Sr Staff Technical Architect

Grainger Businesses • Lake Forest, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, including several years in architecture roles guiding large-scale systems.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed systems design (e.g. microservices, event-driven designs, container orchestration).
• Bring a systems-thinking perspective, choosing the appropriate integration patterns between capabilities within their specific domain.
• Strong hands-on experience building custom software solutions using modern tech stacks and development practices (APIs, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code).
• Demonstrated success driving technical initiatives, aligning multiple teams or platforms around a common architecture vision with business impact.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and mentor technical teams in a collaborative, matrixed environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in business (or Management), Computer Science, Engineering, related disciplines, or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

• Supply chain knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with SAP or large-scale ERP systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture deliverables for Grainger’s Supply Chain systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned to enterprise strategy.
• Act as a domain-level technical authority evolving the long-term architecture for Supply Chain capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Architecture partners to align technical strategy with business outcomes and roadmaps.
• Mentor and coach Technical Leads, Senior Engineers, and Engineering Managers on architectural thinking, design patterns, and modern delivery practices.
• Participate in recruiting efforts, including candidate evaluation and technical interviews, to help build strong engineering teams.
• Drive architectural decisions through established design and architecture review processes, clearly articulating tradeoffs and recommendations.
• Influence the broader GTG engineering community by shaping technology, architectural direction, and standards adoption.
• Research current and emerging technologies, assessing their applicability and proposing changes or pilots where they deliver clear business value.
• Identify systemic technical risks and proactively drive mitigation strategies across teams and platforms.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level