Software Engineer I

Job Description:

Our Opportunity: Chewy is seeking a Software Engineer I to join an established technology team in Boston, MA. 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. As a Software Engineer I within our team, you will have the ability to enhance or create new functionality as part of a high performing engineering team. This team values broad-based technical skills in cloud-based services, databases, security, server-less technologies, and more. The expectations of the prospective candidate will be to design and build software components of services and or platforms. In this role, the ideal candidate will engage in development, testing, and make contributions to the growth and development of one of Chewy’s fastest growing areas. 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:

• Utilize algorithms, data structures, and design patterns to produce efficient and performant code
• Develop, extend, and debug code within the scope of their team’s existing tools and services
• Execute on design and debug tasks
• Troubleshoot root causes of and solutions for bugs and production issues
• Will contribute to team’s best practices for logging, testing, instrumentation, metrics, monitors, alerts, practices, and processes
• Make meaningful contributions to the team's existing service architecture, data architecture, dev-ops, and infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and public cloud services as part of a software development team
• Participate in on-call rotations and operational excellence

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or similar; or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of professional experience as Software Engineer
• Hands-on experience in designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available systems
• Be a hands-on engineer spending significant percentage of their time writing code or debugging tricky issues
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals – object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm - design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Knowledge of cloud technologies
• Knowledge of databases and operating systems
• Able to conduct root causes of and solutions for bugs and production issues.
• Proficiency in popular coding languages including Python, Java and C++ and frameworks or systems such as Git

Bonus:

• Exposure in e-commerce
• Experience with Scrum, XP, or other agile methodologies
• Experience with configuration and deployment management and be hands on technology infrastructure, network, compute, storage, and virtualization experience
• Experience with data analysis/mining in large scale database environments a plus
• Experience with AWS

The base salary range for this role is $92,500 - $160,000.00.• 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. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.

We offer different types of insurance and benefits, 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.

Exempt salary 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.

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 [email protected].

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