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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.

The Costco team is looking for a dedicated and highly skilled Software Engineer for its Booking teams. This Software Engineer will perform development of JSP-based Web applications and Java RESTful API-based microservices. The team supports functionality such as Account Management, Single Sign-On, Checkout Process, Integrations with Payment Gateways, and web services related to configuration of the products we offer to members, such as air, cruise, hotels, cars, and ancillaries. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to identify and implement best practices in Java object-oriented programming. This position will require an individual to design, build, debug, optimize, and implement solutions in an Agile environment participating and working closely with their team serving millions of customers daily.

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
Takes responsibility for implementing, supporting, improving technical design and development of in-house travel booking web applications based on the gathered requirements for multiple development teams.
Performs development, optimization, and automation activities to support the implementation of a product/application.
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.
Builds, debugs, optimizes and implements solutions in Java, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Adopts engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.
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.
Identifies deficiencies within a product/application's code base and identifies opportunities to improve overall code quality.
Works with team members to move user stories from the development backlog into testing and provides clarification when needed.
Estimates, plans, and manages your own implementation tasks and reports on development progress.
Develops high quality, efficient, and fast code.
Performs development, debugging, optimization, and automation activities to support the implementation of a product/application.
Uses APM/monitoring tools such as Dynatrace/Splunk and browser tools to perform request purepath/waterfall analysis to identify bottlenecks and suggest improvements.
Displays interest in learning and contributes to full technology stack and underlying applications, services, and databases in order to ensure optimal performance.
Demonstrates a strong understanding of emerging technologies to support the development of new solutions.
Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.

REQUIRED
Minimum 2-6 years' experience in performing client/server development using Java, JavaScript, React SQL/DB2.
Experience building and developing client-server business applications.
Development experience in web application front-end and back-end languages. Working knowledge of modern software development frameworks, including server-side MVC. Strong background in SQL and relational databases.
Possesses a strong understanding of the software development process.
Strong knowledge of object-oriented concepts.
Strong knowledge and experience working with Web Technologies.
High integrity, accountability, a positive attitude, and be willing to do what it takes to make the team successful.
Team player, good interpersonal, organizational and communication skills. Creative, likes challenges.
Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to multitask and prioritize work effectively in a fast-paced working environment.
Background and opinions on HTTP API design - REST API.
Understanding of relational and non-relational databases, distributed application architectures, user interfaces and user experience, quality assurance, security concerns, and business value creation.
Extremely responsive, able to work under pressure in crisis with a strong sense of urgency.
Responsible, conscientious, organized, self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision.
Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team, takes direction well, but isn't afraid to take initiative and make decisions, see yourself as a problem-solver, and face challenges with a can-do mindset.
Detail-oriented and possesses strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze potential future issues.
Able to support off-hours work as required, including weekends, holidays, on-call responsibilities on a rotational basis.

Recommended
2-4 years' experience in Web Technologies:
Developing web applications or services using JSP, JQuery, JavaScript, WebSphere Commerce or Java frameworks.
Working with monolithic architecture, migration into SOA architecture.
Exposure to Payment processing systems, order management systems.
2+ years' experience in:
Integrating an application with other applications using SOA/REST web services.
In application development in Java, JavaScript, .Net.
With a working knowledge of databases (DB2, SQL Server etc.).
Programming experience with related technology such as XML, Java, JavaScript frameworks, SQL queries, and database schema design.

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.