Leads immersive engineering dojos and provides forward-deployed coaching to improve delivery practices, technical workflows, DevOps adoption, and team effectiveness. Builds training and documentation, analyzes delivery and usage data, facilitates communities of practice, coaches teams through change, and recommends targeted improvement engagements. Requires production software development, cloud, testing, integration, agile, DevOps, and engineering coaching experience. Remote work is combined with occasional in-person travel.
Work Location Type: Remote
Req Number 335610
About Grainger
W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.6 million customers worldwide with maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and value-added solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer expertise. Known for its commitment to service and purpose-driven culture, the Company reported 2025 revenue of $17.9 billion. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.
Compensation
The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $124,200.00 - $207,000.00. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 15% or $, based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program which are subject to change.
Rewards and Benefits
With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:
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
Grainger Benefits
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
The Dojo coach will work across people, process, and technology to guide teams along their continuous improvement journey. This coach will lead teams towards a continual growth mindset and demonstrate continual learning behaviors, supporting growth and works across disciplines to understand how work moves to engineering teams and how teams communicate progress and impediments.
This is one role with two hats. As a Dojo Engineer, you will lead immersive, in-person engagements (dojos) where engineering teams get measurably better at how they deliver. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will align to a Director's domain and stay close to those teams between dojos, reading the signals and surfacing where the next engagement will help most. Remote is for sensing; in-person is for transformation. Our purpose: we help teams deliver what matters, faster, better, and safer, by changing how they work.
You will
You have
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.
Req Number 335610
About Grainger
W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.6 million customers worldwide with maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and value-added solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer expertise. Known for its commitment to service and purpose-driven culture, the Company reported 2025 revenue of $17.9 billion. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.
Compensation
The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $124,200.00 - $207,000.00. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 15% or $, based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program which are subject to change.
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
Grainger Benefits
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
The Dojo coach will work across people, process, and technology to guide teams along their continuous improvement journey. This coach will lead teams towards a continual growth mindset and demonstrate continual learning behaviors, supporting growth and works across disciplines to understand how work moves to engineering teams and how teams communicate progress and impediments.
This is one role with two hats. As a Dojo Engineer, you will lead immersive, in-person engagements (dojos) where engineering teams get measurably better at how they deliver. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will align to a Director's domain and stay close to those teams between dojos, reading the signals and surfacing where the next engagement will help most. Remote is for sensing; in-person is for transformation. Our purpose: we help teams deliver what matters, faster, better, and safer, by changing how they work.
You will
- Have experience using delivery and technical data as a learning and feedback tool with teams and individuals
- Build documentation and training opportunities for in-person and self-paced learning to support adoptions of new technology or ways of working.
- Provide honest, data driven feedback to drive continual improvement both inside and outside the dojo.
- Collaborate with multiple areas to curate an exceptional engineering experience
- Support Communities of Practices through group facilitation, creating and presenting relevant content and creating psychological safe place to learn
- Lead immersive, in-person dojos such as charter-workshops, AI Uplift, Game Days, and leadership dojos, each designed by hand around the team's real feature work and coached by doing, not by lecture.
- Align to a Director's domain as its Forward Deployed Engineer: go deep, become a trusted subject matter expert, and run the sensing loop that surfaces where the next engagement will help most.
- Combine delivery metrics, pipeline, and usage signals with in-person observation into an honest assessment of what a team needs (a team-wide dojo or a targeted point-fix) and recommend the right offering.
- Partner with engineering managers and tech leads to set expectations up front and hand off ownership so the change sticks after the engagement ends.
- Produce a report-out for every engagement covering goals, outcomes, durable value, and wins, turning real results into the stories that bring the next team in.
- Use AI tools to accelerate research, gathering, and planning, while owning the assessment and the design of every engagement yourself.
- There may be some travel depending on where teams are located <25>
You have
- Experience building production applications or components in 1 or more programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Node.JS and Python.
- Experience working in a public Cloud across multiple services and technologies including Kubernetes, application services, databases and networking
- Experience building tests capabilities that can run during the CI process (TDD/Unit testing) and can explain the benefit
- Experience working with different integration methods such API or data streams
- Experience applying/coaching lean, agile and DevOps principles to improve the flow of value
- An understanding of fast feedback loops using DevOps patterns and how to integrate feedback into ways of working
- Experience & understanding in IT disciplines including software, quality, security, and hardware to remove friction from the delivery process
- Experience mentoring engineers or coaching teams to change how they deliver, including leading groups through ambiguous, change-heavy situations.
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.
Grainger Lake Forest, Illinois, USA Office
100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest, IL, United States, 60045
Grainger Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
In the heart of Chicago's River North neighborhood, Grainger's offices at theMART are walking distance from many transit stations and moments from the expressway. This prime location and open floor offices help team members collaborate and build the best solutions as they bring new ideas to life.
Product
At Grainger, team members are always experimenting and discovering new ways to use technology to connect maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) customers to the products they need to keep their business up and running and their people safe. “Working on the Grainger Product team means I get to solve mission critical issues that move the entire business forward,” says Dahlia Block, Software Engineer, Product and Platform Engineering. Ryan Chamberlin, Manager of Product Engineering agrees, “Grainger is committed to continuous improvement and innovation, which creates exciting opportunities for employees to learn and grow.”
AI & Machine Learning
We are designing, delivering, and operating the digital experiences, tools, and information assets that solve customers’ problems. Our scale presents complex and interesting engineering challenges that are solved by technologists at the top of their game. Alan Cooney, Senior Manager of Applied Machine Learning shares, “Over the past few years, we have integrated ML into many aspects of our customer interactions- all with a focus of making the experience better for our customer’s." David Brenner, Director of Product Management shared similar sentiments, stating, “Grainger’s purpose: We Keep The World Working® is apparent in the way we design, deliver, and operate digital experiences, tools, and information that solve customers’ needs."
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