Staff Software Engineer

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Date: Oct 9, 2025

Location: CHICAGO, IL, US, 60654-4203

Company: Grainger Businesses

 

Work Location Type: Hybrid  

 

Req Number 324469

 

About Grainger:

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.  

 

Compensation:

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $131,200.00  to $218,700.00.

 

Rewards and Benefits:

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.

For additional information and details regarding Grainger’s benefits, please click on the link below:

 

https://experience100.ehr.com/grainger/Home/Tools-Resources/Key-Resources/New-Hire

 

The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation.  The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.   

The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above. 

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.  

 

 

 

Position Details:

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Customer Order team. Our team is comprised of varying levels of experience and backgrounds. As a Software Engineer in one of our teams, you can expect to work with other Software Engineers, Architects and Analysts to develop products and deliver solutions in a cloud environment and working with Technical Product Managers by helping with the execution of product roadmaps and backlog priorities.

 

You will report to an Engineering Manager.  

 

The team is responsible for largely three things:  

  1. Make orders searchable across multiple channels via a HTTP API, for example https://www.grainger.com/myaccount/orderhistory#orderHistory. We see our customers order from their Order history and these “re-orders” account for ~6% of order revenue.   

  1. Provide updates about Orders via Kafka events. This supports various systems like sending you an update email about your order!  

  1. Curate Order data from across our ordering ecosystem for operational and analytical use. This enables the organization to use data-driven insight in the prioritization of work.  

  

 

To give you a perspective of our scale, we work with 100,000+ Kafka messages a day, 7 years of Order data, millions of user accounts. We deploy Spring Boot/Kotlin microservices, leverage most of the Kafka APIs, and work with Databricks/Snowflake to curate our data.   

  

 

We are looking for a team player and a curious mind. Someone who will enrich our systems and the people around them. We want people who are excited about how their work impacts customers. Placing orders is at the core of Grainger’s business and we own an important part in that interaction with customers. If you are eager to learn, bring a growth mindset and humble attitude you might be what we are looking for.  
 

 

You will:

  • Write code in Python, Java, & Kotlin  

  • Deploy working software to production early and often using containerized deployments, infrastructure as code, and feature flagging techniques. 

  • Use XP engineering practices like pair programming, TDD, refactoring and more to ensure we’re writing high-quality software in a sustainable way. 

  • Write automated tests using modern tools (e.g., pytest, tox, jest, or pact). 

  • Influence engineering pattern across your partner domain teams. Mentor junior engineers 

  • Collaborate with your Engineering Manager and Product Manager to make sure requirements are clear and we’re taking the best technical approaches. 

  • Work in a collaborative team environment with a focus on continuous improvement and learning. 

  • Provide feedback to everyone on your team to enable team cohesion and growth  

 

You have:

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in computer science or a related field 

  • 5+ years experience as a Software Engineer required 

  • Experience deploying containerized microservices via a build pipeline 

  • Experience with data engineering problems using tools like PySpark or DBT 

  • Proficieny in Python and Kotlin 

  • Experience with API design, Event-driven architecture, and exposing Data as a Product 

  • Experience as a technical lead on a team 

 

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 both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.