Software Engineer III, Discovery

We are hiring amazing humans and we hope that includes you!

Are you looking for more than just a job At Chewy youll 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 youve 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 aSoftwareEngineer IIIto join an established technology team within our Discovery organization inBellevue WAorBoston 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 teamyouwill 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 thatleveragelarge language models conversational AI and vector search.Youllbe a technical leader guiding end-to-end delivery - from design and prototyping toproductionizingservices and deploying them on cloud-based infrastructure.

What Youll Do:
As aSoftware Engineer IIIfocusingon back-end development of our Search and Listings Team you will work to deliver an outstanding experience for our Pet Parents. Your work will directlyimpactmillions 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 withthe teamto 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 Youll Need:

• Bachelors 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 withAgentic AIOpenSearch LLMs and Vector databases

What Youll 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.