Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering

About Grainger:

Grainger is North America's leading Maintenance Repair & Operating provider and we are the 10th largest North American E-commerce player with over 50% of our revenue coming from online transactions. Within the Enterprise Systems team we use technology to support the dynamic needs of a supply chain carrying 1.5 million products and an employee base of 25,000+; and we are committed to delivering technology solutions to support the business in our mission to stay atop. We create technology solutions across the enterprise including our call centers, branch network, sales, and our multiple digital channels. The team supports over 1000 applications across the network and operates in an agile environment to create complex solutions quickly. The team of 500+ is comprised of Infrastructure and Operations, Cyber Security, Technology Planning, Architecture and Engineering and are built in a way to support the dynamic customer landscape.

Position Details:

As a Platform Engineering Manager, you will lead the delivery effort for a team of engineers providing related products and services that enable the application engineering teams who are your customers to leverage and encapsulate the diverse complexity of our on-prem and cloud-hosted platforms, increasing their ability to better serve Grainger and our customers.

You Will:

• Manage one or more teams of 4-10 engineers developing and supporting platform tools and services.
• Develop engineers through coaching, mentoring and technical leadership.
• Provide and coordinate both product management and technical design activities for your team(s).
• Develop and support a team culture of collaboration, incremental improvement and sustainable pace

You Have:

• 8+ years of programming experience with at least 2 years managing engineers.
• A Bachelor's degree in Business (or Management), Computer Science, Engineering, related disciplines, or equivalent work experience.
• Deep passion for creating environments where people find joy in doing their best work.
• Hands-on understanding of modern software technologies including AWS, containers, CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding of Agile principles and how to create and adapt processes to the needs of your delivery context.

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• Paid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per year
• Automatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
• Employee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursement
• A comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical and social wellbeing programs

DE&I Statement

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.