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Manager, Software Engineering

Issaquah, WA · On-site

$198K - $218K/yr

Manager, Software Engineering Define and execute the development strategy for Costco Travel's E-Commerce websites, platform, and applications. Ensure proper policies and procedures are in place to ...

Costco

Manager, Software Engineering

Issaquah, WA · On-site

$198K - $218K/yr

Manager, Software Engineering Define and execute the development strategy for Costco Travel's E-Commerce websites, platform, and applications. Ensure proper policies and procedures are in place to ...

Costco

Quality Engineer - Costco Travel

Issaquah, WA · On-site

$83K - $107K/yr

Costco Travel is looking for a dedicated and experienced Software Quality Engineer to join its Shopping Portfolio quality team. If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to ...

Costco IT

Quality Engineer - Costco Travel

Issaquah, WA

$83K - $107K/yr

Costco Travel is looking for a dedicated and experienced Software Quality Engineer to join its Shopping Portfolio quality team. If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to ...

Costco IT

Quality Engineer - Costco Travel

Issaquah, WA · On-site

$83K - $107K/yr

Costco Travel is looking for a dedicated and experienced Software Quality Engineer to join its Shopping Portfolio quality team. If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to ...

Costco

Network Engineer Costco Travel

Issaquah, WA · On-site

$105K - $135K/yr

The Network Engineer is responsible for maintaining, building, and operating Costco Travel's global ... software, and architecture. • Configures and maintains physical and virtual network ...

Costco IT

Network Engineer Costco Travel

Issaquah, WA

$105K - $135K/yr

The Network Engineer is responsible for maintaining, building, and operating Costco Travel's global ... management software, and architecture. Configures and maintains physical and virtual network ...

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How much do costco software engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 22, 2026, the average yearly pay for costco software engineer in Redmond, WA is $165,219.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $134,400.00 and $193,800.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Costco software engineer?

A Costco Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions to support Costco's business operations. They work on various technology initiatives, including e-commerce platforms, internal business applications, and data management systems. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring software quality, and optimizing system performance. Costco emphasizes scalability, security, and efficiency in its technology solutions.

What does a typical day look like for a Costco software engineer?

A typical day for a Costco Software Engineer involves collaborating with team members during daily stand-ups, working on new features or resolving bugs within Costco’s core applications, and participating in code reviews to maintain high-quality standards. You’ll coordinate closely with business analysts, quality assurance testers, and other IT professionals to ensure solutions meet user requirements and integrate smoothly with existing systems. Balancing independent work with teamwork is common, and you may also contribute to the design and architecture of new projects. This dynamic environment offers opportunities to learn, grow, and directly impact Costco’s customer and employee experiences.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Costco software engineer?

To thrive as a Costco Software Engineer, you need strong programming skills (such as Java, C#, or Python), a background in computer science or a related field, and experience in building scalable applications. Proficiency with tools like Git, cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), and familiarity with frameworks relevant to Costco's technology stack can be highly beneficial. Excellent problem-solving ability, strong communication, and collaboration skills help you work effectively within cross-functional teams. These competencies ensure you can deliver reliable, high-quality software solutions that support Costco’s large-scale operations and customer-centric services.

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Software Engineer - Digital Site Development

Costco

Issaquah, WA • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

This job post has expired today. Applications are no longer accepted.

Costco rating

8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 1,922 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

