Staff Software Engineer
Company: Grainger
Location: Lake Forest
Posted on: April 30, 2024
Job Description:
As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in
North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World
Working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with
products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer
relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to
providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for
team members and driving strong financial results. Our welcoming
workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by
keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024
Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified
company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we
continue leading the industry over our next 100 years. Position
Details: 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-premise
monolithic architecture to a cloud-based microservices
architecture. KeepStock has teams building full-stack web
experiences, microservices, event-streaming based reporting
capabilities, and IoT platforms using modern development techniques
and technologies. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to
join the KeepStock engineering team. You will focus on full-stack
development and event-streaming technologies to help develop the
web-based tools that empower Grainger team members to manage
KeepStock customers. We're looking for someone excited about
domain-driven design, clean code, and solving diverse problems, who
is ready to join a collaborative team environment that values
collective code ownership and other XP practices. You will report
to the Software Engineering Manager Pay: This position is salaried
and will pay between $120,400.00 - $200,700.00 with a target bonus
of 15%. The range provided is a guideline and not a guarantee of
compensation. Other factors that are involved in offer decisions
include, and are not limited to: a candidate's experience,
qualifications, geographical area, and internal equity of the team.
You Will:
Write code in React, Next.js,
Node.js, and Kotlin, with a focus on clean code, refactoring, and
test-driven development. Implement event-streaming applications and
architectures using Apache Kafka. Deploy working software to
production early and often using DevOps practices such as build
automation, containerized deployments, infrastructure as code,
pipeline as code, feature flag techniques, continuous integration,
continuous delivery, and trunk-based development. Use and promote
XP engineering practices such as pair programming, TDD, team
ownership of quality, and fast iterative feedback. Coach junior
engineers. Collaborate with tech leads, architecture, engineering
management, and product management to validate that requirements
are clear and technical approaches are focused on development of
high-quality software. Work in a collaborative team environment
with a focus on continuous improvement and learning, applying
teamwork skills such as empathy, engagement, mentoring, knowledge
sharing, and constructive feedback. Treat deployments/releases as
non-events because you are a disciple of the theory of continuous
delivery with a history of its application in practice. Lead the
building of RESTful APIs, taking into account the challenges with
backward compatibility in a deploy-often environment using best
practices such as TDD, trunk-based development, CI/CD, and frequent
incremental iterative releases/deployments. You Have:
Bachelor's degree in Software
Engineering, related degree, or relevant work experience. 6+ years
of experience as a software engineer. Proficient in a
containerization platform (Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift), build
automation, continuous integration/deployment, and automated
monitoring. Proficient in a Cloud stack (AWS, Google Cloud
Platform, Azure) and event-streaming technologies (Kafka).
Proficiency in Kotlin/Java and related frameworks (Spring/Spring
Boot, Ktor.) Proficient in RESTful API-driven design. Proficiency
in JavaScript with TypeScript. Experience with modern front-end
technologies and building applications using React, Next.js, and
Node.js. Proficient in TDD practices and front-end testing
frameworks and practices (Jest, Cypress, Playwright) Ability to
produce detailed, comprehensive software documentation, such as
testing plans, requirement specs, design docs and incorporate
technical requirements for user stories. Proficient in Git and a
continuous integration tool. Rewards and Benefits: With benefits
starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and
wellbeing. Our programs provide choice to meet our team members'
individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at
Grainger.
Paid time off (PTO) days and 6
company holidays per year Benefits starting on day one, including
medical, dental vision and life insurance 6% 401(k) company
contribution each pay period with no personal contribution required
Employee discounts, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, student
loan refinancing, free access to financial counseling, education
and more. We are committed to equal employment opportunity
regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national
origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status,
disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran
status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are
committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible 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. With this in mind,
should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application
and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide
appropriate assistance.
Keywords: Grainger, Cicero , Staff Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Lake Forest, Illinois
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