Senior Java Engineer – APIs, Data & Microservices

W. W. Grainger; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits starting day one

6% 401(k) company contribution

Employee discounts and tuition support

Job summary

W. W. Grainger, Inc.

in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Software Engineer III) on the Data Sharing team within the Product Information Management organization to design, code, test, and support applications delivered on time and within budget. You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with product managers, engineers, and architects to translate business requirements into scalable APIs and event streams that make Grainger's product data broadly available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience with modern software engineering and scalable apps.
• Understanding of distributed system design.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex problems and processes.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end services (APIs and stream processing) using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build applications and design solutions with engineers, architects, and analysts.
• Apply platform/domain-specific skills as required.
• Implement CI/CD and champion engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with peers on stories and coach junior engineers.
• Practice TDD, pair programming, and trunk-based development.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Terraform

DataDog

Distributed systems

Agile/Scrum

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

W. W. Grainger, Inc.

in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Software Engineer III) on the Data Sharing team within the Product Information Management organization to design, code, test, and support applications delivered on time and within budget. You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with product managers, engineers, and architects to translate business requirements into scalable APIs and event streams that make Grainger's product data broadly available.