Jacob Ulrich
Principal Engineer at Nordstrom
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Ulrich is a Principal Engineer in Seattle with 9 years of software experience who leads AI transformation and platform efforts at Nordstrom, helping drive over $330M in annual impact. He builds highly scalable Node.js/TypeScript services on Kubernetes and is fluent across AWS serverless and data services (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, RDS, ElastiCache). As a technical lead he sets engineering standards, guides cross-organizational initiatives, and previously helped evolve Nordstrom’s iOS app used by millions. His background spans networking and enterprise sales roles, giving him a rare combination of customer-facing business insight and deep systems engineering. Known for pragmatic delivery at scale, he blends product empathy with hands-on architecture and operational rigor.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Edmonds CollegeCertificate Web Development, Certificate Web Development at Galvanize Inc
Github Skills (60)
python10
dynamodb10
aws-sdk-js10
raspberry-pi10
router9
aws-sdk9
asyncio9
typescript9
swagger9
mqtt9
lambda9
nodejs9
iot9
user-registration9
home-automation9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
julrich1/TwitchCaster
Dec 2019 - Jun 2026
Contributions:30 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 7 months
julrich1/Seattle-Streetcar-Server
Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:36 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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