Front End Software Engineer III - Payments UX

Chewy - Plantation, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Plantation, FL

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

The Payments Engineering team at Chewy is looking for a Front End Software Engineer III to enhance the payment experience for pet parents and partners. This role focuses on building a secure and efficient payment ecosystem that is adaptable to business changes and regulatory requirements. The position offers opportunities for collaboration with skilled engineering teams and professional growth within a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement large scale distributed systems focusing on scalability, latency and fault tolerance.
• Architect, build, deploy and scale front end Payments Single Page Applications.
• Communicate project status, risks, and solutions to team and customers, acting as the technical point of contact.
• Build Systems / Component architectures and APIs for a rapidly scaling platform, ensuring successful product delivery and operational quality.
• Lead platform level initiatives such as Kubernetes migration and building CI/CD pipelines.
• Own and operationalize critical metrics for Payments, building telemetry/logging for application health.
• Lead research and initiatives for cloud native designs and implementation within AWS.
• Influence coding standards and ensure high-quality code reviews.
• Mentor and guide peers and junior engineers.
• Establish strong working relationships across organizational levels and functional teams.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of professional front-end development experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience crafting scalable, high-performing applications for large enterprises.
• 5+ years of experience building large-scale products using React/JavaScript/ES6/Typescript/CSS.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience with Java or other Object-Oriented Programming languages.
• 3+ years of experience in the Payments domain, understanding payment processing and wallet management.
• Hands-on experience building micro-services and working in a public cloud environment (AWS).
• Expertise in measuring and tuning application performance.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the SDLC.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in e-commerce or Healthcare.
• Experience with accessibility testing.
• Experience in ReactJS, VueJS, or AngularJS.
• Experience with Selenium, Cypress, or similar automated testing tools.
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or similar tools.