Job Description

Senior Backend Engineer

Chewy is growing! We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team developing Chewy.com. Chewy is THE go-to online shopping destination for all things pet and we are continuously striving to delight pet parents with a seamless experience across our platforms.

Are you a passionate and energetic Software Engineer?

Are you excited about developing solutions focused on providing delightful customer experience?

Can you easily adapt to meet the needs of our continuous business growth?

Are you a quality-focused engineer?

If your answer is yes, read on...

Our strong Storefront engineering team @Chewy is focused on building solutions that guide pet lovers in making their best, most informed decisions to purchase products that their pets love, every single day. As an engineer in our Storefront team, you will work with a talented group of backend and frontend engineers, product managers, and business leaders in an Agile environment to develop and improve our customer's Path to Purchase experience. We have so many new and interesting improvements and enhancements to our Path to Purchase experience planned, but we need talented engineers to help make it happen. If you think that might be you, please apply!

What You'll Do:

• Implement backend features that support reliable, low-latency checkout flows under high traffic
• Contribute to service integrations and API contracts with multiple downstream teams
• Write clean, readable, well-tested code following established patterns and best practices
• Participate in code reviews and design discussions, incorporating feedback to improve solutions
• Help identify and troubleshoot performance, reliability, and production issues
• Write and update documentation for service behavior, APIs, and operational workflows
• Take ownership of assigned stories and deliverables, communicating progress and risks clearly

What You'll Need:

• Professional experience developing backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• 3+ years of professional experience working with server-side technologies
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with microservices architectures and dependency-based systems
• Understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including retries, timeouts, and failure handling
• Hands-on experience using AWS in a production environment
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog or Dynatrace
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment (e.g., Jenkins)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Bonus:

• Experience working on e-commerce or transaction-heavy systems
• Familiarity with frontend technologies (JavaScript, React/Angular/Vue) and how backend services support UI flows
• Experience writing automated tests within a test framework
• Understanding of Agile development practices
• Exposure to AI-assisted application development, including integrating backend services with large language model (LLM) platforms such as OpenAI APIs
• Familiarity with model context protocols (MCP) or similar frameworks used to manage and route contextual data for AI-powered workflows
• Familiarity with state machine technologies (e.g., AWS Step Functions, Apache Airflow) for workflow orchestration and state management
• Experience building or integrating event-driven or API-based systems that support conversational or assistive user experiences

The base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $190,000.00.

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 CAAR@chewy.com.

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