Principal Technical Architect

Work Location Type :   Hybrid

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we’re dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $160,300.00  to $267,100.00.

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 :

We are looking for individuals who can solve challenging business problems through technology, engineering, and leadership. We are looking for a leader who is willing to be different, to be steps ahead of our competitors, and to meet our customers' needs.

We have openings for two roles : one in the Order Domain and one in the Pricing Domain.  As the Principal Technical Architect, you and your fellow Architects will bring a systems-thinking perspective to guide interaction patterns both within and between your domains. Principal Technical Architects possess broad technical expertise and play a key role in technology strategy; identifying, designing, integrating and evolving capabilities that directly support their Business Domain.  They also support delivery teams, guiding them through lower-level design decisions.

You will look across business, data, applications, team structure, and technology to provide expertise and perspective on modern IT software practices. Additionally, you will partner with Product and Engineering Directors and Tech Leads, introducing new ideas, technologies, and design patterns for enterprise-wide adoption and distribution. While there may be occasional opportunities to co-develop features with technical leads or other senior engineering roles, your responsibilities will mostly lie beyond development, focusing on what should be developed and how it should be built.

You will report to a Director or Senior Director of Architecture. This can be a hybrid / remote role based in our Chicago office.

You Will :

Lead architecture deliverables for your Domain(s).

Help teams' architect and engineer solutions across multiple technologies and platforms.

Mentor Grainger technical leads, senior engineers, product leaders, engineering Managers

Influence the technology executive lead team to pursue technology strategies and architecture specific to your Domain

Research current and emerging technologies and propose changes where appropriate.

Lead the implementation of architectural standards, capabilities, and governance for your Domain.

Define capability and systems roadmap and key architectural tradeoffs across your Domain.

Inform multiple stakeholders about any problems with the current technical solutions being implemented.

Define the conceptual, logical, and transitional architectures.

Participate in recruiting activities for senior technical talent.

Steer architecture decisions within the design and architecture review process.

You Have :

At least 12 years of industry experience in software engineering and architecture.

Experience with engineering patterns and multiple implementations (on-prem and cloud) technical expertise.

Bring a systems-thinking perspective, choosing the appropriate integration patterns between capabilities within their specific domain.

Experience in Event-driven, Cloud-native architectures, Data and Analytics Architectures (including Lakehouse), and API design.

Bachelor’s degree in business (or Management), Computer Science, Engineering, related disciplines, or equivalent work experience

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible 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.  With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.