Our Opportunity: 

Chewy, the fastest growing e-commerce business in the market today, is seeking passionate undergraduate students to join our offices in Boston, MA for a once in a lifetime opportunity to grow and learn from the brightest minds in the world. As a member of our Campus Program, you will receive a heavy investment in your career development at an accelerated pace.

Why Chewy?

Our 6-month Co-op Campus Program is a hands-on opportunity to put your classroom knowledge, passion for technology and intellectual drive to work in an environment that is fast paced and welcoming of your input. 

What you’ll do:

As a Software Engineering Co-op at Chewy, there are several departments in which you could make a lasting impact:

[Storefront] Software Engineering. Responsible for the customer experience on Chewy.com or our mobile app, our interns have exposure across the entire business, influencing the vision and implementation of designs and features for this critical platform. Strong Computer Science fundamentals will be helpful in this role – object oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. Experience with any combination of JavaScript, CSS or Java, C, SWIFT or HTML, Android/iOS will set you up for a successful experience within Storefront Engineering. 

[Back-office] Software Engineering. The backbone of our platform, this team is the backend of our commerce platform. Our interns write simple and sustainable code that reflects a deep understanding of the business and contributes meaningfully to the success of your team. Strong Computer Science fundamentals will be helpful in this role – object oriented design/multithreading, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. Understanding of SQL and proficiency in a statically typed general purpose programming languages such as Java, Scala or Kotlin will set you up for a successful experience within Back-office Engineering. 

What Our Interns Say:

“The Internship started with me contributing towards the launch of a new project which was the biggest initiative at Chewy in recent times. During the rest of my time at Chewy I actively was involved in solving complex challenges that helped the application suite to be more stable and more featureful which helps Chewy in having the competitive edge all the time!” 

– 2018 Software Engineering Intern 

What you’ll need:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and returning to the program after the completion of this opportunity.
• Proficiency in a statically typed general purpose programming languages such as Java, Scala, Kotlin, C#, Swift, Objective-C, GO
• Understanding of professional software engineering practices for the full software development lifecycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Some understanding of SQL, RDMBS
• Ability to work 40 hours per week during the 6-month Co-op.