Full Stack Engineer - Booking - Costco Travel

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. As proof, Costco ranks eighth in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

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.

The Costco team is looking for a dedicated and highly skilledFull Stack Engineerfor its Booking teams. ThisFull Stack 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.

• 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.

• Designs, builds, debugs, optimizes and implements solutions in Java, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

• Develops high quality, efficient and fast code.

• Works with and supports Systems Architects on the design of the overall architecture of a specific product/application, and applies principles that promote availability, reusability, interoperability and security into the design framework.

• Uses APM/monitoring tools such as Dynatrace/Splunk and browser tools to perform request purepath/waterfall analysis to identify bottlenecks and suggest improvements.

• Increases team proficiency and understanding of distributed application architectures, user interfaces and user experience, quality assurance, security concerns, and business value creation.

• Develops and documents standards and best practices.

• Provides the team with solution recommendations, and estimates for a given product/application.

• Understands the full technology stack and underlying applications, services, and databases in order to ensure optimal performance.

• Minimum 6-8 years’ experience in performing client/server development using Java, JavaScript, SQL/DB2.

• Experience building and developing business applications.

• A strong understanding of the software development process.

• Strong knowledge of object-oriented concepts.

• Strong knowledge and experience working with Web Technologies.

• Experience describing the solutions and generating the architecture (Logical, Physical) artifacts.

• Demonstrated ability to execute against iteration plans and deliver assignments within scope, schedule, and budget.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate to both technical and Business audiences.

• Ability to work with all management levels.

• 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.

• Must be 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.

• Must be detail-oriented and possess strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze potential future issues.

• Able to support off-hours work as required, including: weekends, holidays, and 24/7 on-call responsibilities on a rotational basis.

• 5 years’ experience in Web Technologies: developing web applications or services using JSP, JQuery, JavaScript, WebSphere Commerce or Java frameworks; distributed cache technologies such as Redis; search technologies such as Lucidworks, Apache Solr.

• 3 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 technologies such as XML, Java, JavaScript frameworks, SQL queries, and database schema design.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter

• Resume

Pay Ranges:

Level 2 - $107,500 - $137,500

Level 3 - $127,500 - $182,500

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. In some cases, applicants and employees for selected positions will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.