Lead AI Platform Engineer

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 134,000 - 224,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

PTO 18 days + 6 holidays

401(k) with company match 6%

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Financial counseling access

Birth parent leave 14 weeks

Job summary

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Machine Learning Platform Team.

The role emphasizes building scalable, secure AI-enabled software and mentoring engineers across stakeholders. You will shape platform capabilities, deployment frameworks, and automation supporting the ML lifecycle. You will collaborate with ML scientists, security, identity, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, scalable AI solutions, while guiding engineering decisions and driving DevOps

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.
5+ years designing, developing, and deploying scalable software.
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
Experience with Python or Golang in production.
Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering efforts for highly complex software applications.
Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote best practices.
Triage and resolve production issues across cloud-native platforms.
Partner with IT leadership, architects, product teams, and engineers.
Design and build self-service AI/ML platform capabilities and deployment tooling.
Develop cloud-native platform services and automation for AI workloads.
Collaborate across teams to define reusable patterns and standards.
Present technical findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
Drive DevOps and GitOps practices to improve reliability.