Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Grainger is a leading broad-line distributor serving customers with maintenance, repair, and operating products and technology-enabled solutions. The Senior Full Stack Software Engineer will develop analytics and insights applications across React front ends, JVM APIs, and Python ETL scripts, while helping shape team strategy and technology decisions. The role also involves building scalable full-stack solutions, optimizing systems, collaborating with stakeholders, and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality web applications using React, Next.js for the front end, and Java and/or Python for the back end
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to understand user requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Build and utilize reusable and scalable components and libraries
• Recognize trends and emerging technologies and evaluate the performance and applicability of potential tools for our requirements
• Optimize applications and services for maximum speed, scalability, and reliability
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing systems to improve performance
• Integrate with RESTful APIs and third-party services
• Deploy code using GitHub Actions (CI/CD pipelines)
• Promote effective team practices, shape team culture, and engage in active mentoring
• 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
• Collaborate with engineering teams to effectively apply agentic AI tooling across software development, CI/CD, and engineering process improvement initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, related degree, or relevant work experience
• 5+ years of experience with Modern Software Engineering projects and practices: designing, building, and deploying scalable software applications
• 5+ years of experience in designing, building, and deploying cloud native solutions using AWS or GCP
• Proficiency in modern front-end development using ReactJS
• Solid experience with NodeJS (NextJS), Java (Spring), or Python for developing APIs
• Proficiency in containerized application development and or orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
• An evolving understanding of AI tooling and the ability to apply it to automate tasks, improve workflows, and accelerate delivery
• Build automation, continuous integration/deployment, and automated monitoring
• Proficiency in RESTful API design
• The ability to communicate complex concepts in writing and as diagrams
• Understanding of distributed system design and experience building production grade systems
• Experience with data technologies such as PostgreSQL, Snowflake, or Kafka
• Experience with a visualization library such as chart.js
• Proficient in TDD practices and testing frameworks
• Familiarity with Terraform, Git, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Proven experience collaborating across teams to develop and implement software engineering best practices
• Only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered for this position