Software Engineer III

Job description
Our Opportunity:

We are looking for a Software Engineer III at our facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to design, develop, test, and support software systems and related integrations.

What You’ll Do:
• Design and build high complexity components and/or platforms.
• Partner with technical and business teams on multiple initiatives, provide guidance and mentorship to the existing team, and collaborate to deliver new features and enhancements.
• Actively guide team members and participate in the definition, design, development, testing and implementation of software functionality using an agile methodology.
• Create or modify complex scalable distributed software systems.
• Contribute to code quality requirements, provide feedback, and promote collaborative solutions for the team during code review.
• Guide team members and advise stakeholders on improvements and optimizations to features, practices, processes, and operations.
• Work with and advise stakeholders and technology teams on how best to implement desired features and enhancements.
• Communicate project status, risks, and solutions to team and stakeholders, and act as technical point of contact to influence stakeholders regarding trade-offs.
• Ensure that technical solutions follow best practices, are reliable, are easily maintainable, and are scalable under sustained load.
• Collaborate to identify, isolate, and resolve malfunctions related to software.
• Lead team members by example, advocating for best practices and influencing software engineering team hiring practices as the team continues to grow.
• Lead technical teams in the development and delivery of projects.
• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to operational excellence.
• Local telecommuting permitted.

What You’ll Need:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field and 7 years of experience.
• Will also accept a Master’s degree and 5 years of experience.
• Experience must involve 5 years of experience in software development, DevOps, site reliability, software performance engineering, or QA automation.
• Experience must involve the following: Linux OS;
• Java programming and data analysis;
• Designing and creating tools that measure platform performance;
• Performance testing of complex systems;
• Performance of Java based applications and AWS-hosted applications;
• Scripting ability (shell and python);
• Chaos Toolkit for Chaos testing;
• Monitoring and analysis tools such as DataDog, Splunk, New Relic, Dynatrace, Sumologic, Sentry, and the ELK stack;
• Working with senior developers, product managers, and engineering directors;
• Load testing tool, such as Gatling/Frontline, LoadRunner, or Jmeter;
• Providing code reviews and fixing issues in other teams’ code;
• Web page performance analysis;
• Troubleshooting and monitoring Docker, Fargate, Kubernetes, DynamoDB, and node.js.
• Local telecommuting permitted.
• The position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.

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.

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