Associate Director, Software Engineering

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Boston, MA
Hybrid
Expert/Leader
eCommerce • Healthtech • Pet • Retail • Pharmaceutical
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere.
The Role
The Associate Director will lead a team of engineers to enhance the Rhapsody platform, focusing on technical leadership, project management, and operational excellence. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, driving technical decisions, and collaborating across teams to maintain quality standards.
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Our Team

Chewy’s Pet Health is on a mission to revolutionize the pet care industry by creating innovative, data-driven solutions for pet parents and veterinarians. We are bridging the gap between pet owners and veterinary professionals by bringing them together on a unified platform. For veterinarians, we offer Rhapsody, a pioneering practice management system, featuring industry-leading veterinary terminology, mobile-optimized workflows, and scalability for practices of all sizes. In addition, we provide cutting-edge analytics tools that unlock the full potential of veterinary practices. For pet parents, we deliver mobile first membership-based mobile app designed to foster deeper engagement with veterinarians. Through our mobile app, pet owners can effortlessly schedule appointments, manage their pets’ medical records, enroll in wellness or insurance programs, and build lasting relationships with their veterinarians.

Chewy’s Pet Health is an industry-first platform that integrates the needs of pet parents and veterinarians, providing best-in-class software solutions for the entire veterinary ecosystem. Our engineering team plays a pivotal role in defining and driving the platform’s roadmap. We prioritize understanding the “why” before designing the “how” and foster a collaborative, blameless engineering culture focused on continuous learning and improvement. We emphasize production excellence by adhering to CI/CD principles and DevOps standard processes. Engineers on our team are empowered to innovate, contribute ideas, and build solutions that extend beyond our platform to support partner teams. Join us to make a ground-breaking impact on the pet care industry!

Your Role

As an Associate Director on the CVC Engineering team, you will lead a team of high-performing engineers to enhance and expand Rhapsody, our Practice Information Management System (PIMS), for third-party veterinary customers. This is a highly visible role with significant exposure across the organization, where you will influence the vision, architecture, design, and features of this growing line of business. As the leader of a dynamic team, you will have unparalleled opportunities for professional growth at Chewy, the leading online pet retailer in the US.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team of software and quality engineers responsible for the expansion of Rhapsody.
  • Provide strong technical leadership, foster autonomous teams, and deliver on a significant product roadmap.
  • Mentor and support the professional growth of high-caliber engineers and engineering managers.
  • Operate as a strategic leader with exceptional technical architecture, project management, and operational skills.
  • Drive technical decisions in collaboration with product and business partners, balancing forward-looking roadmap initiatives with iterative improvements across multiple teams.
  • Promote and maintain a culture of operational excellence with consistent, repeatable processes and standards.
  • Build and nurture strong working relationships across all levels of the organization and with multi-functional teams.
  • Collaborate with other engineering leaders to establish and drive standard methodologies in software design, development, testing, and deployment.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 10+ years of proven software engineering experience delivering commercial and mission-critical software.
  • 7+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager leading engineers and engineering managers.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience as a software engineer or architect.
  • Expertise in designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available systems.
  • Proficiency in Java and frameworks like Spring Boot for RESTful and GraphQL APIs and microservices.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including tools such as Docker, Jenkins, and cloud platforms like GCP (or similar).
  • Proven track record of delivery using Scrum methodology.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Kubernetes and Helm Charts for container orchestration.
  • Experience with frontend web technologies and frameworks such as React.
  • Background in e-commerce or healthcare domains.

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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
20,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

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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