2nd of 39 rated national retailers

Job description

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.
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 Global Digital eXperience Website Development Software Engineer is responsible for the overall design and architecture of a product and the definition of the technical blueprints to fulfill specific requirements. They provide technical expertise to Product Managers and the Development Pods as they reconcile the user's needs and requirements with what the engineers have determined to be doable within the given (engineering) constraints. They work closely with Solution Architects, Product Managers, POD teams, and Product Owners to support the implementation and delivery of new and/or enhanced capabilities. Lastly, they are responsible for defining non-functional requirements (e.g., performance, resilience, etc.) to ensure the scalability and reliability of a given product within a complex ecosystem.
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
  • Develops the conceptual systems architecture design and the supporting technologies needed to enable new and/or enhanced functionality within a given product/application, applying principles that promote availability, reusability, interoperability, and security into the design framework.
  • 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.
  • Identifies high level requirements to support the definition and refinement of a robust testing strategy.
  • Supports release planning activities in conjunction with Product Owners and teams.
  • 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.
  • Champions CI/CD practices for operational changes and collaborate with development teams to embed operational readiness into the software development lifecycle.
  • 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.
  • Collaborates with Environment Analysts to define and refine the environment strategy needed to support day-to-day development activities.
  • Defines product/application specific coding standards and patterns to guide the implementation of new features and capabilities.
  • Supports the planning and execution of functional and non-functional (e.g., performance, fail-over, etc.) testing activities.
  • Provides technical expertise in establishing specific coding standards, patterns, and procedures.
  • Supervises systems and data analysis performed by Full Stack Engineers on products/applications to understand functional design requirements.
  • Defines remediation tactics for large and complex defects impacting several features and/or capabilities within a given product/application.
  • Supervises the development and preparation of technical documentation (e.g., runbooks, etc.).
  • Drives operational efficiency and technical growth by mentoring PODs through documentation, workshops, and other methods in the areas of software applications design, development, automation, CI/CD pipeline, and architecture.
  • Provides active support for business-critical outage situations.

REQUIRED
  • 15+ years of authoritative software architecture and technical design experience guiding the evolution of large-scale enterprise B2C and B2B eCommerce platforms
  • Mastery of scaling applications from threading implementations to infrastructure scaling and topology planning.
  • Deep experience in Java EE and specifically in developing Java based APIs and microservices applications using Spring Boot/Spring Framework.
  • Strong understanding and experience in implementing front-end solutions using React, Node JS.
  • Proven expertise in working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) to architect and implement scalable and efficient platforms and services.
  • Experience with managed kubernetes platform (GKE).
  • Extensive experience with modern monitoring, logging, and observability tools
  • Expertise with modern software development tools, including Git workflows, branching/versioning patterns, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Database engineering experience with major relational databases (Spanner, DB2, SQL Server) and NoSQL systems.
  • Experience designing, building, and delivering Java and J2EE solutions using DevOps and Continuous delivery principles.
  • Hands on Experience leveraging asynchronous communication patterns for developing distributed applications. Experience with IBM MQ, Biztalk, GCP PubSub, and Kafka are desirable.
  • Strong familiarity with API gateway management (Apigee, APIM, and DataPower).
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, integration patterns and best practices.
  • Proven ability to work independently and effectively produce consistent results with minimal supervision.
  • Experience and ability to lead engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
  • Strong conceptual, analytical, problem-solving, decision making, troubleshooting, and resolution skills.
  • Strong communication and leadership with a track record of mentoring and collaborating across teams.
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude, is self-motivated, responsible, conscientious, and detail oriented.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead during critical incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive problem resolution, taking ownership and responsibility of critical issues.
  • Self-motivated and detailed-oriented with a positive, collaborative attitude.
Recommended
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Proven experience delivering GCP/Azure cloud technology solutions.
  • Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.

Required Documents
• Cover Letter
• Resume
California applicants, please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.
Pay Ranges:
Level 1 - $85,000 - $110,000
Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000
Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000
Level SR - $150,000 - $190,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible
Level Staff - $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.
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.

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Costco is a membership warehouse club, dedicated to bringing our members the best possible prices on quality brand-name merchandise. With more than 800 locations worldwide, Costco provides a wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make your shopping experience a pleasurable one. Today, as the company evolves, it stays true to the qualities that helped attract and retain millions of loyal members around the globe: Commitment to quality. Costco warehouses carry about 4,000 SKUs (stock keeping units) compared to the 30,000 found at most supermarkets. By carefully choosing products based on quality, price, brand, and features, the company can offer the best value to members.

Industry

Retail

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Issaquah, WA, US

Year founded

1983

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