Quality Engineer - IT Sustainability

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.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 is looking for a Quality Engineer to support our current and future Sustainability environment and platforms. This is a new, fast-paced, highly visible team within Costco, supporting the business goals by being an industry leader in this space. Quality Engineers are responsible for the validation of functional and non-functional requirements implemented by a team. The Quality Engineer will partner with internal stakeholders to plan, test, automate, and implement all software changes to ensure that the product conforms to the desired quality standard.If you want to be a part of one of the worldwideBEST 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 REQUIRED      5+ years’ software quality assurance hands-on experience (front-end and back-end testing).      3+ years’ hands-on experience using industry standard software QA tools.      2+ years’ experience with SQL queries and stored procedures.      2+ years’ experience using Automation tools, such as Ranorex, Jenkins, Splunk, Selenium, etc.      1+ years’ experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps and CI/CD.      Proficient with Agile testing methodologies and best practices.      Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal, reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.      Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to multitask and prioritize work effectively in a fast-paced working environment.Recommended      Testing and automation experience with iSeries/mainframe applications.      Ability to apply agreed standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result.       Experience collaborating in reviews of work with others as appropriate.      Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.Required Documents      Cover Letter      ResumeCalifornia applicants, please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.Pay Ranges: Level 3  - $130,000 - $160,000Level 4  - $150,000 - $190,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligibleWe 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.comIf hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.