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 2018, Costco contributed over $39 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 second largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in twelve 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 consistently ranks in the top five of Forbes “America’s Best Employers”.

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.

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ROLE

• 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.
• Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.

Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.

• Computer, phone, printer, copier, fax
  

REQUIRED

• 1-3 years’ of current and demonstrable experience as an SDET in API/UI.
• 1-3 years’ of automation and testing experience with XML and web-based SOAP/RESTful services.
• 1-3 years’ of current design and development experience in Java or C#.
• At least 1 year of development experience in any scripting language.
• At least 1 year of experience with Microsoft SQL and/or Transact-SQL.
• At least 1 year of 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.
• 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.
• Successful internal candidates will have spent one year or more on their current team.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter

• Resume

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Apart from any religious or disability considerations, open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.