Senior Software Engineer III

Our Opportunity:

Chewy is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer III in Boston or Minneapolis. This person will be part of the Customer Interaction Datastore team responsible for building services in support of critical Enterprise Priorities like Chewy Identity Management.  The ideal candidate will have an interest in building both data pipelines, as well as APIs.  Additionally, the candidate will have a strong customer first mindsset, embody a curious and think big approach to their work to help foster a culture of innovation within the team, and be an engaged and respectful team member.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and deploy data ingestion pipelines focused on capturing critical data related to a person’s identity and interactions with Chewy
• Build GraphQL APIs and Kafka event streams to provide access to aggregated person level data and insights
• Participate in discovery and design exercises collaborating with technical and business partners
• Participate in the team’s Agile practice attending and contributing to related ceremonies
• Participate in on-call responsibilieis ensuring our services remain available and stable in our production environment
• Mentor junior team members to level up their skills in accordance with industry and Chewy best practices

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or similar; or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong Java development skills and indepth knowledge of a least one Java framework such as Spring Boot or Micronaut
• Experience working with event driven architectures and sound understanding of at least one event streaming solution (Kafka, SNS, etc.)
• Experience with Big Data Technologies
• Experience with SQL and NO SQL.
• Experience authoring, deploying, and supporting APIs at production scale.
• Experience managing infrastructure as code with tools like Terraform
• Experience working with at least 1 cloud computing platform, preferably AWS

Bonus (if applicable):

• An interest or experience in solving problems with a data forward mindset. An ideal candidate will have experience not only in software development but data engineering to help empower the team.
• Prior experience working with GraphQL