1 day ago
Remote, United States or Lake Forest, IL, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$124k - $207k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead immersive, in-person dojos including charter workshops, AI Uplift, Game Days, and leadership dojos.
- Serve as a Forward Deployed Engineer aligned to a Director’s domain and identify where future engagements can provide the most value.
- Use delivery metrics, pipeline and usage signals, and in-person observation to assess team needs and recommend appropriate offerings.
- Create documentation, training, and self-paced learning opportunities supporting new technologies and ways of working.
- Provide data-driven feedback, facilitate communities of practice, and create psychologically safe learning environments.
- Partner with engineering managers and technical leads to set expectations, transfer ownership, and sustain changes after engagements.
- Produce outcome reports for each engagement and use results to support future adoption.
- Use AI tools to accelerate research, gathering, and planning while independently designing each engagement.
Requirements
- Experience building production applications or components in at least one programming language such as Java, Kotlin, Node.js, or Python.
- Experience working in public cloud environments across services and technologies including Kubernetes, application services, databases, and networking.
- Experience building testing capabilities that run during the CI process, including TDD and unit testing, and explaining their benefits.
- Experience with integration methods such as APIs or data streams.
- Experience applying or coaching lean, agile, and DevOps principles to improve value flow.
- Understanding of fast feedback loops using DevOps patterns and integrating feedback into ways of working.
- Understanding of software, quality, security, and hardware IT disciplines to remove delivery friction.
- Experience mentoring engineers or coaching teams through ambiguous, change-heavy situations.
Benefits
- Remote work location with travel generally below 25%; the posting notes that remote travel may be 75%.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance beginning on day one, plus six free licensed-therapist sessions annually.
- 18 annual PTO days for full-time employees and six company holidays per year.
- 6% company contribution to a 401(k) plan with no employee contribution required.
- Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing, and financial counseling and education tools.
- Maternity support, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks of paid leave for birth parents or up to four weeks for non-birth parents.
- Eligibility for an incentive target of up to 15% based on individual and company performance.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Grainger
W.W. Grainger is a public B2B distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies, safety gear, and facility products for businesses. It sells through a high-touch distribution network and its Endless Assortment e-commerce brands Zoro and MonotaRO, alongside services like inventory management and technical support. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, Grainger serves more than 4.5 million customers and reported $17.2 billion in 2024 revenue.