Associate Director – Software Engineering, Chewy

Associate Director - Software Engineering, Chewy

Company Chewy
Job title Associate Director, Software Engineering
Job location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Type Full Time

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage a team of software and quality engineers responsible for the expansion of Rhapsody.
  • Provide strong technical leadership, foster autonomous teams, and deliver on a significant product roadmap.
  • Mentor and support the professional growth of high-caliber engineers and engineering managers.
  • Operate as a strategic leader with exceptional technical architecture, project management, and operational skills.
  • Drive technical decisions in collaboration with product and business partners, balancing forward-looking roadmap initiatives with iterative improvements across multiple teams.
  • Promote and maintain a culture of operational excellence with consistent, repeatable processes and standards.
  • Build and nurture strong working relationships across all levels of the organization and with multi-functional teams.
  • Collaborate with other engineering leaders to establish and drive standard methodologies in software design, development, testing, and deployment.

Requirements & Skills:

  • 10+ years of proven software engineering experience delivering commercial and mission-critical software.
  • 7+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager leading engineers and engineering managers.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience as a software engineer or architect.
  • Expertise in designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available systems.
  • Proficiency in Java and frameworks like Spring Boot for RESTful and GraphQL APIs and microservices.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including tools such as Docker, and Jenkins, and cloud platforms like GCP (or similar).
  • Proven track record of delivery using Scrum methodology.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience with Kubernetes and Helm Charts for container orchestration.
  • Experience with frontend web technologies and frameworks such as React.
  • Background in e-commerce or healthcare domains.

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