Senior Software Engineer- Backend (Remote)

Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 50,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Atlanta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to independently develop and optimize software solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Java, microservices, and collaborative project management. This position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth and mentoring within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience in software engineering.
• Experience with security frameworks for user and services authorization.
• Ability to perform debugging and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop machine learning models.
• Manage software delivery and execution throughout the development lifecycle.

Skills

Java

Microservices architecture

RESTful APIs

Elasticsearch

CI/CD tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Spring Boot

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Position Purpose:

The Sr. Software Engineer is responsible for independently developing and consistently redesigning/refactoring a product to adapt to our customers and associates needs. As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will be part of a dynamic team with engineers of all experience levels who help each other build and grow technical and leadership skills while creating, deploying, and supporting production applications. In addition, Sr. Software Engineers may be involved in product and tool selection, configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning and production monitoring as well as mentoring less experienced engineers.

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful /GraphQL APIs and backend services, primarily using Java (Spring Boot, DropWizard).

• Contribute to the development and optimization of data pipelines, leveraging technologies such as Google data flow.

• Design, implement, and maintain Elasticsearch-based solutions to enable efficient, scalable search and analytics capabilities.

• Collaborate with data scientists and cross-functional teams to implement and deploy machine learning models.

• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions for scalable, high-performance systems.

• Share knowledge and best practices with team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

• Work with product managers and stakeholders to implement new features and improvements aligned with business goals.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX, and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• 50% Delivery and Execution - Develops, tests, deploys, and maintains software, with a clear understanding of the value the software is to provide; Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm; Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances; Develops test suites (functional, destructive, etc) to enable success, rapid deployment of code to production; Takes a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens

• 20% Learns and Grows - Learns through successful and failed experiment when tackling new problems; Actively seeks ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels

• 20% Plans and Aligns - Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful; Works the Product Team to ensure user stories are valuable, developer ready, easy to understand and testable; Delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences; Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

• 10% Supports and Enables - Helps grow junior engineers by providing guidance on modern software development frameworks, and leading technical discussions

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position typically reports to Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager

• This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• No travel required.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience

• Experience with backend technologies, microservices architecture, and Java (with spring boot or drop wizard framework), Relational or noSQL database technology, cloud computing techniques, CI/CD tools, modern software design patterns.

• Experience with Elastic Search, GCP, Kubernetes is a plus.

• Experience with security frameworks for user and services authorization and authentication

• Experience with creating and executing unit, functional, destructive and performance tests

• Experience with modern debugging and root cause analysis techniques

• Experience with version control system

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:

• 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Global Perspective

• Manages Ambiguity

• Nimble Learning

• Self-Development

• Collaborates

• Cultivates Innovation

• Situational Adaptability

• Communicates Effectively

• Drives Results

• Interpersonal Savvy

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Apply End Date: 12/01/2025

• $50,000.00 - $130,000.00