Job Description
We are hiring amazing humans and we hope that includes you!
Are you looking for more than just a job? At Chewy you'll find yourself on a career path with other outstanding humans like yourself. Join a culture that values all your contributions your outstanding identity and the career objectives you've established. We want to give you the opportunity to grow earn competitive pay and be happy. Sounds simple but we love it!
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is seeking a Software Engineer III to join an established technology team within our Discovery organization in Bellevue WA or Boston MA. At Chewy it is our mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents (and partners) everywhere. As part of the Search and Listings team you will contribute to the design and implementation of next generation chatbot and search systems that power intelligent personalized and delightful customer experiences at Chewy. You will work closely with cross-functional partners in Data Science Cloud Engineering and Product to architect and implement scalable systems that leverage large language models conversational AI and vector search. You'll be a technical leader guiding end-to-end delivery - from design and prototyping to productionizing services and deploying them on cloud-based infrastructure.
What You'll Do:
As a Software Engineer III focusing on back-end development of our Search and Listings Team you will work to deliver an outstanding experience for our Pet Parents. Your work will directly impact millions of customers who care for their furry family members every day. This includes:
- Applying algorithms data structures and design patterns to produce efficient and performant code
- Collaborate with the team to define technical vision and architecture for key Discovery systems ensuring scalability performance and maintainability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into robust scalable engineering solutions.
- Mentor and guide engineers across multiple levels fostering technical growth and high-quality delivery.
- Drive initiatives that improve developer productivity system observability and operational excellence.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven success designing and delivering high-performance distributed systems or large-scale backend services.
- Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g. Java Kotlin Python).
- Experience in system design architecture patterns and cloud-based deployment (AWS GCP or Azure).
- Understanding of LLM architectures embeddings and vector databases (e.g. Qdrant Pinecone Milvus FAISS).
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team technical initiatives and influence architectural decisions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively across engineering product and data science teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in e-commerce or Search systems
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms
- Experience with Scrum or other agile methodologies
- Experience with configuration and deployment management and be hands on technology infrastructure network compute storage and virtualization experience
- Experience with Agentic AI OpenSearch LLMs and Vector databases
What You'll Get:
- A place where you can be your authentic self and grow your career. Our pet parents and partners are from everywhere--different places and different walks of life. It is what makes them unique. Likewise Chewtopians are encouraged to bring their perspectives to deliver on our mission!
- Work in a culture that cares with managers who value you and your career journey. Be empowered to think big thrive on delivering results and to become your best.
- Development of meaningful connections with a diverse group of Chewtopians through Team Member Resource Groups and celebrate inclusivity with various company events programs and activities.
- Comprehensive medical dental vision benefits in addition to wellness programs and resources enabling you to be your best self in and outside of work.
The base salary range for this role is $141000 - $225000.00.
- 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. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.
We offer different types of insurance and benefits 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.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO subject to manager approval. 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 an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color ancestry national origin gender citizenship marital status religion age disability gender identity results of genetic testing veteran status as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. 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 [email protected].
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven success designing and delivering high-performance distributed systems or large-scale backend services
- Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (Java Kotlin Python)
- Experience in system design architecture patterns and cloud-based deployment (AWS GCP or Azure)
- Understanding of LLM architectures embeddings and vector databases (Qdrant Pinecone Milvus FAISS)
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team technical initiatives and influence architectural decisions
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Experience in e-commerce or search systems
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms (preferred)
- Experience with Scrum or other agile methodologies
- Experience with configuration and deployment management infrastructure networking compute storage and virtualization
- Experience with Agentic AI and OpenSearch
What the Team is Saying
Chewy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
How does Chewy ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?
Chewy approaches compensation through a total rewards strategy that combines salary bonuses equity opportunities healthcare benefits employee discounts and career growth opportunities. The company emphasizes supporting employees across ecommerce healthcare pharmacy customer service technology and fulfillment operations while competing for talent in both retail and tech markets.
Competitive compensation and bonus opportunities: Chewy offers market-based compensation packages that may include salary performance bonuses commissions and equity depending on role and level. Built In also notes benefits such as relocation assistance employee discounts and bonus opportunities across multiple teams and functions.
- Healthcare and wellness support: Benefits include medical dental vision prescription coverage HSA/FSA options life insurance disability coverage telemedicine mental health resources and wellbeing programs. Chewy also offers wellness-focused resources designed to support employees physically mentally and financially.
- Retirement and financial wellbeing: Employees receive 401(k) plans with company matching along with financial wellness resources and broader support programs. Benefits are designed to support both short-term needs and long-term financial planning.
- Pet-focused and family-oriented benefits: Chewy offers pet insurance discounts employee discounts on Chewy products parental leave fertility support family-focused benefits and caregiving resources. The company’s benefits package is closely aligned with its pet-focused identity and customer mission.
- Flexibility and workplace support: Corporate employees may have access to hybrid work arrangements flexible scheduling commuter benefits PTO paid holidays and wellbeing initiatives. Employees also cite supportive managers and collaborative teams as important parts of the broader employee value proposition.
- Long-term career investment: Compensation is reinforced through career growth opportunities mentorship leadership development cross-functional learning and exposure to large-scale ecommerce automation healthcare and logistics initiatives. Employees often describe growth opportunities as an important part of the overall company experience.
- External signals: Comparably reports that 70% of employee reviews are positive overall. Employees frequently highlight healthcare benefits employee discounts coworkers and growth opportunities as strengths of the company experience. (Glassdoor; Comparably)
Chewy Insights
What We Do
Who We AreChewy is where pet parents find everything they need for life with pets from food to fun to pharmacy. We make pet care easier more informed and more joyful through fast reliable delivery and award-winning 24/7 Customer Care including access to pet health support when it’s needed. Founded in 2011 Chewy combines the convenience of online shopping with a high-touch personalized experience built around the real moments of pet parenthood.Our MissionChewy’s mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners everywhere. What We DoWe support pet parents through the highs lows and everyday moments of the pet parenting journey with:• Pet food treats and daily essentials• Supplies for dogs cats fish birds reptiles equine and small pets• Pharmacy and veterinary services including prescriptions and medications• Pet wellness and health products• Autoship for convenient recurring deliveries• Chewy+ our premium membership offering exclusive savings faster delivery and personalized pet care benefits• 24/7/365 customer support from knowledgeable pet-loving expertsWhat Makes Chewy DifferentChewy is known for industry-leading service deep personalization and our customer-obsessed culture. We combine trust convenience and care and pet parents come to us for: • Exceptional customer care• Human- and pet-centered product and experience design• Fast dependable fulfillment across a nationwide operations network• A mission-driven culture built on empathy trust and passion for petsOur CultureChewy’s culture is built for people who thrive on ownership innovation and impact. We value curiosity creativity and continuous improvement across all our teams. We empower Team Members—our Chewtopians—to learn grow and unleash their full potential in a collaborative supportive mission-driven environment.How We WorkChewy’s Operating Principles guide how we think innovate collaborate and execute. These principles shape our character decision-making and approach to delivering results while connecting our people and culture in support of our mission.Where We WorkChewy headquarters: Plantation FL and Boston MAAdditional hubs: Bellevue WA and Minneapolis MN
Why Work With Us
Why You Should Work at ChewyChewy is a unique fast-growing e-commerce and tech leader where builders creators and problem-solvers shape the future of pet care. Our teams drive innovation in a mission-driven culture that creates real impact for pets and the people who love them.
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Date Posted
07/01/2026
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