Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - React/Java
About The Position
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Home Page and Display Customizations team, you will be a core member of a growing team whose work influences key customer-facing experiences across Grainger.com. You will bring a solid understanding of both frontend and backend technologies and use your experience to mentor junior engineers, promote software engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement in the team’s products and processes. Working in a collaborative environment, you will help improve and modernize shared website capabilities, including the homepage, global header and footer, and customization tools. You will contribute to the team’s micro-frontend architecture and partner with engineers and stakeholders across the organization to address cross-cutting needs that affect the broader Grainger.com experience. Your work will include creating and maintaining reusable React components, designing and evolving backend services and infrastructure, improving application observability and reliability, and modernizing legacy systems using current architectures and engineering standards. You will report to the Engineering Manager, Product Engineering. The primary location for this role is Chicago, with the ability to work from home two days per week. Candidates who live outside the Chicago area may work remotely. This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship now or in the future. Individuals requiring sponsorship (e.g. OPT or H1B visa status) should not apply. Only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered for this position.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience building software as part of a team in a professional setting
- Experience leading projects at the team level
- Understanding of micro frontend architecture principles
- Experience with React
- Experience with GitHub Actions workflows
- Authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future
Responsibilities
- Lead team-level projects, taking sometimes ambiguous guidance, communicating with stakeholders, setting goals, and completing tasks both technical and non-technical to achieve intended outcomes
- Actively engage in product strategy and prioritization discussions at the team level
- Deliver well-defined features, fixes, and technical upgrades at an efficient pace and with a high level of quality
- Actively engage in the code review process, both giving and receiving feedback from your teammates
- Creating and maintaining reusable React components
- Designing and evolving backend services and infrastructure
- Improving application observability and reliability
- Modernizing legacy systems using current architectures and engineering standards
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment
- 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)
- 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
- Free access to financial counseling, education, and tools
- Maternity support programs
- Nursing benefits
- Up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents
- Up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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