Our Opportunity:
Chewy is growing! We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team developing Chewy.com. Chewy is THE go-to online shopping destination for all things pet and we are continuously seeking to delight pet parents with a seamless experience across our platforms.
- Are you a passionate and energetic Software Engineer?
- Are you excited about developing solutions focused on providing a delightful customer experience?
- Can you easily adapt to meet the needs of our continuous business growth?
- Are you a quality-focused engineer?
If your answer is yes, read on...
The storefront engineering team is seeking a dedicated and motivated Senior Software Engineer within our Discover and Engage division. Discover and Engage team is responsible for powering Chewy.com’s Home Page, Navigation, Product Details Page, & My Accounts. Delivering reliable and high-performance services and features at Chewy’s scale requires engineers with extraordinary expertise and boundless creativity. As an engineer in our team, you will work with a hardworking group of backend and frontend engineers, product managers, and business leaders in an Agile environment. As part of a dynamic team, this role offers a tremendous opportunity for professional growth in the leading online pet retailer in the United States. Our strong Storefront engineering team @Chewy is focused on building solutions that guide pet lovers in making their best, most informed decisions to purchase products that their pets love, every single day.
What You’ll Do:
- Design, build new features and capabilities on our customer-facing application across the Home, Nav, Product Display Pages of chewy.com
- Write scalable, performant, readable, and tested frontend code
- Participate in technical decisions and collaborate with talented peers
- Review code, and implementations and give substantial feedback that helps others build better solutions!
- Write documentation on design, architecture, and solutions.
- Provide mentorship and guidance for peers and more junior engineers
- Establish strong working relationships at all organizational levels and across functional teams
- Take responsibility and ownership of project timelines and work.
What You’ll Need:
- Strong knowledge and experience developing large-scale applications using tools including but not limited to Java/Kotlin, Spring, RESTful Webservices, Kafka, Splunk/Dynatrace, Datadog, Jenkins
- 3+ years of working primarily on server-side technologies (e.g. Spring Boot, Java/Kotlin).
- 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing scalable, high-performing, and fault-tolerant applications for large enterprises.
- Experience with micro-services, micro-front-end, and/or service-oriented architecture
- Experience architecting systems with multiple domain dependencies and cross-cutting concerns
- Expertise in measuring, evaluating, and tuning application performance
- Hands-on experience working in a public cloud environment.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
- Position may require travel
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working experience with Amazon Web Services
- Working experience in JavaScript, React/Angular/Vue, Node.js is a plus
- Experience designing and developing tests within a test automation framework
- Experience in Test Driven Development
- Agile experience is a plus
- Background in e-commerce
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 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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