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About the Role

Chewy is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our team developing Chewy.com. This role is critical for powering Chewy.com & Chewy App experiences, focusing on delivering reliable and high-performance services and features at Chewy’s scale. As a lead engineer, you will work with a talented group of backend and frontend engineers, product managers, and business leaders in an Agile environment, offering tremendous opportunity for professional growth.

Responsibilities

Design and Architecture on scalable performant event driven /service architectures
Independently own and lead initiatives end to end, establishing an AI-first mindset for accelerating delivery
Guide and mentor junior engineers
Own implementations with a focus on high scalable, performant, bug-free delivery
Own operational excellence core metrics to build out effective anomaly detection/monitoring and self-healing platforms
Drive and own key initiatives end to end from ideation to delivery, including design, implementation, test, and release
Design and architect enterprise-scale platforms and build new features and capabilities to power personalization on Chewy.com
Implement core capabilities by writing scalable, performant, readable, and tested code
Own solutions for improving the high bar of operational excellence core metrics of SLA, latency, Availability, and resiliency
Participate in technical decisions and collaborate with talented peers
Review code, implementations, and give meaningful feedback
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 deliverables

Requirements

Strong knowledge and experience developing large-scale platforms using tools including Java/Kotlin, Spring, RESTful Webservices, Kafka, Federated Graphql, OpenSearch, Graph DB, Datadog, Jenkins, AWS
7+ years of working primarily on server-side technologies (e.g. Spring Boot, Java/Kotlin, Kafka, Graphql)
5+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing scalable, high-performing, and fault-tolerant applications for large enterprises
Experience with event-driven architectures & service-oriented architectures
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
Experience designing and developing tests within a test automation framework
Experience in Test Driven Development
AI Native or AI first development and tooling to showcase clear delivery velocity acceleration
Background in e-commerce
Agentic Commerce engagement

Skills

Java/Kotlin
Spring
RESTful Webservices
Kafka
Federated Graphql
OpenSearch
Graph DB
Datadog
Jenkins
AWS
Spring Boot
AI Native development
AI first development

Location

Boston, MA
Minneapolis, MN

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Level III
7+ years
5+ years

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

This position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.

Benefits

Medical/Rx insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Hospital indemnity insurance
Critical illness insurance
Accident insurance
Parental leave
Family services benefits
Backup dependent care
Flexible spending accounts
Telemedicine
Pet adoption reimbursement
Employee assistance program
Discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com
Unlimited PTO (subject to manager approval)
Six paid holidays per year
Paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations

About the Company

Chewy is the go-to online shopping destination for all things pet.
Chewy is continuously striving to delight pet parents with a seamless experience across our platforms.
Chewy is the leading online pet retailer in the United States.

Equal Opportunity

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 CAAR@chewy.com.
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