Software Engineer - Commerce Browse and Digital Labs

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale , the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries.

Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

As proof, Costco ranks eighth in Forbes World’s Best Employers .

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes.

Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy.

The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family . Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts.

We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Software Engineers perform development work across the technology stack (both front-end / back-end expertise). They are versatile in how they can add value, demonstrating the ability to manage the completion of projects that involve databases, backend services, or the development of front-end applications.

They should be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of emerging technologies to support the development of new solutions.

Software Engineers understand the full technology stack and underlying applications, services, and databases in order to ensure optimal performance.

The Costco Digital team is looking for an experienced and deeply skilled Staff Engineer that will perform development work at an elite level, provide design guidance, and can coach / lead / support engineers at multiple levels.

The Software Engineer must have extensive experience on back-end and front-end development and demonstrate the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

This role will also be directly responsible for delivering capabilities to create delightful user experiences for our members and maintaining them through functional improvement, documentation, profiling, and application performance enhancements.

The Staff Engineer will design and build modern microservice based APIs to modernize our existing enterprise web applications.

The Staff Engineer should be a passionate, driven, self-starting problem-solver who is comfortable with change and excels in a fast-paced environment.

They will have deep knowledge and experience working with eCommerce technologies along with Java concepts and frameworks such as SpringBoot.

This position will be filled onsite in Issaquah, WA or Dallas, TX.

ROLE

Supports release planning activities in conjunction with Product Owners and teams.

Identifies high level requirements to support the definition and refinement of a robust testing strategy.

Supports the Product Owner with the identification and definition of enablers / work items to support the architectural runway of a given product / application.

Defines the non-functional requirements (e.g., performance, security, resiliency, etc.) which support the development of epics and user stories aligned to a value stream.

Identifies technical dependencies across several product / application teams to support the implementation of new or enhanced functionality.

Performs development, optimization, and automation activities to support the implementation of a product / application.

Develops and implements front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.

Increases proficiency and understanding of relational and non-relational databases, distributed application architectures, user interfaces and user experience, quality assurance, security concerns, and business value creation.

Drives engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.

Provides the team with the development strategy, solution recommendations, and estimates for a given product / application.

Participates in scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospective, showcases / demos, stand-ups, backlog refinement, etc.).

Creates and executes unit tests which validate the code changes made to support the implementation of a user story.

Uses test driven development (TDD) practices to assist with the detection / recognition of software defects early in the development process.

Estimates, plans, and manages all implementation tasks and reports on development progress.

Designs, builds, debugs, optimizes, and implements solutions in approved tool sets and databases.

Develops high quality, efficient, and fault tolerant software.

Supports, extends, and builds automated CI and CD pipelines.

Designs and delivers DevSecOps automation for app deployment and testing.

Uses APM / monitoring tools such as Dynatrace / Splunk and browser tools to perform request purepath / waterfall analysis to identify bottlenecks and suggest improvements.

Participates in the development and documentation of department standards and best practices, and mentors’ junior engineers.

Provides the team with solution recommendations and estimates for a given product / application.

Identifies deficiencies within a product / application’s code base and identifies opportunities to improve overall code quality.

Collaborates with team members (e.g., Systems Architects, Systems Analysts) to define project specifications and release documentation for all phases of the product development cycle from product definition to design, through implementation.

Conducts peer code reviews for the software changes made by other engineers within a team.

Defines remediation tactics for large and complex defects impacting several features and / or capabilities within a given product / application.

Defines product / application specific coding standards and patterns to guide the implementation of new features and capabilities.

Collaborates with Systems Analysts to decompose solution blueprints and designs into detailed technical requirements.

Designs, builds, debugs, optimizes, and implements solutions in Java, NoSql, and RDBMS. The development of high quality, efficient, and fault tolerant system(s) is an essential part of the position.

Oversees the development of new, highly-responsive, web-based APIs using SpringBoot, Azure Event Hub, and CosmosDB, while adhering to a test driven SDLC process.

Provides coaching to engineers at multiple levels.

Drives code reviews as well as be expected to maintain high code quality standards.

Advocates, articulates, and documents engineering best practices.

Builds trust within engineering organizations as well as can communicate complex ideas at enterprise level.

Adopts technical ownership of features and advancing product functionality.

Meets with the development and business teams to discuss user interface ideas and applications.

Advocates for and improves code quality, automated tests, CI / CD initiatives, and the developer experience.

Reviews application requirements and interface designs.

Performs troubleshooting for interface software and debugging application code.

Monitors and improves front-end performance.

Builds accessible and reusable components.

Documents application changes and reviews code.

REQUIRED

10+ years’ previous experience working as a backend Java developer.

5+ years’ previous experience with designing / architecting large scale applications.

5+ years’ experience working with serverless platforms on Azure or GCP Cloud.

Proficiency with designing and building APIs using Microservice architecture.

Ability to integrate 3rd party APIs and a strong understanding of REST and GraphQL patterns.

Passion for supporting, collaborating, and coaching engineering teams.

Possesses a strong understanding of designing and deploying large scale applications to Azure / GCP Cloud.

Comfortable driving code reviews and operating as anointed approver.

Strong understanding of end-to-end integration - User interface to backed services, including messaging systems.

Proficiency with client-side application bundling and optimization.

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills; strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; strong relationship builder in cross-functional teams.

Ability to mentor software engineers and guide them towards delivering highly performant quality IT products.

Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.

Experience refactoring code and algorithms for improved performance and robustness.

Self-motivated with a positive, can-do attitude.

Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business, including weekends, holidays, and a rotational on call basis as required.

Recommended

Degree or equivalent education (Computer Science or related field).

Experience working in a retail ecommerce environment.

Experience working on design systems building highly composable, reusable components.

Driven performance analysis, and understanding of large-scale application infrastructure and dependencies.

Familiarity with design patterns and microservices-based architecture patterns.

2+ years’ experience in React.js, HTML, CSS3.

Experience with writing complex Graphql, Redis, CosmoDB, or similar NoSQL databases.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Required Documents

Cover Letter

Resume

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Pay Range : $180,000 - $225,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical / dental / vision / hearing aid / pharmacy / behavioral health / employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. In some cases, applicants and employees for selected positions will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.