Our Team:
Chewy's Pet Health is on a mission to build innovative solutions for our customers and our partner vets, such as our recent launch of Chewy's first Telehealth service and Compounding Pharmacy. Engineering plays a meaningful role in defining and implementing our platform roadmap. We take time to understand the "why" before we start crafting up the "how." We celebrate engineering successes and promote a blameless and continuous learning and improvement engineering culture. We set the bar high for delivering production-ready code by adopting CI/CD and DevOps engineering best practices. Our engineers are encouraged to contribute ideas and code to our own platform and to other partner teams.
Your Role:
As a Software Development Manager (SDM) on the Pet Health development team, you will act as both an individual contributor and lead a team of strong engineers building services for Chewy's Pet Health initiatives. This is a high-profile position that will have exposure across the entire business, influencing the vision and implementation of architecture, design and features for this new and growing line of business. As the leader of a dynamic team, this role offers a tremendous opportunity for professional growth in the leading online pet retailer in the US.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and lead a team of 4-7 software and quality assurance engineers responsible for building Chewy's new Pet Health initiatives
- Review system architecture, design, and implementations, and provide feedback to individual contributors
- Develop, maintain, and improve upon a culture of operational excellence with consistent, repeatable processes and standards
- Partner with our recruiting team to continue hiring your team and mentor the growth of the current hardworking team
- Drive technical decisions and work with your partner TPM to plan, track, and deliver software projects
- Establish strong working relationships at all organizational levels and across functional teams
- Collaborate with others in Engineering Management to drive standard methodologies in software design, development, testing, and production deployment
- Work with your technical product manager and product owners to balance delivery of forward looking roadmap initiatives with the existing backlog of iterative improvements and maintenance, in partnership with multiple support multiple teams
- Identify and lead team priorities and deliveries within the context of overall Chewy objectives
Minimum Qualifications:
- Demonstrated history of implementing and managing multiple, significant software development projects
- 5+ years of experience in Software Development as a software engineer or architect
- 2+ years of experience in Engineering Management
- Proven delivery experience working under an Agile/Scrum methodology
- Experience with designing, building and deploying scalable, highly available systems
- Strong communication skills with both technical and business audiences
- Bachelor's Degree in Compute Science (or a related field) or equivalent work experience.
- Position may require travel
Preferred:
- Experience in e-commerce or Healthcare
- Experience delivering projects via Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
- Relevant Java ecosystem like Spring Boot based applications
- Relevant experience in frontend frameworks like ReactJs
- Relevant experience with cloud & orchestration technologies (AWS Services, Terraform, HELM, Ansible, etc)
Chewy is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. 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 the Team is Saying
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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