GTG Intern - Software Engineer

About the Role

The Grainger Technology Group (GTG) internship is a 10-week, paid program based in our downtown Chicago office. As a Software Engineer Intern, you will contribute to the design, development, testing, and delivery of software that supports Grainger’s customers, team members, suppliers, and internal operations. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving problems, learning new technologies, collaborating with others, and thinking beyond the code to understand what to build and why.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, testing, and delivery of software that supports customer experiences, internal operations, or enterprise technology platforms.
• Work with your assigned team to build features, improve existing functionality, fix defects, and participate in code reviews with guidance from experienced engineers.
• Gain hands-on experience with modern engineering practices such as Agile delivery, version control, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and secure-by-design thinking.
• Partner with product managers, designers, engineers, and business stakeholders to understand user needs, business context, and the purpose behind the work.
• Explore appropriate use of AI-enabled tools to prototype, learn, debug, or increase delivery speed while validating outputs and understanding tradeoffs.
• Communicate progress clearly, document technical work, ask thoughtful questions, and collaborate in ways that help the broader team move efficiently.
• Build new learning foundations by working across unfamiliar code, tools, systems, and business contexts with curiosity and ownership.
• Present your work, impact, and key learnings to technology leaders at the end of the internship.

Qualifications

• Expected graduation with a bachelor’s degree between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with at least one programming language and the ability to explain how you approach learning new languages, frameworks, or tools.
• Evidence of curiosity and self-directed learning such as previous internships, class or personal projects, GitHub contributions, hackathons, open-source work, technical clubs, work experience, or other hands-on experimentation.
• Interest in product-minded engineering: understanding user or customer needs, framing problems, comparing options, and building practical solutions.
• Thoughtful AI tool literacy, including the ability to describe how you use technical tools, compare tradeoffs, and validate generated output rather than simply relying on it.
• Strong collaboration, communication, adaptability, and ownership in environments where priorities and technology continue to evolve.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Does not require sponsorship.

Pay

This position is hourly, and the starting pay rate is $36/hour.

The rate of pay provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The rate reflects the expected base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. 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.

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.