Chewy · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $272K/yr
12+ years expChewy is a leading e-commerce company focused on pet products, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance their machine learning platform. The role involves providing technical leadership in designing and optimizing distributed systems for search and recommendations, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring engineers.
E-CommercePetRetail
Responsibilities
Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of large-scale, distributed software systems that enable customer insights and personalization in search and recommendations
Partner with ML/Platform and Data Science teams to bring ML models into customer-facing applications
Collaborate with Principal Engineer to define technical vision and architecture for key Discovery ML workflow and delivery 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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a Staff- or Principal-level technical leadership role
Proven success designing and delivering high-performance, distributed systems or large-scale workflows and services
Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Python)
Proficiency in Terraform and Jenkins
Deep understanding of system design, architecture patterns, and cloud-based deployment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Experience integrating with or supporting ML pipelines, APIs, or data-driven applications
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
Experience in e-commerce or retail
Experience with modern MLOps
Exposure to front-end or product-facing integration of ML features
Experience with AWS Sagemaker and other ML platform tooling
Experience working with large distributed datasets and ML feature engineering
Prior experience mentoring and growing engineers into more senior technical roles
Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science or related field
Benefits
401k
Medical/Rx
Vision
Dental
Life
Disability
Hospital indemnity
Critical illness
Accident
Parental leave
Family services benefits
Backup dependent care
Flexible spending accounts
Telemedicine
Pet adoption reimbursement
Employee assistance program
10% off pet insurance
20% off at Chewy.com
Unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval
Six paid holidays per year
Paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations
Company
Chewy
Chewy is a pet store that offers products, services, supplies, and prescriptions for pet parents and partners with online services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$951MKey Investors
Lone Pine CapitalWells Fargo Capital FinanceBlackRock
2024-09-19Post Ipo Secondary· $500M
2019-06-13IPO
2017-04-18Acquired
Leadership Team
Michael Hyman
Vice President
Jim Nelson
Director
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