Machine Learning Engineer II

W.W. Grainger - Lake Forest, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Lake Forest, IL

1,001-5,000 employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Machine Learning Engineer II position at Grainger focuses on inventory optimization and advanced analytics. The role involves developing and supporting machine learning solutions to enhance decision-making regarding inventory management across a vast network of distribution centers and branches. The engineer will collaborate with data scientists and oversee the deployment of innovative technologies to meet strategic goals, ensuring efficient and automated processes for data analysis and model development.

Responsibilities

• Create scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analyses, model development, model validation and deployment.
• Oversee machine learning solutions, collaborating with data scientists to foster ongoing continuous improvement.
• Explore emerging technologies to evaluate their potential application to our team's objectives, and responsible for the deployment of innovative solutions that align with our strategic goals.
• Automate critical system operations, design robust ETL pipelines, and develop web applications that enable stakeholders to effectively interact with and utilize our ML and ERP systems.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience deploying and maintaining production machine learning solutions with Python.
• Exposure or familiarity with AWS products (s3, ECR, Secrets Manager).
• Follow software engineering practices and use version control and CI/CD tools (GitHub, GitHub Actions).
• Proficient in usage of databases (Snowflake, DuckDB) and querying languages (e.g. SQL).
• Experience working in containerization ecosystems (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with machine learning models and concepts (time series forecasting, clustering).
• Experience automating workflows using orchestration (Astronomer, Airflow).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 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