Software Engineer I

Chewy • Boston, MA

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About The Position

Chewy is seeking a Software Engineer I to join an established technology team in Boston, Massachusetts. The role contributes to the development of new and existing functionality as part of a high-performing engineering team, designing and building software components for services and platforms. The team works across cloud-based services, databases, security, serverless technologies, and related areas. The engineer will participate in development and testing and contribute to the growth of one of Chewy’s fastest-growing areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a similar field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of professional experience as a software engineer.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available systems.
• Ability to spend a significant portion of work time writing code or debugging complex issues.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices throughout the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Proficiency in computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, databases, and operating systems.
• Ability to identify root causes of bugs and production issues and find solutions.
• Proficiency in popular programming languages including Python, Java, and C++, and in frameworks or systems such as Git.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to e-commerce.
• Experience with Scrum, XP, or other agile methodologies.
• Experience with configuration and deployment management and hands-on technology infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, and virtualization.
• Experience with data analysis or mining in large-scale database environments.
• Experience with AWS.

Responsibilities

• Use algorithms, data structures, and design patterns to produce efficient, performant code.
• Develop, extend, and debug code using the team’s existing tools and services.
• Execute design and debugging tasks.
• Troubleshoot root causes of bugs and production issues and develop solutions.
• Contribute to team practices for logging, testing, instrumentation, metrics, monitoring, alerts, and processes.
• Contribute to the team’s service and data architecture, DevOps, infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and public cloud services.
• Participate in on-call rotations and operational excellence.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• New-hire and annual equity grants; annual bonus eligibility may apply to C08+ positions.
• Medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• Parental leave and family services benefits.
• Backup dependent care.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Telemedicine.
• Pet adoption reimbursement.
• Employee assistance program.
• Discounts, including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
• Unlimited PTO for exempt salary team members, subject to manager approval.
• Six paid holidays per year.
• Potential paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level