Senior Software Engineer, Pricing Platform (Hybrid)

Grainger; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 134,100 - 223,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

PTO + holidays

401(k) match

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan refinancing

Financial counseling

Maternity/paternity leave

Job summary

Grainger in Chicago is seeking a senior software engineer to help design, build, and deploy scalable web applications. You will work on the Pricing team, using React and Next.js on the front end and Java or Kotlin on the back end, with emphasis on performance and reliability.

You will collaborate with data, design, product, and engineering partners to implement best practices, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and pair program to raise code quality across distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience with Modern Software Engineering projects and practices.
• 5+ years of experience in designing, building, and deploying cloud native solutions.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization technologies.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with team members.
• Understanding of distributed system design and experience building production grade distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with React.js and Next.js frameworks for front-end development.
• Solid experience with Java, Spring Boot, or similar frameworks for back-end development.
• Experience with messaging systems like Kafka.
• Experience with database technologies such PostgreSQL and/or Snowflake.
• Proven experience collaborating across teams to develop and implement software engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity working with data teams.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality web applications using React, Next.js for the front end, and Java or Kotlin for the back end.
• Build reusable and scalable components and libraries for future use.
• Understand trends and emerging technologies and evaluate the performance and applicability of potential tools for our requirements.
• Optimizeapplications for maximum speed, scalability, and reliability.
• Partner with stakeholders including data teams, design, product and executive teams and assisting them with software and data related technical issues.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing systems to improve performance.
• Integrate with RESTful APIs and third-party services.
• Work on and enhance the CI/CD pipelines.
• Pair program with developers daily to ensure better quality code, shared knowledge and increased resiliency of our applications.

Skills

React

Next.js

Java

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Git

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

CI/CD

Job description

Grainger in Chicago is seeking a senior software engineer to help design, build, and deploy scalable web applications. You will work on the Pricing team, using React and Next.js on the front end and Java or Kotlin on the back end, with emphasis on performance and reliability.

You will collaborate with data, design, product, and engineering partners to implement best practices, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and pair program to raise code quality across distributed systems.