Staff Software Engineer

Our Opportunity:

Chewy is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join an established technology team in Minneapolis, MN! At Chewy, it is our mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners everywhere! We have evolved into an innovative Fortune 500 industry leader. In this role, the ideal candidate will lead in development, testing, and make contributions to the growth and development across many of Chewy's online pharmacy platform. This technical leader will work across multiple teams, influencing decisions and owning several services or products, while developing and executing highly complex and ambiguous implementations. They will guide peers and /or small teams of engineers on the use of architecture, coding patterns, languages, and frameworks in accordance with industry trends. We continue to grow and always Think Big about new innovative ideas, while consistently exploring opportunities to differentiate ourselves in the industry.

What You'll Do:

• Work with peer Engineers to evolve architecture direction of all development at Chewy
• Develop in-depth knowledge of several Chewy business processes and systems spanning multiple teams
• Actively lead team members and participate in the definition, design, development, testing and implementation of software functionality; Define and provide guidance on service architecture, data architecture, dev-ops, infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and public cloud services
• Lead team on mitigation, resolution, and investigation and continuous improvement for complex production problems that span across services
• Advise stakeholders on improvements and optimizations to features, practices, processes, and operations
• Ensure that technical solutions for your team are reliable, easily maintainable, and are scalable under sustained load
• Collaborate to identify, isolate, and resolve the most complex malfunctions related to software
• Influence software engineering team hiring practices and hiring decisions
• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to operational excellence

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or similar; or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10+ years of software engineering experience including the ability to perform independent analysis and owning components and services
• Experience creating design patterns and technology spanning ecosystems and influencing across multiple teams
• Strong experience designing, building, deploying, operating, scaling, testing, and evolving distributed systems and high-volume transaction applications for a 24/7 environment
• Experience with Java and related frameworks like Spring Boot for RESTful APIs and microservices
• Experience designing services and architecture in alignment to best practices and requirements
• Ability to balance multiple priorities at a given time
• Must be team oriented and have a customer first approach
• Position may require travel

Bonus (if applicable):

• 3+ years acting in a technical lead capacity
• Experience leading technical teams in the development and delivery of projects
• Experience in e-commerce or Healthcare
• Experience in frontend web technologies and frameworks such as React, Angular and TypeScript
• Experience with data analysis/mining in large scale database environments a plus

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

$124,500-$232,500 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 CAAR@chewy.com.

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