Lead Quality Engineer - Travel Portfolio - Costco Travel

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 into automation code and test scripts. Quality Engineers raise defects as issues are identified and support the remediation process with teams. Costco Travel is looking for a dedicated and experienced Quality Engineer to join its Travel Portfolio quality team.

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ROLE

• Designs and lead implementation of testing processes for continuous improvement.
• Drives adoption of standards and best practices for software testing and automation integration.
• Discovers problems, analyzes and mitigates quality risks.
• Assists in the definition of testing strategies and approaches for complex technical implementations.
• Directs, manages and removes roadblocks for multiple onshore and offshore teams of quality professionals.
• Takes active role in interviewing and onboarding new employees as well as improving the processes.
• Mentors and guides members of the team to increase skills and productivity.
• Manages and prioritizes functional and automation team backlog effectively with QA leadership team.
• Measures and reports organization performance against a comprehensive set of quality goals and metrics.
• Defines the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by teams.
• Leads team members to decompose functional and nonfunctional requirements into test plans.
• Determines test dependencies including QA test environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans, intra-team dependencies, and communication processes.
• Identifies risks impacting the timely delivery of a given product and collaborates with team members to prepare mitigation strategies.
• Collaborates with team members to investigate the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts.
• 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.
• Supports and guides 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

• 4+ years’ in QA domain designing, developing, and executing both manual/automated tests.
• 4+ years’ current and demonstrable experience with API and UI test automation.
• Recent development experience in Java (or similar).
• Knowledge and understanding of typical multi-tier application architecture (presentation, service, data).
• Knowledge of XML/JSON and web-based SOAP/RESTful services.
• Knowledge of CI/CD systems and DevOps with tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience with Service Oriented/Microservices Architectures.
• Desire for being an active participant of a team willing to continually self-assess and improve.
• Self-driven continuous learning mindset.
• Experience working in a Scrum or other Agile environment.
• Inventive problem solver.

Recommended

• Experience in building and/or maintaining automated test infrastructure.
• Experience in the development of test tools.
• Conversion of monolith to microservices.
• Mobile, device specific, and responsive web experience.
• Capability of working with offshore resources.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL or similar relational database.
• Working knowledge of the following: Apache, TFS, IntelliJ, Git, Junit, Jenkins, Splunk, SauceLabs.
• Accessibility testing experience.
• Mobile, device specific and responsive web experience.
• Travel industry technology knowledge, such as third-party data feeds from hotels, theme parks, rental car organizations, and Global Distribution System (GDS).
• Proficient in Microsoft Workspace applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume

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Pay Range: $130,000 - $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, 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.com . If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. In some cases, applicants and employees for selected positions will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.