Principal Engineer, AI-First Mobile Platforms Architect

Homedepot; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot seeks a Senior Principal Engineer to serve as the chief technical architect for our Mobile App Renovation Strategy (MARS). You will define the future of our high‑performance, modular mobile ecosystem, champion AI-first software development, and lead cross‑functional teams to build next‑generation architecture across mobile and server‑side systems.

You will guide 50% delivery, 10% people leadership, 15% strategy, and 25% enablement, reporting to senior technology leadership.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 10+ years of software engineering experience with 4+ years leading architecture in a Principal/Senior Principal capacity for a major consumer-facing mobile application.
• Expertise in two technologies used by THD IT and experience with retail business processes.
• Experience in Agile/Lean development environments and AI-first software development.

Responsibilities

• 50% Delivery and Execution: lead portfolio-level Principal meetings, architect reusable code, develop POCs, optimize cloud resource usage and costs.
• 10% People: act as escalation point, mentor, lead reviews and develop talent, represent at conferences.
• 15% Strategy and Planning: define technology solutions with Distinguished Engineer, align strategy across teams, drive roadmaps and innovation.
• 25% Support and Enablement: handle high-priority issues, assist project/product/support teams, resolve tech disputes, evangelize tooling.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture

Mobile engineering

AI/GenAI

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud/DevOps

Communication

Mentoring

SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kotlin Multiplatform

Server-Driven UI

Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose)

iOS (Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI)

GraphQL & Federation

Spring Boot 3.5

Java 21

REST APIs

JUnit 5

Job description

The Home Depot seeks a Senior Principal Engineer to serve as the chief technical architect for our Mobile App Renovation Strategy (MARS). You will define the future of our high‑performance, modular mobile ecosystem, champion AI-first software development, and lead cross‑functional teams to build next‑generation architecture across mobile and server‑side systems.

You will guide 50% delivery, 10% people leadership, 15% strategy, and 25% enablement, reporting to senior technology leadership.