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Software Engineer IV

Zoro Tools
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 9/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/19/2025

Work Location Type:Hybrid

Req Number 323284

About Grainger:

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment,Zoro.comoffers customers access to more than 14 million products, andMonotaRO.comoffers more than 24 million products. For more information, visitwww.grainger.com.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is$131,200.00 to$218,700.00.

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
  • 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
  • 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
  • Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
  • Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

For additional information and details regarding Grainger's benefits, please click on the link below:

https://experience100.ehr.com/grainger/Home/Tools-Resources/Key-Resources/New-Hire

The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.

The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Position Details

As a Staff engineer in the Order Domain. You will be responsible for:

1. Building Order Domain APIs for internal teams that orchestrate the purchasing and payment lifecycle for orders.

2. Produce domain events to facilitate data products and event driven architectures. 3. Provide visibility into the order lifecycle through APIs and dashboards.

To give you a perspective of our scale, we work with 100k daily orders and millions of user accounts. We deploy Spring Boot/Kotlin microservices, leverage most of the Kafka APIs, and store data in MongoDB and Postgres.

We are looking for a team player and a curious mind. You will evolve our systems and enrich your colleagues' experience at Grainger. You care about and are excited about how your work impacts our customers. Placing orders is at the core of Grainger's business and we ensure our customers can seamlessly place orders no matter what method they choose. If you are eager to learn, bring a growth mindset and humble attitude come join the team.

You Will


* Create RESTful APIs primarily using Kotlin.
* Deploy images to cloud provider leveraging internal CD tooling.
* Monitor and maintain production applications primarily using Datadog.
* Mentor, coach, and provide feedback to engineers on your team and/or domain.
* Optimize CI/CD pipelines for application as needed.
* Partner with engineering manager, architects, and product owners to design solutions for business initiatives.
* Pair program daily using test driven development to write application code and coach team members.
* Promote effective coding practices like SOLID Principles, refactoring patterns, and clean code.
* Create an environment where quality (testing observability) is a shared responsibility, engineers strive to write maintainable applications, and learning is a collaborative activity.


You Have


* 10 years of experience with Modern Software Engineering projects and
practices: designing, building, and deploying scalable software
applications.
* 5 years of experience in designing, building and deploying cloud native
solutions.
* Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
* Effective communication skills to collaborate with others in gatherings of 20 team members.
* Understanding of distributed system design and experience building
distributed systems.
* Experience with MVC frameworks for back-end development.
* Experience with messaging systems like Kafka.
* Experience with relational and NoSQL database technologies such PostgreSQL and
MongoDB.
* Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
* Coached and Mentored team members.
* Some understanding of HTTP1.1/2.0, Domain Driven Design, OAuth 2.0, Envoy, and API gateways.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.


Zoro is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

 

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