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Software Engineer III
Current Employee
Has worked at Chewy for 2 years
November 4, 2020
Boston, Massachusetts
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • High pay
  • Great experience, e-commerce at scale
  • Interesting tech in newer projects (cloud native, microservices, SPAs)
  • Developer freedom for low-level details and stack
  • Company doing very well
Cons
  • No work-life balance the higher you get.
  • Littered with tech debt from the startup era.
  • Highly verticalized, with competition and friction between teams in other verticals.
  • Deadlines always take precedence over code quality.
Advice to Management

Make chewy engineering a more cohesive unit. Make teams work together so they are not only concerned with their own short-term goals.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
3.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
1.0

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