Staff Engineer/Tech Lead
About The Position
As a Software Engineer (Software Engineer IV) on the Customer Order Entry team, you will play a critical role in building and evolving the web-based experiences used by customers and internal teams to create, validate, and submit orders across Grainger’s digital channels. This role is focused on frontend and full-stack leadership, with a strong emphasis on React and Next.js, system reliability, and automated testing. You will help shape the technical direction of customer-facing order entry workflows while coaching engineers and partnering with Product Management, UX, and Architecture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, testing, and deploying modern software applications
- Strong expertise in React, Next.js, and modern JavaScript or TypeScript
- Experience building complex, form-driven or workflow-based user interfaces, ideally in order entry, checkout, or transactional systems
- Proven experience with test automation frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright, or similar tools
- Working knowledge of backend integration patterns including REST APIs, event-driven systems, and asynchronous workflows
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and containerized environments
- Ability to make sound technical decisions, influence design direction, and lead in ambiguous problem spaces
- Experience working in Agile teams with strong collaboration between engineering, product, and design
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of customer order entry applications using React and Next.js
- Own frontend architecture decisions, including SSR/SSG strategies, state management, performance optimization, and accessibility
- Build scalable, resilient user experiences that support complex order workflows, validation rules, and real-time feedback
- Partner closely with backend teams to define clean, well-documented API contracts for order submission and validation
- Drive adoption of robust test automation practices, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing for frontend and supporting services
- Improve CI/CD pipelines with a focus on quality gates, test reliability, and deployment confidence
- Ensure applications meet standards for performance, observability, security, and usability in production
- Act as a technical mentor and leader, raising frontend engineering maturity and best practices across the team
- 60% of time hands-on with code/40% mentorship
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
- 23 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
Associate degree
