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Chewy's Sponsored Ads business is growing rapidly, and we're looking for experienced Senior Backend Engineers to help drive the evolution of our advertising platform. This role focuses on building scalable, high-performance systems that power key ad capabilities for both advertisers. You'll lead backend development efforts, mentor junior engineers, and play a critical role in shaping one of Chewy’s fastest-growing revenue streams. Our Opportunity
Chewy's Sponsored Ads business is growing rapidly, and we're looking for experienced Senior Backend Engineers to help drive the evolution of our advertising platform. This role focuses on building scalable, high-performance systems that power key ad capabilities for both advertisers. You'll lead backend development efforts, mentor junior engineers, and play a critical role in shaping one of Chewy’s fastest-growing revenue streams.
About You
As an experienced Software Engineer with a background in backend and full-stack development. You excel in working on backend services with technologies like Python, Java, Kafka, and both SQL/NoSQL databases. You have expertise in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), cloud environments (AWS), and authentication services.
Your hands-on experience and track record ensure you can build and ship new applications or features to existing applications, quickly and efficiently.
About The Team
Launched in 2022, Chewy's Sponsored Ads platform enables vendors to promote their products on-site and offsite, significantly contributing to Chewy’s revenue growth. The Ads Demand team owns the frontend and backend of the Advertiser portal which enables advertisers create, manage and optimize their ad campaigns. We are based in Boston and Seattle.
What You'll Do
Lead project delivery and system architecture for backend services, while mentoring junior engineers and promoting engineering excellence across the team. Design and implement scalable, low-latency services in Java and Python, powering core advertising capabilities such as auction processing, targeting, and performance tracking. Develop robust and well-documented RESTful APIs to support campaign management, reporting, and integration with advertiser-facing tools. Build resilient systems with strong observability, bringing to bear automated testing, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform. Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and fellow engineers to build systems that support real-time and asynchronous workflows. Drive technical design reviews, conduct code reviews, and lead initiatives to improve platform reliability, performance, and scalability. Take ownership of project estimation and delivery, partnering with Team Members to deliver high-impact features that improve the advertiser and customer experience on the Chewy Ads platform.
What You'll Need
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience). 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with a strong focus on backend development using modern languages and frameworks including Java, Python and SpringBoot Proven experience building scalable, highly available systems. Experience integrating AI/ML models working alongside Data Science team. Ninja coding and debugging skills Passion for data-driven development, observability, and metrics. Knowledge of professional software engineering practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations Solid understanding of CS fundamentals: object-oriented design, algorithms, and problem-solving Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Bonus
Experience in Ad Tech and/or e-commerce. Experience with Scrum, XP or other agile methodologies. Experience with full stack development Familiarity with AWS cloud services, including serverless computing, data processing, and storage solutions.
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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Software Engineer III - Backend
role at
Chewy Join to apply for the
Software Engineer III - Backend
role at
Chewy Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Our Opportunity
Chewy's Sponsored Ads business is growing rapidly, and we're looking for experienced Senior Backend Engineers to help drive the evolution of our advertising platform. This role focuses on building scalable, high-performance systems that power key ad capabilities for both advertisers. You'll lead backend development efforts, mentor junior engineers, and play a critical role in shaping one of Chewy’s fastest-growing revenue streams. Our Opportunity
Chewy's Sponsored Ads business is growing rapidly, and we're looking for experienced Senior Backend Engineers to help drive the evolution of our advertising platform. This role focuses on building scalable, high-performance systems that power key ad capabilities for both advertisers. You'll lead backend development efforts, mentor junior engineers, and play a critical role in shaping one of Chewy’s fastest-growing revenue streams.
About You
As an experienced Software Engineer with a background in backend and full-stack development. You excel in working on backend services with technologies like Python, Java, Kafka, and both SQL/NoSQL databases. You have expertise in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), cloud environments (AWS), and authentication services.
Your hands-on experience and track record ensure you can build and ship new applications or features to existing applications, quickly and efficiently.
About The Team
Launched in 2022, Chewy's Sponsored Ads platform enables vendors to promote their products on-site and offsite, significantly contributing to Chewy’s revenue growth. The Ads Demand team owns the frontend and backend of the Advertiser portal which enables advertisers create, manage and optimize their ad campaigns. We are based in Boston and Seattle.
What You'll Do
Lead project delivery and system architecture for backend services, while mentoring junior engineers and promoting engineering excellence across the team. Design and implement scalable, low-latency services in Java and Python, powering core advertising capabilities such as auction processing, targeting, and performance tracking. Develop robust and well-documented RESTful APIs to support campaign management, reporting, and integration with advertiser-facing tools. Build resilient systems with strong observability, bringing to bear automated testing, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform. Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and fellow engineers to build systems that support real-time and asynchronous workflows. Drive technical design reviews, conduct code reviews, and lead initiatives to improve platform reliability, performance, and scalability. Take ownership of project estimation and delivery, partnering with Team Members to deliver high-impact features that improve the advertiser and customer experience on the Chewy Ads platform.
What You'll Need
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience). 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with a strong focus on backend development using modern languages and frameworks including Java, Python and SpringBoot Proven experience building scalable, highly available systems. Experience integrating AI/ML models working alongside Data Science team. Ninja coding and debugging skills Passion for data-driven development, observability, and metrics. Knowledge of professional software engineering practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations Solid understanding of CS fundamentals: object-oriented design, algorithms, and problem-solving Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Bonus
Experience in Ad Tech and/or e-commerce. Experience with Scrum, XP or other agile methodologies. Experience with full stack development Familiarity with AWS cloud services, including serverless computing, data processing, and storage solutions.
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.
To access Chewy's Customer Privacy Policy, please click here.
To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here. Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Retail Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Chewy by 2x Get notified about new Software Engineer jobs in
Boston, MA . Boston, MA $160,000.00-$160,000.00 1 day ago Boston, MA $130,000.00-$180,000.00 6 months ago Boston, MA $90,000.00-$185,000.00 1 day ago Reading, MA $80,000.00-$100,000.00 2 weeks ago Boston, MA $150,000.00-$175,000.00 3 months ago Cambridge, MA $100,000.00-$130,000.00 6 days ago Boston, MA $125,000.00-$178,000.00 1 month ago Boston, MA $80,000.00-$90,000.00 2 weeks ago Boston, MA $100,000.00-$110,000.00 3 weeks ago Boston, MA $125,000.00-$178,000.00 4 months ago Boston, MA $108,760.00-$173,800.00 20 hours ago Software Engineer: Full-Stack Web Developer
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