4 days ago
Base Salary
$134k - $224k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering for the delivery of high-quality, maintainable software for complex applications.
- Design, build, and improve search systems using lexical retrieval methods such as BM25 and TF-IDF and semantic or vector-based retrieval.
- Develop and optimize hybrid retrieval, reranking, and learning-to-rank strategies to improve search relevance.
- Evaluate search quality using offline metrics including NDCG, MRR, and Precision/Recall, and run online experiments.
- Build tooling that makes relevance experiments repeatable and measurable.
- Maintain production software, triage issues, and resolve operational problems.
- Mentor developers, conduct code reviews, participate in pair programming, and lead knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Partner with Product Managers, Architecture, IT Management, Data Science, Product, and Analytics on technical solutions and relevance measurement.
- Promote sensible engineering defaults and continuous delivery practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer designing, developing, testing, and deploying scalable software applications.
- Expert programming skills in Java and Python.
- Knowledge of distributed system design and integration patterns, including sharding, replication, indexing, query routing, and caching in distributed search platforms.
- Hands-on experience with embeddings and vector search, including ANN indexing and tradeoffs among relevance, latency, and cost.
- Experience tuning search and AI-based customer experiences using user behavior and measured outcomes.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, DevOps practices, and AI-assisted development tools.
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate complex problems and practices.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance beginning on day one, plus six free licensed-therapist sessions annually.
- 23 paid time off days annually for full-time employees and six company holidays per year.
- 6% company 401(k) contribution with no employee contribution required.
- Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing, and financial counseling resources.
- Maternity support, nursing benefits, up to 14 weeks of paid leave for birth parents, and up to 4 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.