Job Description

Position Details

We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer for our Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics (IDEA) team. The team's primary mission is to enable analytics and reporting by centralizing and integrating high-quality, trusted corporate data in a performant and scalable cloud analytical platform.

You will be a technical lead responsible for designing and developing data pipelines and product features. You will work with SMEs, architects, analysts, data scientists and others to build solutions that integrate data from many of our enterprise data sources. You are the go-to person when it comes to defining the feature roadmap.

This role will be reporting to the Director, Data Engineering and Analytics and can be based in either Lake Forest, IL or downtown Chicago.

You Will

Assemble large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional requirements
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
Build required tools for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources
Build product features to enable self-service analytics
Partner with stakeholders including data, design, product and executive teams and assisting them with data-related technical issues

You Have

At least 3 years of experience with AWS, SQL, Python, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git, familiarity with: Snowflake, dbt, Airflow
Hands-on experience with Modern Data Engineering projects and practices
Experience leading data integration efforts of internal and external data sources
Experience partnering with internal departments to establish requirements
Experience with advanced analytics and machine learning
Ability to mentor and coach junior team members through design and development

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger.

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Generous paid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per year
Automatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
Employee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursement
A comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical and social wellbeing programs