Software Engineer I

Our Opportunity:
Chewy is seeking a Software Engineer I to join an established technology team in Boston, MA. At Chewy, it is our mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents (and partners) everywhere. We have evolved into an innovative Fortune 500 industry leader. As a Software Engineer I within our IT Healthcare team, you will have the ability to improve or create new functionality as part of a high performing engineering team. This team values broad-based technical skills in cloud-based services, databases, security, server-less technologies, and more. The expectations of the prospective candidate will be to design and build software components of services and or platforms. In this role, the ideal candidate will engage in development, testing, and make contributions to the growth and development of one of Chewy's fastest growing areas. We continue to grow and always Think Big about new innovative ideas, while consistently exploring opportunities to differentiate ourselves in the industry.
What You'll Do:
As a Software Engineer I focusing on the backend as part of our Pharmacy Organization Team, you will be doing exciting work to deliver an outstanding experience for our Vet Professionals and our Pet Parents. Your work will directly impact millions of customers who care for their furry family members every day.

• Apply algorithms, data structures, and design patterns to produce efficient and performant code
• Develop, extend, and debug code within the scope of their team's existing tools and services
• Complete simple design and debug tasks
• Solve root causes of and solutions for bugs and production issues
• Will contribute to team's standard processes for logging, testing, instrumentation, metrics, monitors, alerts, practices, and processes
• Make meaningful contributions to the team's existing service architecture, data architecture, dev-ops, and infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and public cloud services as part of a software development team
• Participate in on-call rotations and operational excellence

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or similar; or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of Software Engineering experience
• Hands-on experience in designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available systems
• 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
• Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals - object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm - design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, databases and operating systems
• Able to conduct root causes of and solutions for bugs and production issues.
• Experience designing and integrating with RESTful APIs using Java or an equivalent Language

Bonus:

• Experience in e-commerce or Healthcare
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms
• Experience with Scrum, XP, or other agile methodologies
• Experience with configuration and deployment management and be hands on technology infrastructure, network, compute, storage, and virtualization experience
• Experience with Spring

Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact [email protected].
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