After Nordstrom
- 11%Joined a startup5
- 20%Joined a big company9
- 68%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Nordstrom most often go to Amazon. 11% go small. Median stay 1y 2m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Nordstrom's headcount: 47 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 202 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 470.2% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 12% of the people here
- Moved on
- 4698% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 2mmiddle half 6m to 2y 1m
Put Nordstrom side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Google. Most leave for Amazon (13% of recorded departures).
4 of 30 recorded arrivals shown, 26 more from 26 other companies6 of 47 recorded departures shown, 41 more to 37 other companies
How long people stay
38%<1y
31%1-2y
23%2-4y
8%4-7y
0%7y+
39 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
3112
0213
4214
3415
7516
8517
7418
51019
2620
3221
5422
1323
0124
0025
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 48 joined, 49 left.
Caliber
78mediantop 10%84
0Eng Scorer caliber, 47 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer Intern10
- Software Engineer3
- Software Engineer I3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 32% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 45%Strong or solid21 people
- 34%Emerging16 people
- 21%Unproven10 people
47 of the 47 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. Fewer than 3 of the 47 people here with a read sit in them, which is too few to print as a count. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up. A tier holding fewer than 3 people is printed together with the one next to it, because a bucket that small is a person rather than a pattern.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
42%Titles that rose13 of 31 classified people
- 42%Rose13 people
- 48%Stayed level15 people
- 10%Fell3 people
31 of the 47 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.
A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first; for someone who recorded one title here and then left, it is measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 31 of the 47 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.
Where they studied
- University of Washington15.6%
- Georgia Tech6.7%
- Harvey Mudd6.7%
- UC Berkeley6.7%
- UCLA6.7%
The 5 most listed schools among the 45 people here with a school on file.
Of the 45 people here with a school on file, 7 list University of Washington, 3 list Georgia Tech and 3 list Harvey Mudd. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
19%have a public GitHub account on their profile
9 of the 47 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.
Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.
Where they are now
28% of the people who have worked at Nordstrom and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
Nordstrom
Everyone on the map
- 28%New York13 · map 33%
- 26%Los Angeles12 · map 6%
- 26%SF Bay Area12 · map 47%
- 15%Seattle7 · map 3%
- 6%Somewhere else3
All 47 people who worked at Nordstrom list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at Nordstrom: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Nordstrom, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 47 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Nordstrom: 1 are there now and 46 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after Nordstrom is Amazon (6 people, 13% of recorded departures).
- The most common previous employer before Nordstrom is Google (4 people).
- The median tenure at Nordstrom is 1y 2m (middle half 6m to 2y 1m).
- Of those who moved on from Nordstrom, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 11% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 20% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at Nordstrom is 78 on the 0 to 99 scale (47 scored).
- The most common title held at Nordstrom is Software Engineer Intern, then Software Engineer.
- Of the 45 people here with a school on file, 7 list University of Washington (15.6%), then Georgia Tech (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 28% of the 47 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 19% of the 47 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
- Of the 31 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 13 rose, 15 stayed level and 3 fell.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
Worked at Nordstrom? See how your profile reads to a startup hiring manager, and where it ranks among 26,572 engineers.
Arrow keys move along the map.