Software Engineer

Company Overview

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom. We keep the world working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide.

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $ to $.

This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship now or in the future. Individuals requiring sponsorship (e.g., OPT or H1B visa status) should not apply.

With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full‑time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non‑birth parents.

You will work as a Staff Engineer on the Customer Order team. The team is responsible for largely three things:

• Provide updates about orders via Kafka events.
• Curate order data from across our ordering ecosystem for operational and analytical use.
• Support the organization’s data‑driven insight for prioritization of work.

We handle over 100,000+ Kafka messages a day, 7 years of order data, and millions of user accounts. We deploy Spring Boot/Kotlin microservices, leverage Kafka APIs, and work with Databricks/Snowflake to curate our data.

• Lead engineering efforts on a team responsible for the application and delivery of high‑quality, maintainable software for highly complex applications.
• Influence team adoption of sensible defaults to enable continuous delivery activities.
• Contribute to continuous learning on your team culture by leading knowledge sharing sessions with the 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.
• Partner 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 a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with modern software engineering practices, designing, developing, testing, and deploying scalable software applications within a variety of technologies and environments.
• Expert knowledge of programming skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of distributed system design and integration patterns.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and Dev Ops practices.
• Experience with analyzing, interpreting and communicating complex problems and practices.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.