Costco Wholesale hiring Software Developer - HighJump/Korber in Schaumburg, IL | LinkedIn (2025)

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”.

This position is responsible for development of enhancements to our Costco HighJump system in both WebWise Page Editor, Advantage Architect and T-SQL. This position will work closely with our HighJump Architects for technical direction and guidance and our Business Solutions group for operations functional guidance. This position may also be occasionally called upon as an escalated level for support events.

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ROLE

• Participates in requirements gathering sessions so as to ensure clear understanding of needs as it relates to Operational and/or reporting utilization in our Costco Logistics field operations.
• Prepares and presents detailed functional and technical specifications that support functional requirements.
• Develops solutions to specifications on time, within budget and with an impeccable degree of quality and precision to specification.
• Prepares and clearly communicates best in class methods by which Costco Logistics operations can effectively utilize the enhancements developed
• Interacts with other developers, operations, Product Owners, and Business Solutions Analysts to ensure that the technical solution offers scale and supports business needs.
• Creates and maintains documentation standards.

Required

• 5+ years’ experience designing and developing using HighJump/Korber product suite(Webwise Page Editor/ Advantage Architect).
• 5+ years’ experience with relational database development using SQL Server/Oracle.
• 5+ years of T-SQL experience.
• Experience with HighJump/Korber installation, migration and upgrade processes.
• Ability to develop a scalable and high performing solution aligning with Enterprise Architecture guidelines.
• Strong documentation skills that will be used to create process flow designs, key design decision documents and technical/functional reference guides.

Recommended

• Experience with REST Web Services/API calls.
• SQL Service Broker / JSON expertise.
• Working knowledge of any Git/Github/Jenkins/Azure DevOps.
• Experience in an Agile development methodology.

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, 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.