Software Developer - Costco Logistics

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. In 2021, Costco contributed over $58 million to organizations such as United Way and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

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 seventh in Forbes "World's Best Employers".

The Software Developer 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.

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ROLE

• Develops or prototypes software modules at various levels of complexity, including but not limited to: service interfaces, process flows, service messages, SOA components, business logic, UI/UX, or data access logic.

• Develops efficient code in various development languages for enhancements and bug fixes.

• Designs, develops, tests, and deploys software solutions and process flows complying with standards, guidelines, and best practices.

• Executes against project plans and delivers assignments within scope, schedule, and budget.

• Creates, executes, and evaluates unit/integration tests.

• Adopts and adapts to newly approved technologies, programming languages, tools, and standards.

• Identifies, assesses, and formulates architectural impacts and solutions from business requirements.

• Collaborates to ensure application designs utilize appropriate patterns and standards.

• Analyzes user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints, including the ability to estimate work needed.

• Assesses functional and nonfunctional requirements and creates designs to meet both business and technical needs.

• Creates conceptual and detailed technical design documents.

• Provides implementation expertise contributing to rollback, post install, data migration, and other artifacts as required including creation of support plans.

• Adheres to security management practices and promotes established security standards.

• Identifies and resolves problems, often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow, develops and evaluates options, and implements solutions.

REQUIRED

• 5 years' experience designing and developing Java EE applications.

• 5 years' experience with relational database development using MySQL and NOSQL DB.

• 5 years of experience in SpringBoot and Rest API.

• 5 years of experience of deploying and maintaining Java applications in cloud (Azure is Plus).

• Design and build Application using microservices architecture.

• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is a plus.

• Experience developing front end applications using React/javascript is a plus.

• Ability to develop a scalable and high performing solution aligning with Enterprise Architecture guidelines.

• Strong documentation skills that will be used to create process flow designs, key design decision documents and technical/functional reference guides.

• Understanding of load balancers is a plus.

• Working knowledge of any Git/Github/Jenkins/Azure DevOps.

• Experience in an Agile development methodology.

• Experience with mentoring junior developers on the team
Recommended

• Team player - friendly, communicative, open, honest, thoughtful and committed. Must work cooperatively with others, sharing ideas and collaborating and ultimately putting team goals first.

• Previous experience with open source framework is also a plus.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter

• Resume

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Pay Range: $105,000 - $135,000

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. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.