Associate Director, Software Engineering

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Boston, MA
Hybrid
7+ Years Experience
eCommerce • Healthtech • Pet • Retail • Pharmaceutical
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere.
The Role
The Associate Director of Software Engineering will build scalable platforms for Chewy's ecommerce site, recruit and mentor engineers, and collaborate with various stakeholders to define requirements and guide architectural vision. This role involves managing a research agenda for innovation, ensuring agile processes, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
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Our Opportunity:

Chewy’s mission is to empower pet parents to make smarter decisions about products for their pets. We do that by making the industry transparent through artificial intelligence and data. As a part of that mission, the Core Application Platform team builds platforms and framework cross cutting across applications powering chewy.com. The engineering team will be responsible for building highly scalable platforms catered to support Chewy’s growth and business development.

About the Role

What you'll do:

  • Build highly scalable, available platforms that can power millions of hits per day that is extremely fault tolerant and performs at ecommerce scale
  • Recruit, hire, and mentor exceptional engineers, quality and data scientists
  • Work with engineering leaders, product development, operations, support, and other internal stakeholders to define requirements, guide product and architectural vision, and prioritize efforts.
  • Ensure timely and consistent communication to facilitate a clear understanding of ongoing projects and their prioritization within the organization
  • Manage an active research agenda aimed at generating innovations to solve business needs and technical challenges (including outside research)
  • Integrate research into a technical roadmap for product development
  • Iterate quickly in an agile development process
  • Create a dynamic, collaborative and fun team environment
  • Engage team in conferences and external activities that facilitate staying abreast of the latest cutting-edge technologies and approaches

What you'll need:

  • A thought leader. You can think ahead and build platforms for the future. You can communicate and command the respect of executives and developers.
  • 12+ years in Software engineering
  • 8+ years of development experience with Java/Spring boot including full life cycle activities
  • 4+ years of API development or engineering delivery experience
  • 3+ years of development and delivery experience in AWS
  • 5 + experience in technical lead position and providing technical guidance to team
  • Experience working across fully automated stacks in a CI/CD ecosystem
  • Experience building highly scalable applications with a sound architecture background
  • Experience with distributed data stores at scale
  • Experience working with emerging technologies
  • Experience working effectively across multiple functional areas in a matrixed environment
  • Experience with test case automation
  • Knowledge of cloud technologies, such as AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud.
  • Degree in computer science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or another related field.
  • Experience presenting to senior leadership
  • Position may require some travel

Bonus:

  • Strong engineering background building Products that are ecommerce scale
  • Prior roles in Ecommerce or in technology companies
  • AWS Certification

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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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
20,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

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.

We don’t just stand by our company mission—we’re obsessed with it. We seek to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. And we’re constantly finding new ways to do just that.

At Chewy, we understand pet parenthood is full of joyful highs and anxious lows. That’s why we’re here, standing alongside pet parents, providing everything their pets need for a happy, healthy life. We’re a leading online source for pet products, supplies, and prescriptions. We offer a broad selection of high-quality products and services at competitive prices with an exceptional level of customer care and a personal touch.

Since launching in 2011, we’ve combined the personalized service of your neighborhood pet store with the convenience and speed of e-commerce. We pride ourselves on being the only brand available 24/7/365 to support pet parents throughout their journey.

We have a rich history of being recognized for our deep care and personalization while going above and beyond for our customers and their pets.

We view pets and their people as more than just customers and look forward to meeting their needs and exceeding expectations through every interaction. With Chewy, no one pet-parents alone.

Our culture is for those who thrive on delivering results and becoming your best—no matter your role or location. At Chewy, our Operating Principles serve as a common language, or framework, that connects two of Chewy's most valuable elements—our people and our culture. The Operating Principles guide our character, capabilities, imagination, and methods for execution in support of our company's mission.

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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