Software Engineer 2a

About Costco Wholesale Costco Wholesale is a multi-billion-dollar global retailer with warehouse club operations in fourteen countries. They provide a wide selection of quality merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make shopping a pleasurable treasure hunt experience for their members. About Costco Wholesale India At Costco Wholesale India, we foster a collaborative space, working to support Costco Wholesale in developing innovative solutions that improve members’ experiences and make employees’ jobs easier. Our employees play a key role in driving and delivering innovation to establish IT as a core competitive advantage for Costco Wholesale. Position Title: Software Engineer 2a Role Summary: The Costco GDX Order Management Platform team is looking for a talented individual to design, develop, and maintain the critical services that power Costco’s multi-billion-dollar eCommerce business. This role will be instrumental in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, focusing heavily on back-end microservices development with an opportunity to make a tangible impact on millions of members globally within a rapidly expanding eCommerce landscape. This role will have direct responsibility for: Delivering innovative capabilities that enhance the customer experience across various digital touchpoints. Building microservice components from the ground up. Ensuring the longevity, scalability and quality of our systems through continuous improvement, comprehensive documentation, meticulous profiling, and significant performance enhancements. Job Description: Roles & Responsibilities: Supports Senior Engineers in designing the Order Management Platform’s overall architecture, applying principles that promote availability, reusability, interoperability, and security into the design framework Performs development, optimization, and automation activities to support the implementation of the Order Management platform Adopts engineering best practices to deliver higher quality, scalable solutions Uses test-driven development practices to assist with the detection of defects early in the development process Collaborates with Senior Engineers to establish and maintain coding standards, architectural patterns, and development processes Conducts peer code reviews for the changes made by other engineers within the team Works with the product team on feature/story grooming Participates in scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospective, business demos, stand-ups, backlog refinement, etc.) Collaborates with the team to define specifications and documentation across all phases of the product development cycle, from design to implementation Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location Experience Required: Minimum Qualifications: 4 – 6 years of experience 5+ years of experience with C#, TypeScript, REST, JSON, XML, YAML, Microservices, Rest API and Swagger. 3+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing containerized (Docker/Kubernetes) services based on the .NET Core framework 5+ years of experience developing and writing unit tests using NUnit or similar framework 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools: GitHub, Jenkins 3+ years of experience with API development, with an emphasis on security and performance 3+ years of experience with microservice-based debugging and performance testing 5+ years of experience developing within an agile methodology Solid knowledge of database application development in relational and NoSQL platforms Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate to both technical and business audiences Ability to work under pressure in crisis with a strong sense of urgency Responsible, conscientious, organized, self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze potential future issues Able to support off-hours work as required, including weekends, holidays, and 24/7 on-call responsibilities on a rotational basis Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in a retail ecommerce environment Familiarity with design patterns and microservices-based architecture patterns. Redis and GraphQL are preferred Experience with deploying and configuring Google Cloud Platform resources e.G. GKE, Pub/Sub, Spanner, BigQuery Experience with MemoryStore, Redis or similar technologies Must Have Skills: C# OR .Net Core CI/CD OR Jenkins OR Github Actions Cloud : AWS OR GCP OR Azure NUnit or Unit Testing Dockers OR Kubernetes SQL Server OR Spanner OR PostgreSQL Nice to Have Skills: Experience working in a retail ecommerce environment. Terraform OR Ansible TypeScript OR Angular OR React