Software Engineer II

Job Description:
Our Opportunity:
At Chewy we are building a team to launch a Sponsored Advertising business looking for a Software Engineer. Sponsored Ads creates a win-win ecosystem for shoppers, brand owners and Chewy! Shoppers are offered a range of alternate options to help them choose better and learn about new products, new brands, new promotions and different price points. Brand owners and advertisers get to showcase their product offerings in front row for their target audience (proud pet owners) and maximize their reach. Advertising is a critical component of the ecommerce ecosystem and provides a critical revenue stream to the company.
As an early member to the newly setup Sponsored Advertising team, you'll be part of core leadership team and will influence technical strategy across product search and discovery, relevance and ranking, prediction and auction of large selection of sponsored products in Chewy catalog. You'll be at forefront of driving technology driven business impact.
Come be part of the team to build Sponsored Ads from the ground up at Chewy!
What You'll Do:

• Design, develop, and implement large scale distributed systems that process and serve large volumes of data and operate with very low latency.
• Hold a high bar for the quality of the software implementation and design of systems.
• Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development.
• Decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions that operationally scale and are easily maintained.
• Adopt best practices in engineering excellence in the team and have the drive to focus on scalability, resiliency, high availability and performance of applications.
• Willing to learn new areas, technologies to solve business problems via technical implementations.
• Automate business workflows and simplify engineering practices.
• Monitor and manage high throughput low latency systems operational health for high-availability.
• Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication and convey dissenting opinions in a constructive manner.

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Bachelors in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong computer science fundamentals and programming skills.
• Operate independently and able to launch high quality software solutions.
• Experience developing software in an agile environment with CI/CD.
• Expert understanding how to build and scale cloud-based applications.
• Proficiency in Java, C, C++, JS, React, Vue or similar programming language and technology.
• Strong fundamentals on building and scaling cloud-based solutions (AWS).
• Proficiency in designing scalable, distributed, low latency and high throughput systems.
• Position may require occasional travel.

Bonus:

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience and Domain expertise in digital advertising or marketing technologies.
• Demonstrated experience taking a project from inception through launch.

The base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $191,500.

• The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.

We offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
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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