Our Opportunity:
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Sponsored Ads team. Sponsored Ads builds a win-win ecosystem for shoppers, brand owners and Chewy! Shoppers are offered a range of alternate options to help them choose better and learn about new products, new brands, new promotions and different price points. Brand owners and advertisers get to showcase their product offerings in the front row for their target audience (proud pet owners) and improve their reach. Advertising is a critical component of the ecommerce ecosystem and provides a critical revenue stream to the company.
As a member to the Sponsored Ads team, you’ll be part of core leadership team and will influence technical strategy across product search and discovery, relevance and ranking, prediction and auction of large selection of sponsored products in Chewy catalog. You’ll be at forefront of driving technology driven business impact.
Come be part of the team to build Sponsored Ads from the ground up at Chewy!
What You'll Do:
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of the ML platform, with a direct impact on the financial performance of sponsored ads
- In collaboration with Product, own the Platform roadmap and balance investment into functional features with long-term concerns for stability and quality.
- Make sound architectural choices that set up the platform for future growth and expandability.
- Collaborate with the Data Science team and ensure that the Platform supports training, testing, and shipping ML models.
- Lead the ongoing execution efforts while holding a high bar for quality and velocity of development.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to junior engineers, build and foster a strong engineering team culture, and be a key contributor in setting the standard of the engineering org.
- Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development.
- Decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions that operationally scale and are easily maintained.
- Instill engineering excellence in the team and have the drive to focus on scalability, resiliency, high availability and performance of applications.
- Generate and analyze engineering metrics to inform leadership and make data driven decisions.
- Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication and convey dissenting opinions in a constructive manner.
What You'll Need:
- 10+ years of software development experience.
- Experience and Domain expertise in digital advertising or marketing technologies.
- Bachelor's in computer science or related field.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and programming skills.
- Experience developing software in an agile environment with CI/CD.
- Expert understanding how to build and scale cloud-based applications.
- Proficiency in Java, Kotlin or similar programming language and technology.
- Strong fundamentals on building and scaling cloud-based solutions (AWS).
- Proficiency in designing scalable, distributed, low latency and high throughput systems.
- Position may require occasional travel.
Bonus:
- Masters or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
- Machine Learning and applied science understanding is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience taking a project from inception through launch.
Compensation & Benefits:
Our salary range for a Machine Learning Engineer III position is $146,500.00 - $234,500.00. 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.
We offer different types of insurance, 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.
Salaried-exempt 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 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 [email protected].
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What We Do
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. We view pets and pet parents as family, and are obsessed with meeting their needs and exceeding customer expectations through every interaction. Behind the scenes, our talented teams are made up of innovators, delighters, big-thinkers and of course, passionate pet people—creating a place where you'll be empowered to build, growand unleash your fullest potential.
Launched in 2011, we offer the personalized service of a neighborhood pet store alongside the convenience and speed of e-commerce. Customers love shopping our wide selection of products of more than 100,000 products (including our Private brands and prescription Rx food and Rx medication products), which we offer at competitive prices, fast 1-2 day shipping and around-the-clock convenience that only e-commerce can offer.
Chewy’s commitment to customer service is the core of our brand, and our customers love us for it. We “WOW” pet parents through 24/7 assistance, advice and encouragement every day of the year. We make pet parenting easy with our convenient Autoship subscription program—which allows our customers to schedule their orders, so they never run out of their pet food, supplies and medication they need.
As an e-commerce company, product innovation drives our operations, and our team is constantly striving to find new and better ways to improve our customers’ experience. From an easy-to-navigate website and highly rated mobile apps, to detailed order tracking and personalized “Pet Profile” features, we are transforming the way pet parents shop.
Why Work With Us
We're proud to be one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies of all time.
With growth comes the exciting opportunity to be a part of a world-class organization of engineering, product, and design team members, responsible for driving our latest innovations and designing "out-of-the Chewy box" experiences.
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