Senior Software Engineering Manager

Work Location Type: Hybrid
Req Number 325099
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 $143,000.00 to $238,400.00.
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.

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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:
Grainger's KeepStock Engineering Team is hiring! KeepStock is Grainger's Inventory Management Solution for helping its customers streamline their inventory management processes and improve productivity. KeepStock is in the middle of a digital transformation where it is shifting from an on-premises monolithic architecture to a cloud-based microservices architecture. KeepStock has teams building web and mobile experiences, microservices, event-streaming based reporting capabilities and IoT platforms using modern software development techniques and technologies. If any of this sounds exciting, then this opportunity is right for you.
As a Software Engineering Manager at Grainger, you would be responsible for partnering with Product Management to lead teams in the end-to-end execution of project work . You'll help set technical direction, coach managers and engineers, and partner with product and design to ship high-quality, reliable software at pace. We are looking for a leader who encourages teamwork, communicates effectively with senior leadership, creates an environment where diverse, mission-driven teams find joy in the creative exercise of shipping business value daily .
You will:

• Promote an engineering mindset into your teams through coaching, mentoring, and partnering with practice leads with continuous bi-directional feedback.

• Ensure that all members of a development team (Tech Lead, Software Engineer, QE) have the skills and tools required to achieve their best work.

• Use metrics to monitor the health and productivity of the teams and understand capacity limitations for forecasting possible headcount changes and delivery timelines.

• Create and promote a culture of team autonomy, continuous improvement, high performance, and sustainable pace within the team(s).

• Offer technical guidance to solve problems, facilitate team solutions, and/or pul l in other experts to assist the team when required .

• Partner with Product Managers and UX to understand product roadmaps and project requirements to develop execution strategies.

• Actively support team members in establishing personal development plans and organize individual career growth .

• Ensure that Software Engineers are following practices such as TDD, trunk-based development, pair programming, and XP / agile methodologies in their daily work

• Be an escalation point for all matters related to work in which your team is engaged .

• Elevate documentation, tech talks, hiring loops, and community presence.

You have:

• 8+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years managing managers and/or multiple teams.

• Experience coaching and developing software engineers .

• Experience promoting collaboration to guide strategy and continuous improvement .

• Experience with roadmap planning, OKRs, and data-driven decision making.

• Track record delivering complex, distributed systems or customer-facing products at scale.

• Familiarity with Java / Kotlin, Java frameworks, and relational databases.

• Familiarity with CI / CD, containerization platforms, cloud stacks (AWS, Azure, etc. ) microservices architecture, and daily+ deployments.

• Familiarity with event-streaming technologies (Kafka).

• Experience with automated testing, monitoring, and observability.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Built or migrated systems using microservices and event-driven architecture platforms.

• Security, compliance, and privacy familiarity.

• Comfortable operating in high-growth or transformation environments

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.
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