Software Engineer Manager, Forecasting and Planning (Remote)

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

Job summary

A leading company in home improvement seeks a Software Engineer Manager to lead the Financial Planning and Reporting team. This role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and technical acumen in developing software solutions while fostering team growth. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience in software development and management, contribute to strategic projects, and have a strong background in object-oriented programming.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering management with a focus on team leadership.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming, preferably Java.
• Expertise with project management and financial software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Leads and mentors a team of software engineers.
• Collaborates with product teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Ensures the development and application of modern software practices.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

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

Position Purpose:

As a Software Engineer Manager for the Financial Planning and Reporting team, you will be given a chance to contribute to the products we create and help grow the next generation of engineering talent.

This position requires experience in architecting, designing, developing, and supporting Broadcom Clarity (SAAS), OneStream (SASS) and planning and forecasting solutions. The candidate is expected to have experience in Project, Demand, Financials, Timesheet and Resource Management domains. In addition, the candidate should have the ability to step into an implementation and operational support situation without direct guidance.

Key Responsibilities:

30% Delivery & Execution:

• Collaborates and pairs with 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
• Works with vendors and partners for the successful implementation of critical tooling and platforms
• 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, and engineering empowerment
• Evaluates new technologies for adoption across the enterprise
• Participates in and leads review board sessions to drive consistency across the enterprise
• Fills in on product teams for engineers who are out of the office

10% Support & Enablement:

• Fields questions from engineers, 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
• Acts as a technical escalation point for the engineers on the team

50% People:

• Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to Software Engineers
• Attracts, retains, and develops top talent to build a world class Software Engineering Team
• Conducts annual and mid-year reviews by reviewing individual development plans and team feedback
• Fosters collaboration with team members to drive consistency across product teams, and finds opportunities to expose engineers to career interests
• Acts as a proponent of modern software development practices
• Guides team members in strategy, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks within and across product teams
• Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)

10% Learning:

• Learns, through reading, tutorials, and videos, new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations
• Builds relationships with technology leaders at other companies to learn best practices and elegant solutions to common problems

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

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

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% 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:

• 10 plus years of experience in IT analyst or consulting position with knowledge and experience relating business requirements to sound technical solutions.
• 3-5 years of experience managing distributed team in a software engineering context or equivalent.
• Experience working with configuring and supporting Clarity PPM modules Project, Demand, Financials, Timesheet and Resource Management and OneStream Forecasting. Including a strong understanding of these functional areas.
• Solid experience with Clarity MUX, XOG, process workflows, Gel scripts, REST API and Studio.
• Solid experience with OneStream business rules, transformation, and integration patterns.
• Proven ability to resolve complex solutions. Excellent facilitation skills, including experience planning and participating in planning sessions. Have been through at least 1 complete implementation cycle or equivalent experience in other implementation domains.
• Experience utilizing formal testing tools strongly desired (experience with HP ALM testing tools a plus).
• Experience with managing Windows Server with MS SQL Server, Alteryx, etc. desired.
• Experience with interacting with third party resources, including offshore teams.
• Must be self-motivated in learning new concepts and willing to share knowledge and skills with other team members.
• Outspoken and passionate about delivering well designed solutions that exceed business objectives and drive business success.
• Must have strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex solutions and ideas.

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:

• 5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Attracts Top Talent: Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs
• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders
• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
• 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
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
• Drives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action
• Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear
• Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics
• 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