Software Engineer II

Chewy•Bellevue, WA

2d•$195,472 - $220,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves designing, building, and maintaining interfaces that connect front-end products through Chewy Microservices. The Software Engineer II will lead and participate in medium to large scale projects, translating requirements into technical solutions, writing and developing code, conducting unit testing, and ensuring timely delivery. The position emphasizes a shift-left approach to testing and test-driven development, working with a geo-distributed team in an agile environment. Key responsibilities include driving innovation through rapid prototyping, setting engineering excellence standards focused on scalability, resiliency, high availability, and performance, and collaborating with partners to ensure internal customers are ahead of the curve with technology. The role also includes creating and evolving system documentation, participating in on-call rotations, and developing/implementing Java-based components and interfaces, leveraging AI-assisted development tools for enhanced code quality, productivity, and testing efficiency. This includes using AI-powered analysis tools for design and code reviews and implementing AI-driven automation for shift-left testing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, or related field of study and 3 years of experience required as a Software Developers, or related position/occupation.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, or related field of study and 1 year of experience required as a Software Developers, or related position/occupation.
Software engineering
Developing software components and/or services using Java 8, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JQuery, JSON, AngularJS, Tomcat, HTML5, CSS3, Spring MVC
Working with web services (SOAP/HTTP, REST)
SQL and developing modules with relational databases
Server technologies
Quality assurance methodologies and automated testing using tools such as Selenium/Jmeter
E-commerce
Service-Oriented Architecture
GitHub and AWS or other cloud technologies such as GCP, building applications using AWS services, React Framework, GraphQL, API development or engineering at scale
AI-assisted software development tools, AI-driven observability systems, or machine learning–powered developer platforms
Experience with any of the following: AWS, Terraform, Agile/Scrum, open-source technologies, responsive module design, continuous integration using Jenkins.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain interfaces which enable front end products to provide innovative experiences by connecting them through the Chewy Microservices.
Lead and participate in medium to large scale projects by reviewing requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering information, writing and developing code, conducting unit testing, communicating status and issues to collaborators, solving open issues and bug fixes, and ensuring on time delivery and handoff.
Perform design and code reviews.
Create and implement a shift left approach in terms of testing and test-driven development.
Work with a geo distributed team.
Work in an agile development environment, collaborating with Application Development and Architecture teams.
Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development.
Set engineering excellence to the team and have the aim to focus on scalability, resiliency, high availability & performance of applications.
Collaborate with key partners and service providers to pursue use cases and assist in ensuring our internal customers' knowledge of our technology remains ahead of the curve.
Create and evolve system-related documentation.
Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to operational excellence.
Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining Java-based components and interfaces, leveraging AI-assisted development tools to enhance code quality, productivity, and testing efficiency.
Involve in designing, building, and maintaining interfaces that connect front-end products through Chewy Microservices, leading and participating in large-scale projects from requirements to delivery, conducting design and code reviews using AI-powered analysis tools.
Implementing shift-left testing with AI-driven automation.
Collaborate with globally distributed teams, apply agile methodologies, and drive engineering excellence focused on scalability, resiliency, and high performance.

Benefits

401k
new hire and annual equity grant
annual bonus
medical/Rx insurance
vision insurance
dental insurance
life insurance
disability insurance
hospital indemnity insurance
critical illness insurance
accident insurance
parental leave
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, subject to manager approval
six paid holidays per year
paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations