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Software Engineer IV

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About Grainger
Grainger is North America's leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating products. Our wide assortment, creative technology solutions and unparalleled customer service keep customers' operations running and their people safe.
Position Details:
Grainger is looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer. You will work with Engineers, Architects and Analysts to develop product design solutions in a cloud environment. They work with Technical Product Managers by contributing to planning product roadmaps and backlog priorities.
Grainger's Platform Engineers are hybrid systems engineers who build, test, deploy, and support products. We are a team of varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new grads to industry veterans. Relevant industry experience is important (Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Systems Engineer, Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Network Engineer, Systems Administrator, Linux Administrator, Database Administrator or similar role). Working knowledge in a cloud environment. .
You Will:

  • Improve observability across the entire eco-system
  • Administer observability tools and solve observability related issues
  • Ensure system stability and reduce MTTR.
  • Define and implement modern incident management process to support devops. Manage the incident management escalation policies in VictorOps (Splunk On-Call)
  • Drive technical initiatives to improve automation, self healing/remediation
  • Help mentor and develop junior team members
  • Grow and evangelize the capabilities of the Dynatrace platform
  • Implementing unique distributed trace-id across all components of the system


You Have:

  • Bachelors' degree in Engineering or Computer Science or Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in at least one of the following languages: Java, Python, or Go.
  • Experience with cloud native technologies such as containers, Kubernetes, Istio. Familiarity with EKS is a plus.
  • Understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems.
  • Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks.
  • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with CircleCI is an added advantage
  • Demonstrate experience within the observability domain (traces, metrics, and logs).
  • Experience working with microservices.
  • Ability to define the strategies, patterns, solutions to improve the reliability of the system
  • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
  • And conducting blameless postmortems
  • Have a knack for automation and a passion for reducing toil


Bonus:
AWS, Kubernetes, EKS. Familiarity with tools like Dynatrace, Splunk and Open Telemetry is a plus. Knowledge of shell language is an added advantage.
Benefits:
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and 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:
"Grainger is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or protected veteran status."

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Grainger Director, Product Management Matt Orscheln
Matt Orscheln
Director, Product Management
EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY
Learn new skills, explore new paradigms
Orscheln’s career has traversed nearly the entire Grainger organization, from finance to sales operations, pricing, merchandising and product management. In his current role, Orscheln works to ensure those he works with have similar opportunities by embracing transparency and helping team members explore avenues for success, build skills and cultivate curiosity about the company. “Our leadership development framework provides guidance for gaining skills in different parts of the business, helping team members to be successful in more advanced leadership roles,” he said.
Orscheln’s career has traversed nearly the entire Grainger organization, from finance to sales operations, pricing, merchandising and product management. In his current role, Orscheln works to ensure those he works with have similar opportunities by embracing transparency and helping team members explore avenues for success, build skills and cultivate curiosity about the company. “Our leadership development framework provides guidance for gaining skills in different parts of the business, helping team members to be successful in more advanced leadership roles,” he said.
My career has grown with Grainger, and in the process, I have gained experience and exposure to our business end-to-end.
Grainger Senior Product Manager Ling Ouyang
Ling Ouyang
Senior Product Manager
CUTTING-EDGE FOCUS
Develop innovative solutions to customers’ needs
As a product manager with a computer science and machine learning background, Ouyang focuses on using technology to improve Grainger’s customer experience and streamline its processes. This means leveraging AI to develop tools that help customers search for products and enable Grainger team members to understand customers’ needs more effectively. “We are encouraged to grow our skills and develop new solutions through regular interaction with customers,” Ouyang said. She credits these interactions with shaping Grainger’s high-tech approach to serving its customers.
As a product manager with a computer science and machine learning background, Ouyang focuses on using technology to improve Grainger’s customer experience and streamline its processes. This means leveraging AI to develop tools that help customers search for products and enable Grainger team members to understand customers’ needs more effectively. “We are encouraged to grow our skills and develop new solutions through regular interaction with customers,” Ouyang said. She credits these interactions with shaping Grainger’s high-tech approach to serving its customers.
Grainger encourages us to develop innovative solutions by providing us with opportunities to interact with customers and operational teams as well as support and guidance from our leaders.
Rachel Trana
Manager, Product Engineering
JOIN THE TEAM
Learn from expert leaders in tech
Trana joined the Grainger team after working for nearly a decade as a computer science professor. “I was drawn to leadership’s strong investment in our teams' success and their desire to drive modern technical and process changes to improve the ways in which teams work,” Trana said. Now managing Grainger’s KeepStock (R) engineering teams, Trana works on the company’s inventory management platform, developing the underlying APIs and algorithms that support it. To this end, her teams rely on a diverse tech stack, including Docker, AWS, Java, Kafka, Snyk, Kotlin and Spring Boot, GitHub and Helm.
Trana joined the Grainger team after working for nearly a decade as a computer science professor. “I was drawn to leadership’s strong investment in our teams' success and their desire to drive modern technical and process changes to improve the ways in which teams work,” Trana said. Now managing Grainger’s KeepStock (R) engineering teams, Trana works on the company’s inventory management platform, developing the underlying APIs and algorithms that support it. To this end, her teams rely on a diverse tech stack, including Docker, AWS, Java, Kafka, Snyk, Kotlin and Spring Boot, GitHub and Helm.
Our team feels empowered to own decisions and commitments, engage in constructive debate and decision making. We trust each other and actively listen and collaborate.
Grainger Director, Product Management Matt Orscheln
Grainger Director, Product Management Matt Orscheln
Grainger Senior Product Manager Ling Ouyang
Grainger Senior Product Manager Ling Ouyang

What are Grainger Perks + Benefits

Grainger Benefits Overview

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our benefits provide a wide range of programs and resources for nearly every aspect of the full life you and your family lead – supporting your life today and in the future.

Some benefits are provided automatically, while others are offered at reduced group rates. Whatever you need, you’ve got this because you’ve got Grainger. Visit GraingerTotalRewards.com for a complete picture.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
Hybrid work model
In-person all-hands meetings
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Team members connect in, African American, Asian-Pacific Islander, Disability, Equality Alliance, Generational, Latino, Veterans and Women's Business Resource Groups.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Abortion travel benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Team members can contribute up to 75% of pay up IRS limits on a pre- or post-tax basis. Your contributions are always 100% vested.
401(K) matching
Grainger automatically contributes 6% of your eligible pay into your retirement savings plan account each pay period. This contribution is always 100% vested.
Employee stock purchase plan
You are eligible to participate in Grainger's ESPP once you have completed at least 90 days of service and are regular full-time or regular part-time, scheduled to work at least 20 hours a week.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
For every $1 a team member donates to charity, Grainger amplifies that impact with a $3 matched donation.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Grainger supports team members and their families who are in the process of adopting by reimbursing up to $6,000 per adoption for eligible expenses.
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Beverages and coffee on demand in our downtown locations.
Onsite office parking
We offer employees discounted parking rates at our Chicago office locations.
Relocation assistance
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Our tuition reimbursement plan covers the first $5,250 per year towards a degree program. Amounts that exceed $5,250 are reimbursed at 50% and there is no program maximum.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications
Personal development training
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