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Chewy

Associate Director, Software Engineering

Boston, MA

Our Opportunity:

Chewy’s Pet Health is on a mission to build innovative solutions for our customers and our partner vets, such as Practice Hub, Telehealth and Insurance. Engineering plays a critical role in defining and executing our platform roadmap. We take time to understand the “why” before we start shaping up the “how.” We celebrate engineering successes and promote a blameless and continuous learning and improvement engineering culture. We set the bar high for delivering production-ready code by adopting CI/CD and DevOps engineering best practices. Our engineers are encouraged to contribute ideas and code to our own platform and to other partner teams.

Your Role:

As an Associate Director on the Pet Health engineering team, you will lead a team of high performing engineers building products and services for Chewy's Pet Health initiatives. This is a high-profile position that will have exposure across the entire business, influencing the vision and implementation of architecture, design and features for this new and growing line of business. As the leader of a dynamic team, this role offers a tremendous opportunity for professional growth in the leading online pet retailer in the US.

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What You'll Do:

  • Manage and lead a team software and quality engineers responsible for building Chewy's new Pet Health initiatives
  • Provide strong technical leadership, build autonomous teams & deliver a significant product roadmap
  • Mentor career development and professional growth of our high-caliber engineers and managers
  • Operate as a Strategic manager with strong operational, project management and technical architecture skills
  • Drive technical decisions and partner with your business and product counterparts to balance delivery of forward-looking roadmap initiatives with the existing backlog of iterative improvements, in partnership with multiple teams within the organization
  • Foster, maintain, and improve upon a culture of operational excellence with consistent, repeatable processes and standards
  • Establish strong working relationships at all organizational levels and across functional teams
  • Collaborate with others in engineering leadership to drive best practices in software design, development, testing, and deployment

What You'll Need:

  • 10+ years of proven Software Engineering experience delivering commercial and mission-critical software
  • 7+ years of experience as Engineering Manager leading Engineers and other Managers
  • 5+ years of experience as a software engineer or architect
  • Experience with designing, building and deploying scalable, highly available systems
  • Experience with Java and related frameworks like Spring Boot for RESTful/GraphQL APIs and microservices
  • Experience with developing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Docker containers and Jenkins, and Cloud Technologies, preferably AWS or similar cloud providers
  • Proven delivery experience with Agile/Scrum delivery
  • Bachelor's degree (Computer Science or similar technical field of study preferred), or equivalent work experience

Bonus:

  • Experience in Kubernetes and Helm Charts
  • Experience in frontend web technologies and frameworks such as
  • Experience working with React and Spring Boot
  • Experience in e-commerce or Healthcare

Compensation & Benefits 

The salary range for this position is $124,500-$255,000. 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. 

We offer different types of insurance, 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. 

Non-exempt hourly team members accrue paid time off (PTO) while salaried-exempt team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Non-exempt hourly team members in Fulfillment Centers and Customer Service are also eligible for additional unplanned unpaid time off (UTO). 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 committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. 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.

 

If you have a question regarding your application, please contact HR@chewy.com.

 

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Client-provided location(s): Boston, MA, USA; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Bellevue, WA, USA; Plantation, FL, USA
Job ID: 4954144
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Company Outings
    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Casual Dress
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Vacation
    • Leave of Absence
    • Summer Fridays
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Performance Bonus
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • 401(K)
    • Company Equity
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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