Principal Engineer - Order Management Systems

$160,000 - $230,000/Yr

Costco - Issaquah, WA

Full-time - Senior

Issaquah, WA

General Merchandise Retailers

About the position

The Principal Engineer for Order Management Systems at Costco IT plays a crucial role in shaping the strategic vision and technical design of the global OMS platform. This position involves designing, developing, and implementing a scalable cloud-based OMS platform while providing hands-on technical leadership to product engineering teams. The role requires collaboration with various stakeholders and encompasses a wide range of technologies, including multi-tenant distributed systems, cloud services, and event-driven architecture, all aimed at enhancing the omni-channel member experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes a strategic platform vision for the global OMS and related omnichannel experiences in alignment with organizational goals.
• Leads and mentors a team of engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to drive the implementation of scalable and reliable solutions.
• Designs, codes, deploys, and supports high-performance software.
• Conducts in-depth technical analysis of OMS systems and processes, recommending innovative solutions for improvement.
• Collaborates with DevOps teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of services in a scalable production environment.
• Participates in design, code, and test plan reviews, providing recommendations as needed.
• Reviews code regularly across all teams in the domain.
• Develops best practices to ensure software functionality, usability, reliability, and availability.
• Stays up-to-date with industry trends and applies them to drive innovation in solutions.
• Assists in the development of design documents, white papers, and training materials.
• Leads workshop sessions and attracts, retains, and develops top technology talent.
• Troubleshoots and optimizes automation, reliability, and monitoring for delivered products.
• Serves as a point of escalation for teams facing complex challenges.

Requirements

• 15+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Google Cloud, Azure, or another cloud service.
• Experience building large scale distributed systems.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Expert in C# programming language with experience in SQL, NoSQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Demonstrated experience leading the design, development, delivery, and maintenance of large scale platforms.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities with a track record of effective collaboration and mentoring.
• Positive attitude and value for collaboration.
• Expertise in object-oriented code, scripting, and infrastructure as code.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Deep knowledge of retail disciplines such as Ecommerce or supply chain systems.
• Extensive experience in designing and developing enterprise services and microservice architecture.
• Expert in using modern software development tools, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Benefits

• 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 insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase plan