Senior Software Engineering Manager

Job description

Work Location Type: Hybrid  

Req Number 324422

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, offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and offers more than 24 million products.

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Compensation:

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $132,400.00  to $220,700.00.

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.

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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:

Search is the front door to Grainger’s digital catalog.

As Senior Engineering Manager, Search Experience, you will lead a program of three squads that shape our customer experience across search and browse:

• Content: React/TypeScript templates for Search Results, Category, and Product Detail Pages.
• Workstation: Internal tooling that curates and organizes category presentation.
• Logic: Presentation logic in SAP Commerce (Hybris) for facets, filters, and navigation.

You will be accountable for execution quality, flow efficiency, and reliability across these squads—partnering closely with Product, UX, Data Science, and other Search teams.

You will help evolve our technical architecture, foster a culture of engineering excellence, and ensure alignment with broader digital commerce priorities.

You will:

• Lead a multi-squad program (TLs, engineers, QA, and strategic partners) with clear charters, interfaces, and goals.
• Drive hypothesis-led UX improvements and experimentation across Search Results, Category, and Product Detail Page surfaces.
• Partner deeply with Product/UX to prioritize outcomes and measure impact (e.g., click-through, time-to-content, error rates).
• Raise the quality bar via robust testing strategy (unit, contract, E2E), pre-deploy checklists, safe rollout/rollback, and observability.
  
  Proactively drives improvements to culture, ways of working, and execution.
• Modernize pragmatically, by stabilizing Hybris presentation logic and migrating capabilities into modern components.
• Develop talent and strengthen the bench: mentor TLs and Sr ICs, hire/onboard top engineers.
• Communicate clearly and data-informed—providing concise status, risks, and decisions across technical and business stakeholders.
• Promote sound engineering practices: CI/CD, code review discipline, secure coding, accessibility, performance, and reliability.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field
• 10+ years’ experience in Software Engineering
• A strong track record as an Engineering Manager or technical team leader guiding multiple squads or a program.
• Hands-on software background building product experiences, including modern web (React/TypeScript or equivalent).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder skills across engineering, product, design, and analytics.
• Deep understanding of SDLC best practices, CI/CD, testing strategies, and system design fundamentals.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, set clear priorities, and deliver consistently in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Growth mindset with a coaching orientation; you build inclusive, high-trust teams.
• Experience recruiting, onboarding, and retaining engineering talent in blended teams (FTEs and partners).

Nice to have:

• E-commerce search/browse experience (faceting, relevance, SEO, accessibility, Core Web Vitals).
• Experience with admin/merchandising tools and experimentation frameworks.
• Familiarity with SAP Commerce (Hybris) and progressive modernization of legacy presentation layers.

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.

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