Software Engineer - Central Engineering

Costco 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.

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 Wholesale IT family. Costco 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.

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.

Costco’s Central Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer with a deep understanding of Costco’s core technology stack, operational processes, and overarching business model. Primary responsibilities will include the automation of software builds, test and deployment systems, and infrastructure, continually advancing the technology in a collaborative and creative agile environment using many of the latest technologies and industry best practices, and finding better and more efficient ways of delivering solutions that meet business objectives. This position will manage various development, test, staging, and demo environments (code deployment, backups, data refreshes), as well as deploy and manage software into Costco’s production environment while leveraging as much automation as possible. They will also be responsible for driving effective system observability, comprehensive logging, and thorough documentation to ensure operational transparency and maintainability.

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
●      Demonstrates expertise in release processes and code deployments across complex applications, and proactively resolves production issues to ensure smooth operations.

●      Designs, builds, and maintains robust CI/CD pipelines to automate development, testing, and deployment workflows, including generating code quality metrics.

●      Provides technical leadership and mentorship, offering strategic guidance, solution recommendations, training, and support for junior team members.

●      Participates in agile scrum ceremonies and release processes, collaborating with the Product Owner, Development, QA, and Operations to deliver scalable solutions and improve tooling.

●      Drives automation across the software lifecycle, including configuring development/test environments, managing test data, and designing/implementing robust build, deployment, and testing systems.

●      Enhances testing strategies and quality, utiliz