McMaster-Carr

HQ
Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
Year Founded: 1901
McMaster-Carr is a one-stop shop for the materials that keep plants running.
McMaster-Carr is an e-commerce company offering more than half a million products used to keep business in motion. With more than 300,000 daily visits to our website, customers from a variety of industries turn to us when they need to build, design, repair or maintain just about anything because we are the complete, one-stop source for industrial supplies.

Technology teams play a vital role in McMaster-Carr’s success. The software that drives our business is developed in-house by a growing team of versatile engineers. Whether the project is automating distribution operations, improving browsing features on our app or integrating a new data center to serve five national facilities, people flourish when they love to learn and pursue ambitious goals.

McMaster-Carr’s diverse business creates the opportunity to explore new technologies and develop expertise that is both broad and deep. Growth is supported by an inclusive culture of development seen in mentorship, reading groups, guilds and town halls that create community. They pursue career growth through learning and advancement in technical and project leadership.



McMaster-Carr Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Lead Software Engineers and other technology roles benefit from a mix of onsite collaboration with teams and remote work. Other roles may be fully onsite depending on responsibilities.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
HQElmhurst, Illinois, USA

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Updated on January 30, 2026

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Technology We Use

ASP.NET
ASP.NET
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Backbone.js
Backbone.js
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C#
C#
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DB2
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Golang
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JavaScript
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Jest
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jQuery
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jQuery UI
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Kotlin
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Microsoft SQL Server
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MongoDB
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Neo4j
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Node.js
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Python
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R
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React
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Redux
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Ruby on Rails
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SQL
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Swift
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TensorFlow
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Miro
Miro
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Trello
Trello
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Azure DevOps
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