Senior Software Engineer

Grainger Businesses•Chicago, IL

20h•$112,900 - $188,100•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer (Software Engineer III) you will be involved in the full systems life cycle and responsible for designing, coding, configuring, testing, implementing and supporting application software and systems that are delivered on time and within budget. In addition to mentoring junior engineers, you will work closely with technical teams, stakeholders and product managers to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and physical design of technical solutions. You will report to Sr Mgr, Data Engineering and will be required to work in the Chicago office 2 days per week. You will span across multiple on-prem and cloud platforms building real-time eventing, API endpoint creation and maintenance, customer master data processing, probabilistic matching algorithms, ETL batch jobs, and performing end user support for these platforms and users.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required
3+ years experience with modern software engineering; designing, building, and deploying scalable software applications required
Understanding of distributed system design
Experience analyzing and interpreting complex problems and processes
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps practices
3+ years of experience with modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, feature flags, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), trunk-based development, blue/green deployment strategies, and related software delivery practices.
3+ years of experience with IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (IBM MDM), with a strong focus on implementing enhancements to REST API endpoints, extending the data model, and tuning the Probabilistic Matching Engine (PME).
3+ years of experience developing Java Spring Boot microservices, including asynchronous API endpoints.
3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and service mesh technologies, including Istio and GLU.
3+ years of experience with Kafka, including topic creation and maintenance, and the creation and maintenance of consumers and producers to enable near-real-time event flows internally and hand-in-hand with other teams.
3+ years of experience with data engineering platforms and practices, with a focus on IBM DataStage and Apache Airflow, including platform administration, maintenance, and operational support.
3+ years of experience working in Linux environments, with proficiency in shell scripting using sh, bash, csh, or similar Unix/Linux shells.

Responsibilities

Build applications and develop product design solutions in partnership with engineers, architects, and analysts leading to scalable and maintainable software solutions
Utilize (Frontend/Backend/Full Stack) specialized skills based on specific platform or domain as required
Implement continuous delivery activities (CICD) and drive engineering best practices
Support team activities and pair with peers to work on stories
Coach and mentor junior engineers
Consistently practice sensible defaults
Work on enhancements and maintenance to IBM MDM, IBM Datastage/Websphere, IBM DSUI, Kubernetes, S3, Airflow, Node, Next, React, Spectrum address services, Perceptyx, and Kafka.
Work comfortably in CI/CD, Trunk-based branching, and other modern Devops skillsets.

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