Senior Software Engineer - Java

About Grainger:

 

Grainger is a broad line distributor with operations in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working®, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with multiple products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money.

We're looking for passionate people who can move our company forward. As one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we have a welcoming workplace where you can build a career for yourself while fulfilling our purpose to keep the world working. Find your way with Grainger today.

Position Details 

The Profile team is part of Grainger’s Product Information Management group and is responsible for developing, supporting and enhancing a set of Java applications that support Product data for Grainger US, Canada, and Mexico.  

Our vision: Develop, configure, and support Product Information Management system, which includes workflows, business rules, security, and paper catalog production. Develop and Support of New Product Introduction Web Application, STEP Portal, Asset Tool, and Integrated Product Viewer. Dissemination of product information and related assets throughout Grainger. 

 

Position will sit onsite in Lake Forest, IL or Chicago, IL. Hybrid Position 

 

You Will 

• Dive into different layers of our technology stack to enhance backend services and build out user interfaces for our team using technologies like: 

• Java 

• Oracle 

• PostgreSQL 

• Kubernetes 

• React 

• Next.js 

• Kafka 

• AWS cloud services (S3, EKS, etc.) 

• Collaboratively build the front and back-end components of the systems 

• Support the systems you build as part of our on-call rotation 

• Support our CI/CD pipelines 

• Be open to pair programming and continuously experimenting with ways of working to improve 

• Develop functionality with speed at high quality 

• Build products that delight our users and have empathy for the problems they are trying to solve 

 

You Have 

• 3+ years of experience building mission critical systems as a full stack engineer. 

• A deep understanding of REST and HTTP and how to build robust APIs. 

• Understanding of distributed system design and experience building production grade distributed systems. 

• Understanding of producer/consumer design patterns and messaging frameworks like Kafka 

• Built software that runs in the cloud, such as AWS or Google cloud and understand cloud native design patterns 

• Some experience with CI/CD pipelines and have opinions on what makes a good pipeline 

• Experience with production support and observability 

• A belief that quality is everyone’s responsibility and hold opinions on how to validate and harden software systems 

• Have an ownership mindset. Our team members are expected to work through or around obstacles and drive a task to completion. 

 

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting day one, G