Senior Software Engineer

Stanley Black & Decker; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Top-tier health benefits

Flexible work location

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker in Durham, NC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own high‑impact software improvements on a hybrid team. You’ll address complex incidents, contribute to scalable code, and drive CI/CD excellence to support a growing customer base.

The role emphasizes collaboration, curiosity about customer behavior, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks without compromising quality. Remote-friendly options are available, with strong health benefits and equity options.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in technology space.
• NC work history or strong reason to thrive in NC.
• Familiarity with collaborative hybrid team dynamics.
• Curiosity about Stanley Black & Decker customers and needs.
• Strong multitasking while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities

• Drive the gRPC incident postmortem to prevent outages in Durham.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in postmortems.
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with user growth.
• Keep the gRPC build pipeline green for Durham deployments.
• Ship incremental improvements to Durham platform regularly.
• Advance Growth Mindset initiatives in NC before migration deadline.
• Negotiate CI/CD tradeoffs with product when timelines collide.

Skills

6+ years experience

Hybrid team collaboration

Curiosity about customers

Multitasking

Tools

gRPC

CI/CD

Job description

The right Senior Software Engineer sees a flaky test not as noise but as a clue, and Stanley Black & Decker in Durham, NC has clues worth chasing. This hybrid job in NC answers 7 years of effort with $94,000 - $141,000 and answers ambition with a clear way up.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the gRPC incident postmortem that stops the Durham outage from recurring
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Stanley Black & Decker's growing user base
• Keep the gRPC build pipeline green so Durham deploys never wait on a red light
• Ship incremental improvements to Stanley Black & Decker's Durham platform on a regular cadence
• Pull Stanley Black & Decker's Growth Mindset stack out of the NC region before the migration deadline
• Negotiate CI/CD tradeoffs with product when Stanley Black & Decker timelines and reality collide

What You'll Bring

• At least 6 years building expertise within the technology space
• A NC work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a wildly-collaborative hybrid team
• Real curiosity about why Stanley Black & Decker customers do what they do
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality

Operating out of Durham, Stanley Black & Decker designs the tools that power thousands of businesses in the technology sector. We treat every new Senior Software Engineer as a fresh set of eyes, so tell us what looks broken.

We back our team with $94,000 - $141,000, equity, top-tier health benefits, and the flexibility to work where you do your best thinking.

We are prioritizing Growth Mindset talent right now and reviewing resumes as they arrive.