• Job Description

  Req#: 8462

  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 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 Travel IT family. Costco Travel 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.

  Quality Engineers are core delivery team members responsible for the validation of functional and nonfunctional requirements implemented by a team. They are responsible for decomposing the functional and technical requirements created by Product Owners and Systems Analysts into test scripts. Quality Engineers raise defects as issues are identified and support the remediation process with teams.

  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. We're excited to see your application!

  ROLE

  ● Defines the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by teams

  ● Collaborates with team members to decompose functional and nonfunctional requirements into test scripts and scenarios

  ● Determines test dependencies including QA test environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans, intra-team dependencies, and communication processes

  ● Creates and executes manual and automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the epics and user stories implemented by team members

  ● Identifies risks impacting the timely delivery of a given product and collaborates with team members to prepare mitigation strategies

  ● Executes smoke, functional, integration, and non-functional test scripts as part of the product/application delivery lifecycle

  ● Collaborates with team members to investigate the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts

  ● Creates defects with detailed information pertaining to the failed test case/scenario with supporting documentation (screenshots, environment details, log files, etc.)

  ● Collaborates with team members to identify existing manual and automated test scripts that will be impacted through the development of new features and capabilities

  ● Shares feedback with the team members pertaining to the quality of sprint deliverables during retrospectives

  ● Manages the remediation of defects raised throughout the development lifecycle and creates supporting quality reports that are shared with stakeholders

  ● Collaborates with product team members (e.g., Product Owners, System Analysts) to define the automating testing approach / strategy for a given product / application

  ● Maintains the automated testing suite and accompanying framework for a given product

  ● Collaborates with team members (e.g., DevOps Engineers, Systems Architects) to incorporate new automated test scripts into the continuous integration pipeline

  ● Shares test automation practices with engineers to promote “shift left” testing disciplines and practices (incorporate testing earlier in development) within a team

  ● Develops functional test plans for complex systems

  ● Tests required code changes while working closely with developers and product owners

  ● Designs and develops high quality test automation, from which others can create repeatable automated tests

  ● Generates API Level Automation using various technologies and tools

  ● Analyzes, identifies, and validates functional aspects of a shared service, supporting multiple downstream systems

  ● Raises the standards for QA practices and stays up-to-date with the latest technologies both in the company and industry and utilizes them to good effect

  REQUIRED

  ● 5-7 years’ current and demonstrable experience as an SDET in API/UI

  ● 1-5 years’ current and demonstrable experience as an SDET in mobile automation

  ● 1-3 years’ mobile automation experience with Java, Appium and SauceLabs

  ● 1-5 years’ automation and testing experience with XML and web-based SOAP/RESTful services

  ● 1-5 years’ current design and development experience in Java or C#

  ● At least 2 years’ development experience in any scripting language

  ● At least 2 years’ experience with Microsoft SQL and/or Transact-SQL

  ● At least 2 years’ experience with backend testing writing SQL queries and testing Stored Procedures

  ● Proficient with Agile testing methodologies and best practices in an SDET role

  ● Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills

  ● Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment

  ● Computer Science and engineering skills and equivalent experience

  Recommended

  ● Appreciation for CI/CD and DevOps

  ● Experience working with Maven, Git, JDBC, Splunk

  ● Familiarity with Service Oriented/Microservices Architectures

  ● Working knowledge of the following: Apache, TFS, IntelliJ, Maven, Git, Junit, Jenkins, Splunk, SOAPUI, SauceLabs

  ● Experience in Unit Testing frameworks like Junit/TestNG

  ● Experience with UI automation tools, ideally Selenium Web Driver

  ● Testing and automation experience MS VSTS technology stack including TFS, MTM, and Lab Center

  ● Tomcat/Apache knowledge

  ● Travel industry knowledge

  ● Excellent organizational and communication skills, both written and verbal

  Required Documents

  ● Cover Letter

  ● Resume

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  Pay Ranges:

  Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000

  Level 4 - $150,000 - $190,000, 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.

• About the company

  Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only warehouse clubs.

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