Senior Staff Software Engineer, CIM Architect (Hybrid)

Grainger; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life—day

PTO & holidays: 18 days + 6 holidays

401(k) with 6% company match

Employee discounts & tuition support

Parental leave programs

Job summary

Grainger in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical authority across the CIM domain, designing and evolving highly scalable, secure software systems while partnering with product and engineering leadership to shape architecture and deliver impact.

This role is hybrid (2 days/week in Chicago, with remote candidates willing to travel for onboarding). Hands-on coding, architecture leadership, and emphasis on observability are key.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building large-scale distributed software systems.
• Partner with product to translate needs into technical solutions.
• Strong architectural and coding leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and implement scalable software systems.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to guide technical direction.
• Ensure code quality, security, and reliability via reviews and CI/CD.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering capability across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Software architecture

CI/CD and automation

Mentoring engineers

Security and reliability

Observability and monitoring

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms

Security practices

Job description

Grainger in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical authority across the CIM domain, designing and evolving highly scalable, secure software systems while partnering with product and engineering leadership to shape architecture and deliver impact.

This role is hybrid (2 days/week in Chicago, with remote candidates willing to travel for onboarding). Hands-on coding, architecture leadership, and emphasis on observability are key.