Senior Data Platform Engineer - EDW & Semantics

The Home Depot, Inc.; Georgia; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to design, build, and operate enterprise-scale data platforms within the EDW. You will drive architectural standards, modernize the platform, and mentor other engineers while remaining hands-on in backend data engineering.

You will work on foundational data domains, semantic layers, and downstream analytics consumers, focusing on scalability, performance, and cost efficiency across the EDW ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend data engineering or analytics platform experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses, BigQuery preferred.
• Advanced SQL and Python proficiency.
• Experience designing enterprise-grade data models and semantic layers.
• Experience with CI/CD and orchestration tools (Jenkins, Airflow).

Responsibilities

• Deliver, test, deploy, and maintain data software with measurable business value.
• Collaborate with Product Team to ensure user stories are ready and testable.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive architectural decisions.
• Support platform modernization and ensure scalability and cost efficiency.

Skills

Backend data engineering

Cloud data warehouses

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Semantic layers

CI/CD & orchestration

Performance tuning

High availability / scalability

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

BigQuery

AtScale

Jenkins

Airflow

Job description

The Home Depot is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to design, build, and operate enterprise-scale data platforms within the EDW. You will drive architectural standards, modernize the platform, and mentor other engineers while remaining hands-on in backend data engineering.

You will work on foundational data domains, semantic layers, and downstream analytics consumers, focusing on scalability, performance, and cost efficiency across the EDW ecosystem.