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SalaryCostco 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” .
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.
Full Stack Engineers perform development work across the technology stack (both front-end/back-end expertise). Full Stack Engineers 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 user-facing websites.
Ancillary IT is looking for a dedicated and experienced Full Stack Engineer to help design, develop, and implement solutions in Optical systems. The individual in this role will work closely with the Ancillary department for designing new or improving existing systems. The focus will be to analyze the Optical systems and apply in house development services that will provide scalable solutions to accelerate our outsourced integration. Understanding the existing Optical database and tools is critical to the success of this position. This Full Stack Engineer will work with other IS groups to leverage their tools and experience to ensure we have a solid, supportable solution.
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
- Supports Systems Architects with the design of the overall architecture of a specific product/application, applying principles that promote availability, reusability, interoperability and security into the design framework.
- 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.
- Adopts 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.
- 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 all implementation tasks and reports on development progress.
- Demonstrates a strong understanding of emerging technologies to support the development of new solutions.
- 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.
- Focuses on technology and development of solutions and strategies for Ancillary.
- Collaborates with Architects, Business Analysts, and Engineers to build business sustainable solutions.
- Works with a range of reporting technologies supported by our suppliers and Costco.
- Defines and implements standards and best practices for software development.
- Ensures the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
- Understands IT reporting direction and blends this knowledge within our supplier’s supported solution.
- Provides level 2 and 3 support for all Ancillary reporting solutions.
- Manages and handles delivery of multiple projects simultaneously.
- Mentors other engineers to foster team growth.
- Drives end-to-end solution development using C#, ReactJS, and other web/mobile application technologies.
- Deploys applications to Azure, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Designs and develops scalable and maintainable microservices.
- Works with database solutions to ensure data consistency and availability.
- Implements and maintains CI/CD pipelines for rapid application updates.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Strong foundation in different reporting strategies.
- Experience with Azure Cloud services.
- Ability to find solutions.
- Ability to collaborate with other technical experts and develop solution and functional design documents to support development of final solutions.
- Strong Problem-solving skills.
- Responsive to the business and IS Management, with a strong sense of urgency.
- Flexible and able to keep up with a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong work ethic, demonstrate attention to detail, and have excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to obtain HIPAA certification.
- Able to support off-hours work as required, including weekends, holidays, and 24/7 on call responsibilities on a rotational basis.
- At least 5 years’ experience in Frontend development.
- Experience programming in Javascript.
- Proficient SQL experience.
- Proficient working knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git, SVN, etc.
- Experience with React.JS/Node.JS, Azure Cosmos DB, C#/.Net, Terraform/Ansible.
- Experience in Optical systems.
- Cover Letter
- Resume
Pay Ranges:
Level 1 - $87,500 - $112,500
Level 2 - $107,500 - $137,500
Level 3 - $127,500 - $162,500
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.
