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 Travel 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” .

Costco Travel is seeking a Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our Engineering Productivity Team. This role will be responsible for designing and architecting the performance framework, infrastructure, and tools to support the diverse quality organization. The successful candidate will be a technical leader with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, who work collaboratively with the scrum teams to assure the highest member service experience.

If you want to be a part of one of the BEST “to work for” companies in the world , simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

• Develops performance test scripts, executes tests, benchmarks to previous executions, analyzes, and reports results.
• Drills down and identifies the root cause of performance degradations in the applications.
• Collaborates with the development team on the resolution of issues that negatively impact performance to help build a scalable and robust product.
• Configures, runs, and monitors automated performance testing jobs.
• Troubleshoots issues across the entire stack of hardware, software, application, and network.
• Researches industry trends and technologies, and promotes adoption of best-in-class tools and technologies.

REQUIRED

• 5+ years’ experience in performance testing large scale web applications
• Strong understanding of performance scripting and execution using JMeter and other performance testing tools
• Ability to perform profile/baseline, load, and stress testing
• Knowledge of application monitoring tools and usage for non-functional testing such as Splunk, Dynatrace, etc.
• Good understanding of TCP/IP networking (proxies, firewalls, etc.) and common web technologies (HTTP, REST, Web Services, XML/XPath, etc.).
• Experience with typical multi-tier application architecture (presentation, logic, data).
• Proactive and collaborative attitude, strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to drill down into results and complete deep-dive root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of database servers, web servers, application servers, and load balancer.
• Proficient with the following tools: Jenkins, SoapUI, Fiddler, Nessus, JVM & SQL Server.
• Experience working with architects, developers, and QA across multiple teams.

Recommended

• CI/CD and DevOps experience. Familiarity with Docker, K8s and/or Jenkins DSL.
• Familiarity with mocking solutions like Wiremock.
• Tomcat/Apache knowledge
• Travel industry knowledge
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a close team environment.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume

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Pay Scale:

Level 3: $120,000 - $155,000

Level 4: $145,000 - $175,000

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, commuter benefits, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan, SmartDollar financial wellness program, 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.