Principal Software Engineer, Supply Chain Sourcing

Home Depot; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A major player in home improvement, Home Depot is seeking a Software Engineer Principal to lead product lifecycle and development for software solutions. You'll work within a collaborative team to deliver secure, scalable systems, mentor junior engineers, and enhance product performance through automation and testing. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in software design and is proficient in Java, cloud technologies, and modern web frameworks.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of relevant experience in software engineering.
• Mastery of object oriented programming languages, particularly Java.
• Experience in cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the software design, development, and lifecycle.
• Collaborates with UX, engineering, and product management.
• Defines service level objectives for product reliability.

Skills

Software Development

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Java

Python

SQL

CI/CD

Cloud Computing

Microservices

Destructive Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Software Engineer Principal is responsible for joining a product team and contributing to the software design, software development, and overall product lifecycle for a product that our users love. The engineering process is highly collaborative. In addition to pairing, Software Engineer Principals field questions from other product teams and encourage cross-team collaboration. They also play an active role working with 3rd party vendors as well as the open-source community.
Software Engineer Principals create foundational code elements that can be reused as well as architectural diagrams and other product-related documentation. They also define service level objectives for products. In addition, Software Engineer Principals may be involved in product configuration, performance tuning and testing as well as production monitoring.
As a Software Engineer Principal, you will be an extremely knowledgeable Engineer on the product team and are expected to build and grow the skillsets of the more junior engineers. There is also an expectation that the Software Engineer Principal will demonstrate expertise around modern software design and development.

Key Responsibilities:

• 70% Delivery & Execution
• Collaborates and pairs with other product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions
• Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
• Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases
• Writes custom code or scripts to do "destructive testing" to ensure adequate resiliency in production
• Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively
• Contributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive testing, automation, or engineering empowerment
• Identifies product enhancements (client-facing or technical) to create a better experience for the end users
• Identifies unsecured code areas and implements fixes as they are discovered with or without tooling
• Identifies, implements, and shares technical solutions that can be used across the organization
• Creates and architects foundational code elements that can be reused many times by a product
• Creates meaningful architecture diagrams and other documentation needed for security reviews or other interested parties
• Defines Service Level Objectives for product to constantly measure their reliability in production and help prioritize backlog work
• 20% Support & Enablement:
• Fields questions from other product teams or support teams
• Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams
• Provides application support for software running in production
• Proactively monitors production Service Level Objectives for products
• Works with vendors and the open-source community to help identify and implement feature enhancements in software products
• Works with other product teams to create API specifications and contracts for shared data
• Proactively reviews the performance and capacity of all aspects of production: code, infrastructure, data, and message processing
• Triages high priority issues and outages as they arise
• 10% Learning:
• Participates in and leads learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)
• Learns, through reading, tutorials, and videos, new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations
• Attends conferences and learns how to apply new technologies where appropriate

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Typically reports to the Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager, Technology Director or Sr. Director.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Mastery of an object oriented programming language (preferably Java)
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6–8 years of relevant professional experience in supply chain, sourcing, or a related technical field

• Expertise in contemporary web application frameworks (including Ruby on Rails, Spring MVC, Node.js)

• Proven experience in supply chain operations with a focus on customer delivery and fulfillment

• Hands-on experience in online sales platforms and ecommerce environments

• Advanced programming skills with Java and a modern scripting language (such as Python)

• Strong background in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), relational databases (like AlloyDB or Oracle)

• Deep understanding of low-latency architectures; capable of identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving performance bottlenecks in high-throughput systems

• Proficient with messaging and event streaming platforms, such as Pub/Sub

• Advanced SQL skills, including query optimization and effective data modeling in both relational and NoSQL databases

• Proficiency working within Linux or Unix-based environments

• Mastery of version control practices, preferably with Git

• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and related automation tools

• Strong understanding of production system design principles, covering high availability, disaster recovery, performance, efficiency, and system security

• Ability to apply defensive coding methods for reliable, high-availability systems

• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and support microservices-based architectures

• Proficient with test-driven development, unit test creation, and destructive testing methodologies to validate system robustness

• In-depth knowledge of cloud computing platforms and automation best practices

• Familiarity with distributed application design using the 12-factor methodology and mentoring team members in adopting these approaches

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful web services

• History of applying software design patterns to ensure scalable, maintainable enterprise systems
  Strong troubleshooting abilities and proficiency in technical issue diagnosis

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 6

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm
• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Global Perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
• Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear
• Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
• Optimizes Work Processes: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Self-Development: Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels
• Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations

For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Nevada, New York City, Ithaca (NY), Westchester County (NY), and Washington residents:

The pay range for this position is between $140,000 - $240,000