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[Remote] Staff Tech Lead (Full Stack) Job Details | Grainger Businesses

๐ŸŒ Remote ยท United States ๐Ÿ’ผ Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Grainger is hiring a Staff Tech Lead (Full Stack) to shape the user experience and build scalable, high-performance applications for customer order lifecycle notifications. The role leads application delivery and technical initiatives while mentoring engineers and partnering with product, architecture, and IT stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead engineer on a team responsible for the application and delivery of high-quality, maintainable software for highly complex applications
  • Own engineering culture within the team championing sensible defaults to enable continuous delivery activities
  • Contribute to continuous learning on your team culture by leading knowledge sharing sessions with latest technological features and engineering practices
  • Maintain software in production with demonstrated ability to triage and resolve issues
  • Mentor developers, conduct code reviews, and participate in pair programming. Advocate for and implement engineering best practices including component reusability, modularity, separation of concerns, and performance optimzation
  • Drive complex technical initiatives in partnership with Architects
  • Partners directly with IT Management team to ensure successful design and delivery of technology based solutions
  • Drive continuous delivery practices improving CI/CD pipelines, test strategies, and build automation

Skills

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in computer science or similar; or equivalent experience required
  • 5+ years experience as a Software Engineer; with experience in modern software engineering; designing; developing, testing and deploying scalable software applications within a variety of technologies and environments required
  • Expert knowledge of programming skills; JVM, Kotlin, Typescript, React, or similar languages
  • Strong focus on backend with working knowledge of front end
  • Demonstrated knowledge of distributed system design and integration patterns (Kafka)
  • Understanding of event driven data streaming architectures
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and Dev Ops Practices
  • Experience with analyzing, interpreting and communicating complex problems and practices
  • Demonstrated success in leading the evolution of monoliths to microservices and shaping cross-team technical strategies
  • Familiarity with backend-for-frontend (BFF) concepts or partnering with Node.js backend APIs

Benefits

  • This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 15%, based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment
  • 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist
  • 23 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date)
  • 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
  • Free access to financial counseling, education, and tools
  • Maternity support programs
  • Nursing benefits
  • Up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents
  • Up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents
  • Remote work location

Company Overview

  • As a leading business-to-business organization, more than 4.5 million customers worldwide rely on Grainger for products in categories such as safety, material handling and metalworking, along with services like inventory management and technical support. It was founded in 1927, and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.grainger.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Grainger has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 22 in 2026, 38 in 2025, 26 in 2024, 14 in 2023, 28 in 2022, 14 in 2021, 20 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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