Our Opportunity:
Syrinx is looking for a Prototype Engineer III to join our enterprise team!
What You will Do:
• Develop System / Component prototypes (front & back end both) and APIs (Interact with the full application stack) for a rapidly scaling platform for vendor management, while ensuring successful product delivery and operational excellence
• Design, develop and implement large-scale distributed systems prototypes with large volumes of data, focusing on scalability, latency, and resiliency
• Prototype and develop new customer experiences for internal partners and external vendor applications with web technologies
• Design and build responsive, accessible and performant UX components for mobile and desktop web experiences
• Articulate and evangelize software engineering principles with engineering teams to ensure that prototype components align with overall Chewy’s IT direction
• Develop cloud native designs and implementation within public clouds, primarily AWS
• Review code, implementation and provide meaningful feedback that helps other prototype engineers to build better prototypes
• Experience in using DevOps principles and techniques to delivery high quality software prototypes with the least technical debt possible
• Work with others in Engineering Leadership to drive best practices in software development, testing, and production operations
• Drive technical decisions and work with your product owners to manage the backlogs to support multiple teams within the Chewy
What You will Need:
• Candidate possess a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in Software Development as a software engineer
• Expert in creating customer experiences / web portal using JavaScript, CSS and HTML
• Project experience using React, Angular, Vue.JS or similar frameworks and/or libraries
• Proven delivery experience working under an Agile/Scrum methodology
• Working experience with distributed SCM (GitHub a plus), DevOps, AWS
• Experience integrating with lightweight middleware technologies, integration patterns, microservices
• Proficient demonstration of SQL knowledge
• Track record of taking ownership and driving results in a data-driven, fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong analytical skills, and ability to deal with ambiguity in a rapidly evolving business environment
• Able to work under pressure and to adapt to changing circumstances while applying analytical and technical skills to shape Merchandise initiatives
Bonus:
• Understanding of testing automation, including the building of scrappy coding/automation for testing code faster
• Experience in Retail, E-Commerce or Technology Industry, Merchandising & Vendor Management focus a plus
• Strong engineering background building Products/prototypes that are E-Commerce scale
• Experience in Software Quality Processes and Atlassian Tools (Confluence, JIRA, etc.)