Lead Software Engineer - Java

Our Opportunity:

Chewy is hiring a Backend Software Engineer III to join our Fulfillment Support Applications (FSA) team. At Chewy, it is our mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners everywhere. We celebrate engineering successes and promote a continuous learning and improvement engineering culture. As an experienced Software Engineer with expertise in backend development using programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, or other Object-Oriented Programming languages, along with proficiency in SQL and NoSQL database technologies, you will independently design and develop sophisticated components and systems. Your work will primarily focus on building and enhancing labor planning and management systems while driving efficiency and optimization within fulfillment operations. Proficiency in data engineering pipeline setup, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS) is crucial. The expectations of the prospective candidate will be the design, development, testing, and support of software systems and related integrations.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and develop system architectures, components, and APIs to support a rapidly scaling platform, ensuring efficient product delivery and maintaining high operational quality.
• Design, develop, and maintain premier labor planning and labor management systems for fulfillment operations.
• Develop enterprise-level architecture, establish coding standards for scalability, performance, readability, and testing, and ensure code reviews uphold high standards for the team.
• Actively guide Team Members and participate in the definition, design, development, testing, and implementation of software functionality using an agile methodology.
• Ensure technical solutions implemented by the team are built to follow standard processes, remain robust, and are both maintainable and scalable under heavy load.
• Collaborate with DevOps to design and manage the cloud infrastructure, focusing on scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Work closely with data scientists, data engineers, and business partners to understand data needs and develop robust solutions that meet business objectives.
• Display excellent verbal and written communication and be able to convey dissenting opinions in a constructive manner.
• Offer mentorship and guidance for peers and more junior engineers.
• Establish strong working relationships at all organizational levels and across functional teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations and operational excellence.

What You’ll Need:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of professional back-end development experience in designing and building scalable enterprise systems and architecture using Java, Kotlin, Python, or other Object-Oriented Programming languages.
• 5+ years of experience building large-scale products using frontend technologies like React/JavaScript/Vue/Typescript/CSS.
• Experience with AWS data services, including but not limited to AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3.
• Experience working with event-driven architectures and sound understanding of at least one event streaming solution (Kafka, SNS, etc.).
• Experience in PostgreSQL and related modules such as pglogical with strong expertise in SQL.
• Experience in Data Engineering pipeline setup is desired, especially real-time data ingestion and transformation using Kafka/SQS along with orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or similar tool.
• Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals – object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Consistent record of effectively communicating with customers.
• Must be team-oriented and have a customer-first mentality.

Bonus (if applicable):

• Experience in building scalable and high-availability systems from scratch.
• Familiarity with application monitoring tools such as Datadog, Dynatrace, etc.
• Experience handling infrastructure as code with tools like Terraform.
• Experience working in e-commerce.