Senior Frontend Engineer Lead - React/Next.js (Remote)

Grainger; Illinois; Remote; USD 134,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO 23 days

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Grainger in remote U.S. is seeking a Software Engineer IV focused on frontend and full-stack leadership for the Customer Order Entry team. You will design, build, and evolve web experiences used to create, validate, and submit orders across Grainger's digital channels. Emphasizing React and Next.js, you will shape technical direction, ensure performance, and drive test automation and reliable deployments. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with product management, UX, and architecture.

Qualifications

• 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, e.g., 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 Equal Opportunity Employer

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

Skills

React

Next.js

JavaScript/TypeScript

Frontend architecture

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Jest

React Testing Library

Cypress

Playwright

CI/CD

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

Grainger in remote U.S. is seeking a Software Engineer IV focused on frontend and full-stack leadership for the Customer Order Entry team. You will design, build, and evolve web experiences used to create, validate, and submit orders across Grainger's digital channels. Emphasizing React and Next.js, you will shape technical direction, ensure performance, and drive test automation and reliable deployments. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with product management, UX, and architecture.