Company Summary:
Zoro is an eCommerce company that’s on a mission to help business owners get everything they need to run their businesses and thrive–from office supplies to power tools. But we’re way more than a website. We’re a team of great people with an award-winning culture. Check us out and see for yourself!
Job Summary:
Zoro engineering is embarking on an exciting journey to build core engineering competencies that will enable us to make 100s of targeted releases daily, delighting our customers and giving them the best experience possible. Our engineering team is composed of a talented group of front-end, back-end, and full stack engineers. We’re looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team of gifted developers and begin your journey of unleashing your true potential.
Constant improvements to zoro.com are delivered by our product teams. You will be on a high performing agile team with approximately 4-6 software engineers as well as a dedicated tech lead, product owner, and architect. Ideally we are looking for engineers who are well rounded in building scalable applications but that doesn’t mean we won’t provide an environment that’ll help you grow.
Your objective will be to build and support robust tools and applications that support our business. To be successful in this role you must be the kind of software engineer who can produce fast, space and memory efficient code. We have endless data being shipped around between applications, and we cannot afford to fall behind.
We don’t care if you taught yourself, attended a boot camp, or have a Computer Science degree; we care that you know your stuff. This means you have superb software engineering fundamentals, produce thoughtfully designed code that is reliable and maintainable. All of that is meaningless without thorough testing, of course. We’re looking for engineers that are enthusiastic about learning new technologies and skills that will continue to make a difference as Zoro takes the next step forward.
Responsibilities
- Passion for product quality and attention to detail
- Comfort with ambiguity - We are always striving to make progress even with the unknowns in our space
- As you are developing, testing should be at the forefront of your mind.
- Developing iteratively during AGILE sprints
- Delivering products end-to-end: from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with team members, product managers and the XD team
- Mentor interns and junior software engineers.
- Participate in code and design reviews with peers and partners
- Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced and dynamic work environment
Minimum Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, a related technical or scientific field, or equivalent experience
- 2 - 4 years experience as a software engineer with a preference for Back End
- Mastery of one programming language (preferably Python) and working knowledge of at least one other
- Understanding of multiple programming paradigms
- Good grasp of design patterns and anti-patterns
- Familiarity with continuous integration and build tools
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL and Redis
- Experience with a cloud framework preferably AWS or GCP
- Familiarity with foundational frameworks from languages and domains such as Django and Flask among others
- Understanding of Javascript and Typescript as well as Webpack and Docker
Zoro Values and Inclusive Culture:
Zoro is dedicated to fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds and beliefs are represented and valued. We aim to empower all of our employees to learn about, raise awareness of, and promote diversity and inclusion through all of our workplace interactions. Zoro is a place where everyone can learn, grow, and thrive.
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.
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What We Do
Our e-commerce website has everything businesses and consumers need to make their business go, at prices that make sense. We have over 10 million products on our website (and counting) to help your business run that are shipped fast and often free. Throw in our award-winning workplace culture and you’ll find Zoro an amazing place to work and grow!
Why Work With Us
We've worked hard to foster a unique company culture built on transparency, collaboration, and innovation. We've also won a number of awards for our company culture along the way. Of course, it's not the awards that matter—it's the people. We pride ourselves on building a culture that allows our team members to bring their authentic selves to work!
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Zoro Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Our headquarters are conveniently located in Downtown Chicago, above the Ogilvie Transportation Center. Zoro employees can choose to work on-site, remotely or hybrid to experience the best of both worlds!
