Software Engineer II - Build Secure, Scalable Systems

The Home Depot; Athens (GA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, build and maintain production applications. You will work with engineers across teams, improving security, performance, and reliability while participating in code reviews, testing, and deployments.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience, strong Java and SQL skills, modern front-end familiarity, and experience with cloud, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines. Strong collaboration and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements include a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 2+ years of software development experience.
• Experience in writing SQL queries against relational databases and familiarity with front-end technologies.
• Proficiency with at least one OO language (preferably Java) and understanding of CI/CD, version control, and cloud basics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable software.
• Contribute to design, testing, deployment, and monitoring of production applications.
• Develop automation scripts and dashboards for operational resilience and observability.

Skills

SQL queries

Frontend development

Java

Version control

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

CI/CD tools

Microservices

HTML

CSS

JavaScript/TypeScript

Job description

The Home Depot is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, build and maintain production applications. You will work with engineers across teams, improving security, performance, and reliability while participating in code reviews, testing, and deployments.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience, strong Java and SQL skills, modern front-end familiarity, and experience with cloud, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines. Strong collaboration and communication are essential.