Job Description
Our Opportunity
Chewy is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Practice Hub engineering team part of the Vet Clinics organization. The Practice Hub tech team is focused on building scalable reliable and intuitive prescription and marketplace platform with supporting APIs - for clinics to manage prescriptions approval and writing order prescription items for their clinic from multiple vendors and improve outcomes through data-driven insights and modern engineering practices. We empower veterinarians technicians and pet parents through innovative technology intelligent automation and seamless digital workflows.
As a Staff Engineer you will drive the architecture design and implementation of a suite of software services that support diverse operational workflows and deliver a fulfillment experience that delights our customers. This senior technical leadership role offers broad exposure across Chewy's health products and services providing the opportunity to define the long-term engineering vision and practices that will scale and grow the Vet Care business.
About You
You excel at leading large engineering teams and guiding backend-focused architecture and design. Our systems leverage loosely coupled components real-time event processing AWS workflows a federated GraphQL API for unified data access and an aggregated data pipeline that ingests signals from predictive ML models and recommendation engines. You will work with technologies such as Java JavaScript Node.js GraphQL DynamoDB SNS/SQS AWS ECS/Fargate Kubernetes Kafka and AWS Lambda to build and scale the platform. In this role you will lead the creation and deployment of new prototypes applications systems and services that support the standardization optimization automation and process infrastructure of the Chewy Vet Care business and operations.
What You'll Do:
- Serve as the technical leader for your team driving project delivery system design and mentoring engineers across scrum teams.
- Design develop and implement solutions using a broad set of technologies with a strong emphasis on scalability low latency and resiliency.
- Conduct code and implementation reviews providing clear constructive feedback that enables engineers to build higher-quality services.
- Apply DevOps principles and best practices to deliver high-quality software with minimal technical debt.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships across all organizational levels and cross-functional teams.
- Own major components of the Chewy Vet Care platform spanning responsibilities across both development and operational domains.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Computer Information Systems related field or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer and/or team lead.
- 10+ years of experience building modern JavaScript applications and frameworks (React Vue Angular).
- 15+ years of experience developing scalable distributed microservice applications using Java JavaScript and/or Spring Boot.
- Hands-on experience designing building and deploying scalable highly available systems.
- Ability to function as a hands-on engineer-comfortable writing complex code and debugging challenging issues.
- Strong understanding of professional software engineering practices across the full development lifecycle including coding standards code reviews source control build processes testing and operations.
- Proficiency in core computer science fundamentals: object-oriented design data structures algorithms problem-solving and complexity analysis.
Bonus:
- Experience in e-commerce.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or XP.
- Experience with configuration and deployment tools such as Terraform or Ansible along with knowledge of infrastructure networking compute storage and virtualization.
- Experience in data analysis or data mining within large-scale database environments.
- Experience with TypeScript and GraphQL.
- Familiarity with test-driven development and testing frameworks such as Jest and Cypress.
- Working knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture.
The base salary range for this role is $166000 - $265000.00.
- 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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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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05/01/2026
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