Our Team:
Chewy Plus Team is building innovative and exciting solutions towards chewy's mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners everywhere. We take time to understand the "why" before we start shaping up the "how." We celebrate engineering successes and promote a continuous learning and improvement engineering culture. We set the bar high for delivering production-ready code by adopting CI/CD (continuous integration & continuous deployment) and DevOps engineering best practices. We encourage our engineers to contribute ideas and solutions in tech stacks across the company.
Our Opportunity:
As a Software Engineer III, you will have the ability to craft, enhance or create new functionalities for pet parents. As a full stack developer, you will have the ability to experience working with microservice based backend, batch jobs and UI for solving challenging customer and business problems. Your work will directly impact millions of customers who care for their furry family members every day. You will be a part of an amazing team and contribute to a growth initiative.
What You'll Do:
- Design, build or enhance high-complexity components and platforms using varied technologies, with a focus on customer experience, scalability, maintainability, and resiliency.
- Partner with technical and business teams on multiple initiatives, provide guidance and mentorship to the team, and collaborate to deliver new features and enhancements.
- Contribute to code quality and architecture guidelines, provide feedback, and promote collaborative solutions for the team.
- 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.
- 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.
- Actively participate in scrum ceremonies such as grooming, planning, demos and retros.
- Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshooting production issues and operational excellence.
- Position may require travel.
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 in software development.
- 5+ years of experience with Java and with related frameworks - Spring Boot and/or Spring Webflux.
- 5+ years of experience building, deploying, testing APIs and micro services in a distributed systems environment.
- Experience designing services and architecture in alignment to best practices and requirements.
- 2+ years of experience developing features using PostgreSQL or other SQL-based databases.
- Experience developing CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or similar tool.
- Experience with Playwright or similar automated testing tools.
- Proven experience serving in a technical lead capacity, including mentoring team members and driving results.
- Experience with AWS cloud and Terraform.
- Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures.
- Experience with high-performing, scalable systems.
- Ability to think independently and break down product requirements into well-defined tasks.
- Experience in monitoring production environment, troubleshooting, triaging and addressing production issues.
Bonus:
- Hands-on experience developing user interfaces using React.js, including component design, state management, TypeScript and integration with RESTful APIs.
- Experience in e-commerce.
The base salary range for this role is $141,000 - $225,000.00.
- 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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What We Do
Who We Are Chewy is where pet parents find everything they need for life with pets, from food to fun to pharmacy. We make pet care easier, more informed, and more joyful through fast, reliable delivery and award-winning 24/7 Customer Care, including access to pet health support when it’s needed. Founded in 2011, Chewy combines the convenience of online shopping with a high-touch, personalized experience built around the real moments of pet parenthood. Our Mission Chewy’s mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. What We Do We support pet parents through the highs, lows, and everyday moments of the pet parenting journey with: • Pet food, treats, and daily essentials • Supplies for dogs, cats, fish, birds, reptiles, equine, and small pets • Pharmacy and veterinary services, including prescriptions and medications • Pet wellness and health products • Autoship for convenient recurring deliveries • Chewy+, our premium membership offering exclusive savings, faster delivery, and personalized pet care benefits • 24/7/365 customer support from knowledgeable, pet-loving experts What Makes Chewy Different Chewy is known for industry-leading service, deep personalization, and our customer-obsessed culture. We combine trust, convenience, and care, and pet parents come to us for: • Exceptional customer care • Human- and pet-centered product and experience design • Fast, dependable fulfillment across a nationwide operations network • A mission-driven culture built on empathy, trust, and passion for pets Our Culture Chewy’s culture is built for people who thrive on ownership, innovation, and impact. We value curiosity, creativity, and continuous improvement across all our teams. We empower Team Members—our Chewtopians—to learn, grow, and unleash their full potential in a collaborative, supportive, mission-driven environment. How We Work Chewy’s Operating Principles guide how we think, innovate, collaborate, and execute. These principles shape our character, decision-making, and approach to delivering results while connecting our people and culture in support of our mission. Where We Work Chewy headquarters: Plantation, FL, and Boston, MA Additional hubs: Bellevue, WA, and Minneapolis, MN
Why Work With Us
Why You Should Work at Chewy Chewy is a unique, fast-growing e-commerce and tech leader where builders, creators, and problem-solvers shape the future of pet care. Our teams drive innovation in a mission-driven culture that creates real impact for pets and the people who love them.
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