
Software Engineer II - Python
Required skills
- Python
- SQL
- distributed systems
- high-performance systems
- business requirements
- unit testing
- CI/CD
- technical customers
- non-technical customers
- team-oriented
Nice to have
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Supply Chain
Role summary
Chewy is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Supply Chain Simulation technology team. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying data and simulation systems to support fulfillment operations. The engineer will work with large data volumes, solve data quality issues, and write clean, maintainable code. Key responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, debugging production issues, and advocating for software engineering best practices like CI/CD and unit testing. The position requires 3+ years of experience in Python, SQL, and building distributed systems, with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred. Experience with AWS, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code is a plus.
Job Description:
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Supply Chain Simulation technology team. In this role, you will combine an understanding of software development, simulation, and data transformation. As a Software Engineer, you will play a meaningful part in crafting, implementing, and deploying data and simulation systems to support our business and address critical problems for our Fulfillment Operations. The ideal candidate will understand our business goals, collaborate across cross functional teams, innovate rapidly, and deliver high-quality and high-value functionality. You will have the chance to create and develop Data, Optimization and Simulation solutions best suited for different business problems and build engineering pipelines to streamline model deployment and testing. Does this sound like you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
What You’ll Do:
- Design, develop and implement highly performant optimization systems with large data volumes.
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams, including data scientists, software engineers, and domain experts, to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
- Solve data quality issues and identify root causes.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following procedures in software engineering. Adhere to test-driven development and ensure that all code undergoes rigorous peer review.
- Debug critical hard-to-solve production issues across services and tech stacks.
- Advocate for and implement software engineering protocols, including version control, code reviews, unit testing, and continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor's degree (Computer Science or similar technical field of study preferred), or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience building distributed and highly performant systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into code.
- Experience building high-quality systems, including unit testing and continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills including collaboration with both technical and non-technical customers.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
- Team-oriented and have a customer first approach.
Bonus:
- Experience with AWS Cloud Technologies.
- Experience with containerization & orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Experience in Supply-chain and/or exposure with Operational Research space.
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. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.
We offer different types of insurance and benefits, 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.
Exempt salary 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 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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Sample Chewy interview questions
- 1
Create a file system designed for distributed environments.
system designmedium - 2
Alien Dictionary Order Derive the alien dictionary order from a sorted list of alien words. Input: words = ["z","x","z"] Output: "" (Empty String) Explanation: The letter 'z' cannot come before 'x' and then suddenly after 'x', creating a cycle and making the dictionary invalid.
codingmedium - 3
Reverse Nodes in k-Group Reverse nodes in k-group in a linked list. Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5], k = 3 Output: [3,2,1,4,5] Explanation: The first 3 elements are reversed, while the remaining 2 are left untouched since they don't form a complete group.
codingmedium - 4
Unique Combinations that Sum to a Target Find all unique combinations in an array that sum to a target. Input: candidates = [2,4,6], target = 6 Output: [[2,2,2], [2,4], [6]] Explanation: Uses backtracking to find all valid combinations that sum to 6, allowing for explicitly repeated elements.
codingmedium - 5
Serialize and Deserialize N-ary Tree Serialize and deserialize an N-ary tree. Input: root = [1] Output: 1 Explanation: The tree only contains a root node, resulting in a minimal serialized string representation that can be accurately rebuilt.
codingmedium
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