Costco Software Engineer Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Costco Travel 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.
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 Travel 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.
As a Software Engineer you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing complex enterprise software solutions. Individuals in this role collaborate closely with technical and non-technical roles such as data modelers, architects, business analysts, data stewards, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to provide design, technical analysis, development/configuration, testing, implementation, and support expertise representing the interest of the business across the enterprise. In this role, individuals participate in and lead design sessions and provide leadership for ongoing development efforts on various projects.
This team focuses on work that involves both backend and frontend development, so having knowledge as a full stack developer is desired.
If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to work for", simply apply and let your career be reimagined.
ROLE
• Performs development and optimization activities to support the implementation of a product/ application.
• Adopts engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.
• Ensures solutions are secure, durable, scalable, flexible, and accessible; and proactively mitigates against production support issues.
• Works within the defined development processes and SDLC
• Takes part in the design discussions and updates data models.
• Participates in scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospective, showcases / demos, stand-ups, backlog refinement, etc).
• Ensures solutions are secure, durable, scalable, flexible, and accessible; and proactively mitigates against production support issues.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of emerging technologies to support the development of new solutions.
• Understands and escalates technical challenges with options and recommendations.
• Analyzes error logs, creates dashboards, and alerts, to monitor new and existing functionality.
• Supports and monitors production deployments.
• Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
REQUIRED
• 3+ years of current commercial experience developing with core Java technologies and libraries.
• 3+ years of experience with design and development of client/server and/or web-based applications.
• 3+ years of experience working with relational databases (preferably MS-SQL Server and T-SQL).
• 2+ years of experience with core Java, Java EE technologies (Servlet and JSP).
• 2+ years of experience with SDLC frameworks and IT best practices.
• 2+ years of experience with JDBC or equivalent data-tier framework, database design & development.
• 2+ years of experience with Spring and/or Spring Boot frameworks.
• Good understanding and experience with SOAP and/or REST based Web services.
• Experience using caching frameworks, such as Redis, Memcached, or Akamai.
• Experience developing applications using a headless CMS, such as Magnolia, AEM, Contentful, or Strapi.
• Must be a quick learner with the ability to learn and incorporate new technologies and concepts.
• Self-motivated, dedicated, and driven to succeed.
• Able to easily shift focus with changing priorities.
• Good debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business including weekends, holidays, and 24/7 on call responsibilities on a rotational basis.
Recommended
• Bachelor's degree, or the equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• A passion for being part of a team, willing to self-assess to continually find better ways to do things.
• Experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Travel industry knowledge.
• Proficient in Microsoft Workspace applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Required Documents
• Cover Letter
• Resume
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Pay Ranges:
Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000
Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000
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.
Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com
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.