Lead Software Engineer

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships.

Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management.

In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $124,200.00 - $207,000.00. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 15 % or $ , based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program which are subject to change.

As a Saff Software Engineer (Software Engineer IV) you will develop applications that align with a strategic vision. In addition to coaching engineers, you will partner with key stakeholders including Product Managers and Architecture. You will embrace curiosity to ensure a deep understanding of the business requirements that drive the analysis and physical design of technical solutions.

You will work as a Staff engineer in the Customer Order Domain. This domain is responsible for four main function areas:

- The cart customers interact with on, eventually, all channels at Grainger. Currently this is limited to our main Grainger.com experience.

- Provide internal capabilities to calculate the cost of an Order to a customer. This means resolving interesting Freight, Pricing and Tax considerations for our customers.

- Customer facing experiences and proactive order notifications of an order lifecycle.

- Lastly, we manage the payment and invoicing capabilities to ensure people can securely access their payment information.

- Lead engineer on a team responsible for the application and delivery of high-quality, maintainable software for highly complex applications

- Own engineering culture within the team championing sensible defaults to enable continuous delivery activities

- Contribute to continuous learning on your team culture by leading knowledge sharing sessions with latest technological features and engineering practices

- Maintain software in production with demonstrated ability to triage and resolve issues

- Mentor developers, conduct code reviews, and participate in pair programming

- Drive complex technical initiatives in partnership with Architects

- Partners directly with IT Management team to ensure successful design and delivery of technology based solutions

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in computer science or similar; or equivalent experience required

- 5+ years experience as a Software Engineer; with experience in modern software engineering; designing; developing, testing and deploying scalable software applications within a variety of technologies and environments required

- Expert knowledge of programming skills; JVM, Kotlin, Typescript, React, or similar languages

- Strong focus on backend with working knowledge of front end

- Demonstrated knowledge of distributed system design and integration patterns

- Understanding of event driven data streaming architectures

- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and Dev Ops Practices

- Experience with analyzing, interpreting and communicating complex problems and practices