Software Engineer, Merchandising Technologies
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Merchandising Technologies Team based in Boston, MA. This position will play a critical role in influencing the vision and design for multiple back-end systems that support our Merchandising department. As part of a dynamic team, this role offers great opportunity for professional growth at the leading online pet retailer in the US.
What you'll do:
- You will be responsible for supporting the vision, strategic product road map, and development of multiple applications and micro-services. You will have significant impact on critical systems that give our Merchandising Leaders the tools necessary to manage the business. As part of this team, you will be working closely with other engineering team members and interacting with operations support teams to deliver frequent application iterations in a fast-paced environment. You’ll write simple, scalable, and maintainable code that reflects a deep understanding of the business and contributes meaningfully to the success of your team.
What you'll need:
- BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in a statically typed general purpose programming languages such as Java, Scala, Kotlin, C#
- Strong experience in web technologies such as Spring Boot, Swagger, ElastiCache, DynamoDB, Neptune/Graph databases, RDS, SQS, Kinesis, Lambda functions, Terraform/ElasticBeanstalk
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals – object oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
- SQL and RDBMS experience
- Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills
- Work in an agile development environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
- Experience with designing, building and deploying scalable, highly available systems
- Strong communication skills as well as experience in mentoring and educating your peers
- A strong sense of responsibility and an obsession with quality
- This position may require travel
Bonus:
- Experience in a Fulfillment or E-Commerce environment
- Service Oriented Architecture
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs
- Asynchronous programming patterns