What are the responsibilities and job description for the iSeries Software Developer position at Costco?
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 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 is seeking a dedicated and experienced Software Developer to join our Merchandising Solutions team. The selected candidate will be responsible for analysis, solution design, development, successful deployment and support of merchandising applications on iSeries. This position will involve working with Database, Data Development, warehouse application, transportation, ecommerce and several other teams. This role will also work closely with Business end-users in the Buying Department, Solution Architects, Product Owners, Product Managers and Business Analysts. Responsibilities will include coordinating, mentoring, incident ticket management, on-call production support, collaborating and leading others on development and delivery of solutions following Costco’s change management policies, procedures and SDLC. Experience with iSeries development and a commitment to/passion for delivering quality solutions is a must.
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ROLE
- Analyzes, designs and develops iSeries code that supports Merchandising applications, including any interfaces with external systems that communicate with the iSeries system.
- Determines programs, objects and files that need to be changed in order to deliver enhancements or new functionality to the business.
- Creates functional specifications for applications supported using our standard practices, processes and procedures.
- Performs design reviews, code reviews, unit testing, coordinates with development team members on development and QA tasks.
- Develops technical specifications documentation.
- Adheres to IT division development standards and deployment processes and procedures.
- Collaborates with Business Owners, Product Owners, Product Managers, team members and QA to ensure requirements are clearly defined, understood and documented.
- Participates in development estimation, deployment and release planning to ensure delivery of solutions.
- Oversees 2nd level support, resolution of daily incident tickets, creation of KB articles for 1st level support and provides on-call support.
REQUIRED
- 5 years’ functional and technical design experience.
- 5 years’ programming experience with IBM iSeries, CL, RPG (including IV and Free-Format), ILE, MQ and SQL.
- Experience with iSeries DB2/400, Turnover, and X Analysis.
- Experience designing, developing and maintaining real-time large scale business applications.
- Strong data analysis skills, particularly with iSeries Database files and fields.
- Experience with software development lifecycle methodologies.
- Responsible for continued personal growth in areas of technology, business knowledge and Costco policies.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to effectively negotiate with other teams to create a mutually beneficial solution.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple requests.
- Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business including weekends, holidays, and 24/7 on call responsibilities on a rotational basis.
Recommended
- Familiarity around Retail and Supply chain management specific processes.
- Familiarity with data services, JSON and XML parsing on iSeries, FTP.
- Familiarity with integration tools such as IBM Websphere Broker, Axway and UC4.
- Familiarity with Job Schedulers like ROBOT and UC4.
- Good understanding of Agile development practices and methodologies.
Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Resume
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Pay Range: $125,000 - $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, 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.
Salary : $39 - $125,000
