Software Engineer - Travel Portfolio - Costco Travel
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Location: Seattle, WA 98115
Description:
Software Engineers perform development work across the technology stack (both front-end/back-end expertise). They 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 front end applications. They should be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of emerging technologies to support the development of new solutions. Software Engineers understand the full technology stack and underlying applications, services, and databases in order to ensure optimal performance.
As a Software Engineer your role will be the technical lead for one or more teams. This role requires deep technical expertise, domain proficiency, platform depth, and leadership. The individual in this role will coach and mentor engineers and developers to help them progress their technical knowledge and careers. Typical activities include leading requirements analysis, solution design, technical development, and process improvement coupled with the ability to drive efforts and solution improvements effectively.
Job Duties/Essential Functions
Drives engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.
Designs, builds, debugs, optimizes and implements solutions in approved tool sets and databases.
Oversees the technical design and development of in-house travel booking web applications based on the gathered requirements for multiple development teams.
Leads and collaborates in planning, decomposing, and estimating new delivery work.
Ensures solutions are secure, durable, scalable, flexible, and accessible; and proactively mitigates against production support issues.
Demonstrates technical leadership to manage and provide multiple technical solutions; performs code reviews; establishes and enforces coding guidelines and best practices.
Initiates and facilitates team meetings to socialize technical ideas; encourages a culture of technical excellence within the organization and identifies opportunities for adopting innovation.
Understands implications of design and implementation choices and provides solutions.
Manages concurrent projects and multiple competing priorities.
Builds and maintains strong working relationships with team members.
Provides coaching and mentoring to team members; shares information through documentation, workshops, etc. to drive operational efficiencies and technical growth within the team.
Understands and escalates technical challenges with options and recommendations.
Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
Computer, phone, printer, copier, fax
Non-Essential Functions
Assists in other areas of the department as necessary.
Assists in other areas of the company as necessary.
Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
Same as Essential Functions
Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications
Required:
7 years' experience with design and development of client/server and/or web based applications.
5 years' experience with core Java, Java EE technologies (Servlet and JSP).
5 years' experience working with relational databases (preferably MS-SQL Server and T-SQL).
Good understanding and experience with SOAP and/or REST based Web services.
Demonstrated track record of driving high-quality software design/implementation to production.
Must be a quick learner with the ability to learn and incorporate new technologies and concepts.
Self-motivated, dedicated, and driven to succeed.
Able to easily shift focus with changing priorities.
Good debugging, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.
Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem solving skills.
Recommended:
Bachelor's degree, or the equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
A passion for being part of a team, willing to self-assess in order to continually find better ways to do things.
Experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment.
Excellent organizational skills.
Travel industry knowledge.
Proficient in Microsoft Workspace applications, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Successful internal candidates will have spent one year or more on their current team.
Other Conditions
Management will review the Job Analysis for this position prior to a job offer.
Required Documents
Cover Letter
Resume
Last two performance reviews
Attendance records for current year (Do not include absences covered by paid sick/personal time,
FMLA or other protected absences.)
California applicants, please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.
As a Software Engineer your role will be the technical lead for one or more teams. This role requires deep technical expertise, domain proficiency, platform depth, and leadership. The individual in this role will coach and mentor engineers and developers to help them progress their technical knowledge and careers. Typical activities include leading requirements analysis, solution design, technical development, and process improvement coupled with the ability to drive efforts and solution improvements effectively.
Job Duties/Essential Functions
Drives engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.
Designs, builds, debugs, optimizes and implements solutions in approved tool sets and databases.
Oversees the technical design and development of in-house travel booking web applications based on the gathered requirements for multiple development teams.
Leads and collaborates in planning, decomposing, and estimating new delivery work.
Ensures solutions are secure, durable, scalable, flexible, and accessible; and proactively mitigates against production support issues.
Demonstrates technical leadership to manage and provide multiple technical solutions; performs code reviews; establishes and enforces coding guidelines and best practices.
Initiates and facilitates team meetings to socialize technical ideas; encourages a culture of technical excellence within the organization and identifies opportunities for adopting innovation.
Understands implications of design and implementation choices and provides solutions.
Manages concurrent projects and multiple competing priorities.
Builds and maintains strong working relationships with team members.
Provides coaching and mentoring to team members; shares information through documentation, workshops, etc. to drive operational efficiencies and technical growth within the team.
Understands and escalates technical challenges with options and recommendations.
Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
Computer, phone, printer, copier, fax
Non-Essential Functions
Assists in other areas of the department as necessary.
Assists in other areas of the company as necessary.
Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
Same as Essential Functions
Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications
Required:
7 years' experience with design and development of client/server and/or web based applications.
5 years' experience with core Java, Java EE technologies (Servlet and JSP).
5 years' experience working with relational databases (preferably MS-SQL Server and T-SQL).
Good understanding and experience with SOAP and/or REST based Web services.
Demonstrated track record of driving high-quality software design/implementation to production.
Must be a quick learner with the ability to learn and incorporate new technologies and concepts.
Self-motivated, dedicated, and driven to succeed.
Able to easily shift focus with changing priorities.
Good debugging, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.
Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem solving skills.
Recommended:
Bachelor's degree, or the equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
A passion for being part of a team, willing to self-assess in order to continually find better ways to do things.
Experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment.
Excellent organizational skills.
Travel industry knowledge.
Proficient in Microsoft Workspace applications, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Successful internal candidates will have spent one year or more on their current team.
Other Conditions
Management will review the Job Analysis for this position prior to a job offer.
Required Documents
Cover Letter
Resume
Last two performance reviews
Attendance records for current year (Do not include absences covered by paid sick/personal time,
FMLA or other protected absences.)
California applicants, please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.