Job Description:

Software Engineer III

Bellevue, WA – Technology – Full time – R29782

Job Description:

What you’ll do:

• Responsibilities include being the technical leader for one or more high priority/impact services, including continuous improvement and production health.

• Design, development, testing, and support of software systems and related integrations.

• Design and build high complexity components and/or platforms.

• Partner with technical and business teams on multiple initiatives.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to the existing team, and collaborate to deliver new features and enhancements.

• Actively guide team members and participate in the definition, design, development, testing and implementation of software functionality using an agile methodology or similar.

• Create or modify complex scalable distributed software systems.

• Contribute to code quality requirements, provide feedback, and promote collaborative solutions for the team during code review.

• Guide team members and advise stakeholders on improvements and optimizations to features, practices, processes, and operations.

• Work with and advise stakeholders and technology teams on how best to implement desired features and enhancements.

• Communicate project status, risks, and solutions to team and stakeholders, and act as technical point of contact to influence stakeholders regarding trade-offs.

• Ensure that technical solutions follow best practices, are reliable, are easily maintainable, and are scalable under sustained load.

• Collaborate to identify, isolate, and resolve malfunctions related to software.

• Lead team members by example, advocating for best practices and influencing software engineering team hiring practices as the team continues to grow.

• Lead technical teams in the development and delivery of projects.

• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to operational excellence.

What you’ll need:

• Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related field of study and 7 years of experience required as a Software Developers or a related position/occupation.

• Alternate Education and Experience: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or related field of study and 5 years of experience required as a Software Developers or a related position/occupation.

• Experience must include 5 years in software engineering, including the following:

  • Developing in high-level programming languages such as Java, Python, or C++;

  • Working with full-stack frameworks and technologies such as Spring Boot, Django, Flask, React.js, Vue.js, Node.js, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS;

  • Designing and developing RESTful APIs with granular rate limiting and modern authentication protocols like OAuth 2.0;

  • Logging and monitoring business and application performance metrics using Elasticsearch or comparable tools such as Dynatrace or DataDog;

  • Designing highly scalable and fault-tolerant systems using microservices architecture and asynchronous communication technologies such as Apache Kafka or Amazon SQS;

  • Writing automation scripts with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, or Bash;

  • Managing and optimizing relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases and caching systems like Redis or Memcached;

  • Designing, implementing, and maintaining unit, component, and stress tests using libraries such as JUnit, Kotest, or Pytest; and

  • Mentoring junior engineers, contributing to architecture reviews, and driving engineering excellence through agile methodologies and cross-functional collaboration.

Employer: Chewy, Inc.

Office Address: 1110 112th Avenue NE, Suite 500, Bellevue, WA 98004

Other: Telecommuting permitted up to 3 days per week. 5% domestic travel required.

The base salary range for this role is $158,582 to $229,000 per year

• 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.

• 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 CAAR@chewy.com.

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