Quality Engineer - 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”.

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.

Costco Travel is seeking an individual to join our IT- Software Quality Assurance department. This position will be responsible for various types of manual functional validation and automation test coverage to provide more plentiful opportunities for our members to travel. The ideal candidate will be passionate about quality and employ a broad range of technical tools and

skills to find and solve problems.

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

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.Develops manual test cases for all functional and non-functional

requirements and collaborates with development team members to identify candidates for test case automation.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.Develops testing protocols and standards to improve end-to-end testing outcomes and shares and adopts best practices with the center of excellence (CoE) and other Quality Engineers.Creates test data to support the execution of functional and nonfunctional testing activities Develops and executes automated test scripts to accelerate team velocity through the reduction of manual testing efforts.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.Designs, develops, and executes manual/automated software test strategies, plans, and test cases.Designs, codes, and documents automated test cases within the defined framework to satisfy business

requirements and client/project expectations using primarily Selenium with Java.Documents, tracks, and reports testing results.Participates in requirement gathering sessions and gives input on requirement and design documents.Develops and communicates accurate estimates based on testing dependency analysis as requested by the project/management team.Works closely with the development team on test results and testing required code changes.Executes automated test scripts, researches test run failures, and reports defects and results.Troubleshoots test runs and environments. Identifies and resolves problems, often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options and implements solutions.Analyzes and manages test results to identify defects; ensures features and user stories work as expected; and recommends corrective action as appropriate.Develops and ensures adherence to standardized software quality assurance best practices, policies, and processes.

Required

More than 5 years’ in QA domain designing, developing, and executing manual/automated tests.Minimum of 5 years’ of progressive, hands-on software quality assurance

experience, functional and back-end testing of websites and back-end applications.More than 3 years’ of

experience creating effective robust UI automation testing using Selenium or similar.Minimum 4 years’ of hands-on

experience using industry standard software QA tools.A sound understanding of Quality processes and methodologies and their purpose and place within the SDLC.Current design and development

experience in Java or similar.Knowledge and understanding of typical multi-tier application architecture (presentation, service, data).Well-rounded computer science engineering

skills or equivalent

experience.Solid

experience with Microsoft SQL or similar relational database.Knowledge of web-based SOAP/RESTful services.

Recommended

Experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment.Appreciation for CI/CD and DevOps.Building/maintaining automated test infrastructure.Development of test tools.

Proficiency in any of the following tools: TFS, IntelliJ, Maven, Git, Junit, Jenkins, Splunk, SOAPUI.Tomcat/Apache/IIS knowledge.Self-driven continuous learning mindset.Inventive problem solver – open minded but practical.Travel industry knowledge.Detail-oriented and capable of working in an environment with changing priorities.Ability to work within a team environment.Strong organizational

skills.Analytical thinker possessing strong problem solving and decision-making

skills.

R Equired Documents

Cover LetterResumeLast two performance reviewsAttendance records for current year (Do not include absences covered by paid sick/personal time,

FMLA or other protected absences.)

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Pay Ranges

Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000

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

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, 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.