Our Opportunity:
We are looking for a Software Engineer III at our Minneapolis, MN location to develop Systems/Component architectures and APIs for a rapidly scaling platform, while ensuring successful product delivery and operational excellence.
What You'll Do:
- Design, develop and implement large-scale distributed systems with large volumes of data, focusing on scalability, latency, and resiliency.
- Articulate and evangelize architectural principles with engineering teams that ensure that system components align with Chewy's business direction.
- Align with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization, while acting as a trusted advisor for the Engineering organization.
- Lead research and PoC initiatives for cloud native designs and implementation within public clouds, primarily AWS.
- Represent the Customer Platforms team in the architecture guild and shape its initiatives.
- Think big and beyond the Customer Platforms team to influence enterprise technical roadmap.
- Conduct design/code reviews while raising the bar for all of engineering.
- Debug critical hard to solve production issues across services and tech stack.
- Continuously measure and optimize the performance, effectiveness, and uptime of services.
- Responsible for establishing data integration patterns, data governance practices and data management related OKRs and KPIs.
- Well versed in setting MDM platform (Master Data Management), building MDM services for 3rd party data ingestion and establish match, merge, survivorship rules to enhance data quality, integrity and consistency.
- Manage Vendor relationship, negotiating contracts and partner with vendor tech team on feature upgrades.
- Mentor and coach engineers and product managers to deliver efforts on committed timelines.
- Telecommuting permitted.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field and 7 years of experience in software development in Java.
- Will also accept a Master's degree and 5 years of experience in software development in Java.
- Experience must include 5 years in the following: using SQL;
- Full software development lifecycle;
- AWS;
- Performing code reviews;
- Creating, using, and maintaining REST APIs;
- Working in an agile software development environment;
- Building products that are E-Commerce scale.
- Experience must include 3 years in: MDM technology, data management and governance;
- Managing vendor solutions;
- Cloud technologies, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud;
- Containerization;
- Presenting to senior leadership and C-Suite.
- Experience must include 2 years in: leading and coaching an engineering team.
- Telecommuting permitted.
- The position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.
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.
We offer different types of insurance, 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.
Salaried-exempt 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.
Pay Range
$141,898-$208,000 USD
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 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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