points
- Data platform or BI depth: BigQuery, Looker, Metabase, Tableau, or MicroStrategy
- Terraform and Kubernetes
- Cloud cost optimization at scale
- Analytics access provisioning in SailPoint IdentityNow via SCIM group synchronization
- Hands-on Dataplex zone governance
- Experience standing up an AI-first engineering practice
- Familiarity with Conversational Analytics, LLM-powered data tools, or semantic layer patterns
- Experience at a large-scale retail, e-commerce, or consumer organization
- Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
- Life Insurance and Disability
- Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
- 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.
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