About Chewy

At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems, APIs, and microservices that power Chewy's internal clickstream analytics, experimentation, and data platforms
Contribute to event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka to support real-time data collection, streaming, and integration, ensuring data accuracy and consistency across analytics pipelines
Implement robust, fault-tolerant data services that ingest, process, and deliver trillions of daily events to downstream systems, supporting operational dashboards, reporting, and experimentation frameworks
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and CI/CD best practices to ensure code quality and continuous delivery
Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Git-based workflows to deploy scalable, containerized applications
Ensure reliability and performance of critical services through observability, active monitoring, and resolution of performance bottlenecks in high-throughput environments
Collaborate cross-functionally with frontend engineers, data engineers, data scientists, and product managers to understand requirements and translate them into backend solutions aligned with Chewy's business goals
Drive a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement through documentation, mentorship, and collaboration, while upholding Chewy's standards for data security, compliance, and stakeholder trust

5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, with a proven track record of building and maintaining large-scale systems in data-intensive environments
Ability to work across the entire application stack, from building user-facing interfaces (React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS) to implementing robust server-side logic (Java or Kotlin)
Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and deploying services within AWS environments (EC2, ECS, CloudWatch)
Experience contributing to the design and leading the implementation of microservices and distributed systems
Proficiency in building event-driven components using Apache Kafka or similar streaming platforms and managing data via SQL/NoSQL databases
Familiarity with modern data stores and query engines like Snowflake, Databricks, or Redshift
Strong ability to perform code reviews, write technical documentation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Data)

401k and new hire and annual equity grant
Medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and 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