9 hours ago
Base Salary
$135k - $226k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, architect, and implement complex scalable software systems and platforms.
- Influence system architecture decisions across teams and domains.
- Partner with product managers, architects, engineering managers, and stakeholders to shape technical solutions and delivery.
- Drive code quality, security, performance, reliability, observability, operational resilience, automated testing, and CI/CD practices.
- Mentor and coach engineers across levels and serve as a trusted technical advisor.
- Lead technical initiatives and improve engineering practices across teams.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale distributed software systems.
- Experience partnering with product teams to frame tradeoffs and shape iterative value delivery.
- Deep expertise in at least one major technical domain or platform and the ability to influence adjacent domains.
- Strong understanding of system architecture, data structures, algorithms, and distributed system design.
- Ability to lead technical initiatives, influence without authority, and collaborate across organizational boundaries.
- Demonstrated ability to improve engineering practices across teams.
- Preferred experience with user identity concerns, including authentication and authorization.
- Preferred experience working with critical enterprise APIs.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with two days per week in the Chicago Merchandise Mart office; highly qualified remote candidates may be considered with travel to Chicago for onboarding and occasional team meetings, and onsite onboarding is required.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance beginning on the first day of employment.
- Six free licensed-therapist sessions annually.
- Eighteen paid time-off days annually for full-time employees and six company holidays per year.
- A 6% company contribution to a 401(k) plan each pay period with no employee contribution required.
- Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing, and financial counseling and education resources.
- Maternity support, nursing benefits, and paid parental leave of up to 14 weeks for birth parents and four weeks for non-birth parents.
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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.