Our Opportunity:

At Chewy we are building a team to launch a Sponsored Advertising business looking for a Software Engineer.  Sponsored Ads creates a win-win ecosystem for shoppers, brand owners and Chewy! Shoppers are offered a range of alternate options to help them choose better and learn about new products, new brands, new promotions and different price points. Brand owners and advertisers get to showcase their product offerings in front row for their target audience (proud pet owners) and maximize their reach. Advertising is a critical component of the ecommerce ecosystem and provides a critical revenue stream to the company. 

As an early member to the newly setup Sponsored Advertising team, you’ll be part of core technology team and will influence technical strategy across product search and discovery, relevance and ranking, prediction and auction of large selection of sponsored products in Chewy catalog. You’ll be at forefront of driving technology driven business impact.

Come be part of the team to build Sponsored Ads from the ground up at Chewy!

What You’ll Do:

• Design and develop resilient system for a customer-facing web applications
• You will have responsibility over components of Chewy’s systems – both development and operational needs
• Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development
• Be involved design reviews and perform code reviews based on Chewy’s engineering rigor and standards
• Debug production issues in Chewy services and tech stack
• Measure and optimize the performance, effectiveness, and uptime of backend services

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree (MIS or CS preferred) or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience in an object-oriented language such as Java
• Minimum 1 year of software development in Java/Spring Boot stack
• Minimum of 1 year of cloud architecture and service development experience
• Be a hands-on Engineer spending significant percentage of their time writing code or debugging 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
• analytical abilities & knowledge of design patterns
• Experience with building and deploying features
• Ability to learn domain knowledge in the area of e-commerce

Bonus:

• Experience in e-commerce
• Experience with agile methodologies a plus
• Good communication skills with technical audiences
• Experience with cloud & orchestration technologies (AWS Services, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Background with modern tools and environments (e.g., web services, version control systems, bug/issue tracking tools)
• Experience with configuration and deployment management via Terraform

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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