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’s Release Platform team plays a crucial role in architecting, designing, building, implementing, and maintaining software and services that power zoro.com.
Do you have a strong background in Software Engineering, but also have Platform Engineering experience? Are you passionate about architecting, designing, building, and maintaining scalable and reliable solutions in the cloud? If your answer to both of those questions is yes, then we want to hear from you.
Duties and Responsibilities:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:
- Design, code, test, and maintain software applications and components, ensuring they meet performance, security, and quality standards.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including fellow Software engineers to translate requirements into elegant and efficient software solutions.
- Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code to automate provisioning and configuration of infrastructure components.
- Participate in and conduct code reviews to maintain code quality and ensure adherence to coding standards.
- Coach and lead other team members, actively assisting them in learning and growing while helping to establish best practices and processes.
- Collaborate with QE engineers to develop and implement testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and regression tests, to ensure software reliability.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, processes, and user guides.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years of experience in a Software Engineering or similar role.
- Extensive working experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or others (GCP Preferred).
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python or similar languages.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Terraform or Pulumi (Terraform Preferred).
- Expertise in setting up and maintaining Kubernetes clusters configured for high availability while keeping cost in mind (GKE preferred).
- Expertise in monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or New Relic (Datadog preferred).
- Considerable experience with source code version control (Git, SVC).
- Familiarity with the Atlassian Stack (JIRA, Confluence)
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum development environment.
Compensation:
Below is the anticipated base pay compensation range for this position. This position is eligible for participation in our short-term incentive program in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan.
The range provided 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 below is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.
Illinois
$102,800—$171,300 USD
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 opportunities 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.
Top Skills
What the Team is Saying
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!
