Chewy
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere.
Boston, MA
Hybrid

Associate Director, Pricing Systems

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Our Opportunity:

Chewy is looking for an Associate Director, Pricing Systems to join our Pricing Engineering Team in Boston. Chewy’s mission is to empower people to make smarter decisions about buying products used by Pets. We do that by making the industry transparent through artificial intelligence and data. The Pricing Engineering team builds platforms to capture competitive signals, builds elasticity models based on data and executes the price to the ecommerce systems through high performant scalable API’s. This role reports directly to the VP of Software Engineering, and you will lead the team that is responsible for building several systems that work together to help Chewy set price for the site. The team will build products to scan competitor prices, build models to establish product elasticity, create a price management system and create a scalable Pricing API that will power Chewy.com. More specifically, the role will assume the following responsibilities:

What you'll do:

  • Build machine learning models / algorithms for base price elasticity, customer based pricing, cross price elasticity and exploratory analysis
  • Build a scalable pricing platform that can power millions of hits per day that is extremely fault tolerant and performs at ecommerce scale
  • Build a powerful price management system that can support multiple price experiments on a day to day basis
  • Recruit, hire, and mentor exceptional engineers, quality and data scientists
  • Work with product management, product development, operations, customer support, and other internal stakeholders to define requirements, guide product and architectural vision, and prioritize efforts
  • Ensure timely and consistent communication to facilitate a clear understanding of ongoing projects and their prioritization within the organization
  • Manage an active research agenda aimed at generating innovations to solve business needs and technical challenges (including outside research)
  • Integrate research into a technical roadmap for product development
  • Iterate quickly in an agile development process
  • Create a dynamic, collaborative and fun team environment
  • Engage team in conferences and external activities that facilitate staying abreast of the latest cutting edge technologies and approaches

What you'll need:

  • A thought leader. You can think ahead and build machine learning for the future. You can communicate and command the respect of executives and developers
  • 5+ years experience managing people. Strong leadership skills. You can motivate and grow your people
  • 3+ years of experience working on statistical modeling and machine learning algorithms for supervised/unsupervised learning with very large data sets
  • 3+ years of experience with any Pricing Systems
  • 12+ years of industry work experience
  • Experience building highly scalable applications that use ML to serve user / system needs
  • Knowledge of cloud technologies, such as AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud
  • Strong programming language experience in any of the following languages Java , Python
  • Advanced Degree (MBA or MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or other related field
  • Experience presenting to C-Suite
  • Position may require some travel

Bonus:

  • Strong engineering background building Products that are ecommerce scale
  • Prior roles in Ecommerce or in technology companies
  • PhD in Computer Science / Mathematics / Statistics / Economics or another related field.
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What are Chewy Perks + Benefits

Chewy Benefits Overview

We offer competitive salaries and 401k, unlimited time off, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, in addition to wellness programs, online communities, and resources for improved physical and mental health... enabling you to be your best self - in and outside of work. With mentorship programs, employee resource groups, cross-functional job trainings, events, and customized development tracks for advancement, we're proud to help develop and promote our team members from within.

True to our business, we're pet-friendly and have fun pet-related perks like Paw-ternity leave for new pup parents and Chewy employee discounts. We offer countless volunteer opportunities, recreational club teams, company outings, happy hours, and team events to enable you to bond with fellow Chewtopians and have some fun!

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
We're currently 100% remote due to caution and care for the health & well-being of our team. Post-pandemic, we plan to operate in a combination of onsite and remote, with logistics still being defined
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
We offer a commuter transit, parking, and dependent care FSA.
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Recreational clubs
Chewy sponsors office sports leagues year-round.
Relocation assistance
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Cross-functional lunch and learns.
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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