Associate Director, Engineering — Chewy Vet Care

Job description

Job Description:

Our Opportunity:

Chewy Vet Care (CVC) is building a platform-driven ecosystem to power veterinary services across clinics, digital experiences, and pharmacy. We are looking for an Associate Director of Engineering to lead high-impact initiatives across clinic platforms, integrations, and AI-enabled capabilities as we scale both organically and through acquisitions such as Modern Animal.

This role will drive the transition from system-centric architectures to a unified, platform-first model that enables scalability, consistency, and innovation across the ecosystem.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead multiple engineering teams building core CVC platforms (Scheduling, Rx, Records, Payments, Inventory)

• Drive platform-first architecture and API-driven integrations across PIMS (Rhapsody, Claude) and Chewy systems

• Partner with Product, Data, and Clinical teams to deliver end-to-end solutions across clinic and customer journeys

• Own execution of key initiatives supporting:

  • Organic growth (new clinics, capabilities)

  • Inorganic growth (acquisitions, PIMS integrations)

• Build and scale AI-enabled capabilities (copilots, automation, decision support) across clinical and operational workflows

• Establish best practices for system design, observability, reliability, and security

• Improve developer velocity through reusable platforms and shared services

• Mentor and grow engineering managers and senior engineers

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with CVC’s platform and AI vision

• Lead large-scale system design and architectural decisions across distributed systems

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