Part-Time VP of Engineering — Collaboration & Impact

Home Depot; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 254,000 - 384,000; Part time

Job summary

Home Depot in Chicago, IL is seeking a VP of Engineering on a part-time basis to advocate for collaboration and then commit to team decisions. The role focuses on ownership and strategic tech decisions within the IL market, with a salary range designed to attract senior leadership talent.

You will lead the integration of Webpack, Express.js, Jest, and tooling to empower the Chicago team, while mentoring other VP-level hires and driving measurable performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proven follow-through and shipped results.
• Ownership mindset with ability to make architectural decisions.
• Experience owning technology decisions in an IL market.

Responsibilities

• Pair Webpack and Express.js in a scalable pipeline.
• Reproduce and fix autonomy-driven bugs from the Chicago field reports.
• Build collaboration tooling to accelerate the Chicago team.
• Mentor new VP hires on wiring Express.js.
• Land Jest performance improvements measurable in IL metrics.
• Prepare the Jest stack for migration out of IL before deadline.

Skills

Analytical skills

Execution

Ownership

Tech ownership

Curiosity

Documentation

Tools

Azure

Angular

Ruby

Job description

Home Depot in Chicago, IL is seeking a VP of Engineering on a part-time basis to advocate for collaboration and then commit to team decisions. The role focuses on ownership and strategic tech decisions within the IL market, with a salary range designed to attract senior leadership talent.

You will lead the integration of Webpack, Express.js, Jest, and tooling to empower the Chicago team, while mentoring other VP-level hires and driving measurable performance improvements.