Software Engineer III
About The Position
Our Opportunity: At Chewy, Sponsored Advertising team is looking for a Senior 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 a Senior engineer in the Sponsored Advertising team, you’ll be part of core leadership 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!
Requirements
- 10+ years of software development experience.
- Bachelors in Computer Science or related field.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and programming skills.
- Experience developing software in an agile environment with CI/CD.
- Expert understanding how to build and scale cloud-based applications.
- Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, JS, React, Vue or similar programming language and technology.
- Strong fundamentals on building and scaling cloud-based solutions (AWS).
- Proficiency in designing scalable, distributed, low latency and high throughput systems.
Nice To Haves
- Masters or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
- Experience and Domain expertise in digital advertising or marketing technologies.
- Demonstrated experience taking a project from inception through launch.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior technical member of a newly formed engineering team building the ads platform.
- Design, develop, and implement large scale distributed systems that process and serve large volumes of data and operate with very low latency.
- Hold a high bar for the quality of the architecture and design of systems.
- Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development.
- Decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions that operationally scale and are easily maintained.
- Instill engineering excellence in the team and have the drive to focus on scalability, resiliency, high availability and performance of applications.
- Actively mentor engineers, build and foster a strong engineering team culture, and be a key contributor in raising the bar of the engineering org.
- Generate and analyze engineering metrics to inform leadership and make data driven decisions.
- Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication and convey dissenting opinions in a constructive manner.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
