Chewy's Inventory Technology group builds the platforms that make real-time inventory visibility, placement, and movement possible across our entire supply-chain network. As an Engineer III you'll build and operate high-scale, event-driven services that keep millions of items in the right place at the right time. You will pair deep technical ownership with leadership in Chewy's Operating Principles-Debate Openly & Commit Fully, Operate at Depth, and Accelerate Time-while mentoring engineers and shaping our engineering culture.
What You'll Do
- Build and develop distributed systems using Java 8+, Spring Boot, and AWS components like Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, S3, and API Gateway.
- Own features end-to-end: from RFC and architecture review through coding, deployment, and post-launch measurement.
- Lead on-call rotations; drive root-cause analysis, observability improvements, and operational excellence.
- Coach and improve engineers through design sessions, code reviews, and learning opportunities.
- Influence product direction by translating ambiguous business problems into resilient, scalable solutions.
- Advocate for standard methodologies in testing, secure coding, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and performance tuning.
- Collaborate multi-functionally with product, data science, fulfillment ops, and partner engineering teams to align roadmaps with business outcomes.
What You'll Need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of professional software-engineering experience (or 5+ with a track record of technical leadership on production scale systems).
- Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and micro-services running in AWS.
- Strong grasp of distributed-system patterns (asynchronous messaging, event sourcing, eventual consistency).
- Proven ability to deliver from ideation through production support with minimal mentorship.
- Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent communication skills and comfort navigating ambiguity while balancing near-term execution with long-term strategy.
Bonus
- Experience in high-volume e-commerce, logistics, or supply-chain domains.
- Exposure to data-intensive architectures and observability stacks (Grafana, Datadog, Splunk).
- Working knowledge of modern front-end frameworks (React or Vue).
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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.
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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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