Our Opportunity:
Chewy is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to work on Chewy's Discovery Experience team in Bellevue, WA. The Discovery Experience team is responsible for a key segment of the customer's journey across the Chewy web and mobile apps. We help customers discover products through search results, browse listings, recommendations, and more. We do this by implementing the UI surfaces through which customers interact with our custom search and recommendation ML/AI models. As a senior member of the engineering team, you will work with product, design, data scientists, and other engineers to architect, develop and implement your solutions. Your contributions will shape the development of one of Chewy's fastest growing areas and give you a front row seat to shape Chewy's future trajectory.
To be successful in the role, you will need a proven track record of being a disruptor, innovator, and forward-looking engineer. You will need to be able to operate at depth, understanding every detail of the organization's product goals while maintaining the ability to "zoom out" and connect the dots across our technology stack. The role will have tremendous visibility in the product, technology & business organizations of Chewy.
What You'll Do:
- Lead the development of key customer-facing components of Chewy's Discovery experience, including our front-end web applications and APIs.
- Help evolve and grow Chewy's world-class search and recommendations system, serving millions of product search results and personalized content recommendations.
- Have a relentless focus on scalability, latency, performance robustness, and cost trade-offs - especially those found in single-page web applications served through highly virtualized, elastic, cloud-based infrastructure.
- Apply scientific analysis and mathematical modeling techniques to predict, measure, and evaluate the consequences of designs and the ongoing success of our platform.
- Alongside a dedicated site reliability team, support the smooth 24x7 operation of our team's services.
- Work with Staff and Principal Engineers to drive best practices in software development, testing, and production deployment across our organization.
- Apply vision, strategy, and thought leadership to impact Chewy, at scale.
What You'll Need:
- 10+ years of industry experience building full-stack, customer-facing, web applications.
- Demonstrated expertise working with Next/React/Node/TypeScript.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Hands-on mentality and willingness to spend a significant percentage of your time directing AI coding agents, reading code, architecting solutions, and debugging complex problems.
- Solid leadership and communication skills and the ability to work well in a team-based environment.
- Be located, or willing to relocate to be near our technical offices in Bellevue, WA.
Bonus:
- Experience in E-Commerce.
- Experience building Discovery, Search, or Recommendations experiences.
- Experience designing Generative UIs for use with LLM Agents.
- Experience developing web applications for use within native mobile apps.
- Experience working with AWS or other public cloud providers (Azure, Google Cloud).
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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Skills Required
- 10+ years industry experience building full-stack, customer-facing web applications.
- Demonstrated expertise with Next, React, Node, and TypeScript.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Willingness to spend significant time directing AI coding agents, reading code, architecting solutions, and debugging complex problems.
- Solid leadership and communication skills; ability to work well in a team environment.
- Be located, or willing to relocate, near Chewy's technical offices in Bellevue, WA.
- Experience in E-Commerce.
- Experience building Discovery, Search, or Recommendations experiences.
- Experience designing Generative UIs for use with LLM Agents.
- Experience developing web applications for use within native mobile apps.
- Experience working with AWS or other public cloud providers (Azure, Google Cloud).
What the Team is Saying
Chewy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
How does Chewy ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?
Chewy approaches compensation through a total rewards strategy that combines salary, bonuses, equity opportunities, healthcare benefits, employee discounts, and career growth opportunities. The company emphasizes supporting employees across ecommerce, healthcare, pharmacy, customer service, technology, and fulfillment operations while competing for talent in both retail and tech markets.
Competitive compensation and bonus opportunities: Chewy offers market-based compensation packages that may include salary, performance bonuses, commissions, and equity depending on role and level. Built In also notes benefits such as relocation assistance, employee discounts, and bonus opportunities across multiple teams and functions.
- Healthcare and wellness support: Benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, disability coverage, telemedicine, mental health resources, and wellbeing programs. Chewy also offers wellness-focused resources designed to support employees physically, mentally, and financially.
- Retirement and financial wellbeing: Employees receive 401(k) plans with company matching along with financial wellness resources and broader support programs. Benefits are designed to support both short-term needs and long-term financial planning.
- Pet-focused and family-oriented benefits: Chewy offers pet insurance discounts, employee discounts on Chewy products, parental leave, fertility support, family-focused benefits, and caregiving resources. The company’s benefits package is closely aligned with its pet-focused identity and customer mission.
- Flexibility and workplace support: Corporate employees may have access to hybrid work arrangements, flexible scheduling, commuter benefits, PTO, paid holidays, and wellbeing initiatives. Employees also cite supportive managers and collaborative teams as important parts of the broader employee value proposition.
- Long-term career investment: Compensation is reinforced through career growth opportunities, mentorship, leadership development, cross-functional learning, and exposure to large-scale ecommerce, automation, healthcare, and logistics initiatives. Employees often describe growth opportunities as an important part of the overall company experience.
- External signals: Comparably reports that 70% of employee reviews are positive overall. Employees frequently highlight healthcare benefits, employee discounts, coworkers, and growth opportunities as strengths of the company experience. (Glassdoor; Comparably)
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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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