Lead Frontend Engineer - React/Next.js for Order Entry (Hybrid)

Zoro Tools; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Grainger is seeking a Software Engineer (Frontend/Full-Stack leadership) to join the Customer Order Entry team in Chicago on a hybrid basis. You will drive frontend design with React and Next.js, shaping scalable order-entry experiences and collaborating with product, UX, and architecture.

You will mentor engineers, elevate frontend practices, and partner with backend teams on API contracts, testing, and delivery across Grainger's digital channels.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jest

React Testing Library

Cypress

Playwright

Job description

Grainger is seeking a Software Engineer (Frontend/Full-Stack leadership) to join the Customer Order Entry team in Chicago on a hybrid basis. You will drive frontend design with React and Next.js, shaping scalable order-entry experiences and collaborating with product, UX, and architecture.

You will mentor engineers, elevate frontend practices, and partner with backend teams on API contracts, testing, and delivery across Grainger's digital channels.