As a Software Engineer II at Chewy, you'll design and implement scalable solutions on AWS, enhance systems with automation, and support public cloud infrastructure while acting as a technical expert.
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team in Boston, MA!
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners everywhere. As a Fortune 500 industry leader, we continue to innovate and expand our technology. We are seeking a Software Engineer II who will act as a technical expert, contributing to the design and implementation of software components to support our public cloud infrastructure (AWS).
In this role, you will enhance existing systems with automation, improve developer experience and efficiency, build monitoring and alerting platforms to deploy and maintain the AWS infrastructure that powers the e-commerce platform.
Join us and be part of an exciting opportunity to reshape Chewy's technology!
What You'll Do:
What You'll Need:
Bonus:
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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Chewy is looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team in Boston, MA!
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners everywhere. As a Fortune 500 industry leader, we continue to innovate and expand our technology. We are seeking a Software Engineer II who will act as a technical expert, contributing to the design and implementation of software components to support our public cloud infrastructure (AWS).
In this role, you will enhance existing systems with automation, improve developer experience and efficiency, build monitoring and alerting platforms to deploy and maintain the AWS infrastructure that powers the e-commerce platform.
Join us and be part of an exciting opportunity to reshape Chewy's technology!
What You'll Do:
- Design and implement simple, scalable, maintainable, and repeatable solutions in AWS
- Develop self-service solutions to empower internal teams to efficiently build on Chewy's platform
- Define Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards and collaborate with software development leadership to enhance reliability and scalability
- Work with software engineering teams to build infrastructure automation and services that simplify large-scale distributed system operations
- Participate in cloud readiness assessments, workshops, roadmaps, and application modernization to drive cloud-native architecture adoption
- Automate monitoring and support solutions for public cloud platforms and streamline software development and release processes
- Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development
- Debug production issues across services and technology stack
- Act as a technical thought leader and Subject Matter Expert for AWS adoption
- Continuously measure and optimize the performance, efficiency, and uptime of systems
- Apply algorithms, data structures, and design patterns to build scalable and performant code
- Collaborate with team members and developers to drive solutions to standardize methodologies, workflows, reusable modules, and tooling
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Participate in on-call rotations and 24x7 production support rotations
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunication Systems Management, or a related field.
- AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure (AWS)
- Experience in managing large single AWS accounts, with multiple VPCs as well as multiple smaller accounts
- Experience working across fully automated stacks in a DevOps, CI/CD ecosystem
- Experience with Docker, Terraform/IaC, IAM, Networking, Secrets Management, Jenkins
- Experience in programming in Python (preferred)
- Expertise in designing scalable, fault-tolerant, highly available, and globally distributed systems
- Knowledge of on-premise and cloud networking (VPC, TGW, network routing, firewalls)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to lead technical initiatives
Bonus:
- Experience with Scrum
- Experience in designing systems in Java or other object-oriented programming languages
- Strong background with modern tools and environments (e.g., Chaos Engineering, web services, version control systems, bug/issue tracking tools)
- Experience with data analysis/mining in large scale database environments a plus
- Linux System Administration experience
- Aviatrix administration skills
- Experience with Wiz
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].
To access Chewy's Customer Privacy Policy, please click here.
To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here.
Top Skills
AWS
Docker
Iam
Jenkins
Python
Terraform
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