Our Opportunity:
We are looking for a Software Engineer III at our facility in Boston, Massachusetts to design, development, testing, and support of software systems and related integrations.
What You’ll Do:
- Design and build high complexity components and/or platforms.
- Partner with technical and business teams on multiple initiatives, provide guidance and mentorship to the existing team, and collaborate to deliver new features and enhancements.
- Actively guide team members and participate in the definition, design, development, testing and implementation of software functionality using an agile methodology.
- Create or modify complex scalable distributed software systems.
- Contribute to code quality requirements, provide feedback, and promote collaborative solutions for the team during code review.
- Guide team members and advise stakeholders on improvements and optimizations to features, practices, processes, and operations.
- Work with and advise stakeholders and technology teams on how best to implement desired features and enhancements.
- Communicate project status, risks, and solutions to team and stakeholders, and act as technical point of contact to influence stakeholders regarding trade-offs.
- Ensure that technical solutions follow best practices, are reliable, are easily maintainable, and are scalable under sustained load.
- Collaborate to identify, isolate, and resolve malfunctions related to software.
- Lead team members by example, advocating for best practices and influencing software engineering team hiring practices as the team continues to grow.
- Lead technical teams in the development and delivery of projects.
- Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to operational excellence.
- Telecommuting permitted. 10% domestic travel required.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related field and 7 years of experience.
- Will also accept a Master’s degree and 5 years of experience.
- Experience must include 3 years in the following: software development; and leading the design (data structures, algorithms, performance, reliability, and scalability) and development of new software programs.
- Experience must also include the following: programming in Java or Python;
- Cloud native development in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and service-oriented architectures;
- Messaging and event-based patterns;
- Designing scalable RESTful services and APIs;
- Creating and managing CI/CD pipelines including containerization, configuration management, and deployment;
- Scalable deployment technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes;
- Design, implementation, and management of database and cache technologies (Sql, noSql, and Redis);
- Design, implementation, and support of unit, component, and stress tests using libraries, including Junit and Kotest;
- Using log aggregators (splunk and logstash) and metric dashboards (datadog and Prometheus/Grafana) to troubleshoot and support critical production systems;
- Scaling projects for large traffic volumes, using technologies/techniques, including serverless computing (AWS lambda and Azure functions); and
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.) for diverse infrastructures and in multiple cloud regions.
- Telecommuting permitted. 10% domestic travel required.
- The position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.
Chewy is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. 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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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. We view pets and pet parents as family, and are obsessed with meeting their needs and exceeding customer expectations through every interaction. Behind the scenes, our talented teams are made up of innovators, delighters, big-thinkers and of course, passionate pet people—creating a place where you'll be empowered to build, grow and unleash your fullest potential.
Launched in 2011, we offer the personalized service of a neighborhood pet store alongside the convenience and speed of e-commerce. Customers love shopping our wide selection of products of more than 100,000 products (including our Private brands and prescription Rx food and Rx medication products), which we offer at competitive prices, fast 1-2 day shipping and around-the-clock convenience that only e-commerce can offer.
Chewy’s commitment to customer service is the core of our brand, and our customers love us for it. We “WOW” pet parents through 24/7 assistance, advice and encouragement every day of the year. We make pet parenting easy with our convenient Autoship subscription program—which allows our customers to schedule their orders, so they never run out of their pet food, supplies and medication they need.
As an e-commerce company, product innovation drives our operations, and our team is constantly striving to find new and better ways to improve our customers’ experience. From an easy-to-navigate website and highly rated mobile apps, to detailed order tracking and personalized “Pet Profile” features, we are transforming the way pet parents shop.
Why Work With Us
We're proud to be one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies of all time.
With growth comes the exciting opportunity to be a part of a world-class organization of engineering, product, and design team members, responsible for driving our latest innovations and designing "out-of-the Chewy box" experiences.
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