Nordstrom: Innovation Lab Developer

Location: Seattle, WA 98101
URL: http://www.nordstrom.com

Innovation Lab Developer

 

The Nordstrom Innovation Lab is a new, and growing, team. We act like a startup inside of a large company: we move through ideas quickly, using whichever technologies make sense. We also walk the agile walk: the lab is a collaborative workspace with stickies and note cards everywhere, and we follow agile engineering practices like pairing and test-driven development. On the customer-facing side, we use ideas from both lean manufacturing and lean startup.

 

If you like how this sounds, we’d love to talk to you!

 

YOU

• Thrive on challenge. When did you fail last?
• Are curious & always learning. What are you working on right now?
• Can deal with constant change. When were you last surprised?
• Have mastered at least one programming language, but are not married to it.
• Can wear many hats.

 

 

WHAT WE BUILD

 

• A new product every week or two.
• Validated learning: we build experiments, not applications. We pass the working ones on to other teams.
• Risky projects: we expect 80% to fail.
• High leverage: the 20% that succeed have a huge impact.
• New & diverse technologies: web, mobile, Kinect, and sometimes even infrastructure.

 

HOW WE DO IT

• A modern development stack: for web apps, we use Rails, RSpec, Heroku, and Amazon S3.
• Pull from Agile, lean, Customer Development, and Lean Startup to find an edge.
• That’s why we: sit together, pair, write tests, create personas, and story map.
• Meet at a bar after work every week and figure out how to do it better next week.

 

Since 1901, Nordstrom has offered a wide variety of quality apparel, shoes and accessories for men, women and children at our stores across the country. We're proud to be named to Fortune™ magazine's list of '100 Best Companies to Work For.' We believe this recognition comes from our desire to empower our employees to set their sights high and deliver exceptional service to customers.

 

As a Nordstrom employee, you can feel confident that your health and well-being are among our highest priorities. We offer a comprehensive, flexible employee benefits package that includes medical/vision and dental coverage, a generous merchandise discount, an employer-matched 401(K) savings and profit sharing plan and much more.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a diverse environment.

 

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. 

To apply: Interested? Send your resume to innovationlab@nordstrom.com.