Software Engineering Manager - Order Fulfillment

The Home Depot; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Software Engineer Manager to lead and mentor a software engineering team, shaping the next generation of engineering talent. You will collaborate with product teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners to deliver scalable software and empower enterprise tooling.

You will guide architectural decisions, drive automation, and help ensure quality through reviews and best practices while managing vendor relationships and scale across product teams.

Qualifications

• Mastery of an object oriented programming language (Java).
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience.
• 5 years of experience with GCP and backend Java.
• Strong leadership on complex enterprise projects.
• Proficiency with modern web app frameworks and databases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with product teams to deliver secure, reliable software.
• Automates infrastructure, monitoring, and tests.
• Lead and coach Software Engineers; conduct reviews.
• Drive adoption of modern software development practices.

Skills

Java

GCP

Python

Ruby on Rails

Spring MVC

Node.js

SQL

Leadership

Mentoring

System Monitoring

Testing & Automation

Vendor Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

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, you will be given a chance to contribute to the products we create and help grow the next generation of engineering talent. In addition, you will be given the chance to work with our most strategic vendors to ensure that 3rd party tools and applications are readily available to all product teams that are interested in using them.

Key Responsibilities

30% Delivery & Execution

Collaborates and pairs with product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutionsDocuments, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are metWrites custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test casesWorks with vendors and partners for the successful implementation of critical tooling and platformsCreates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactivelyContributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive testing, automation, and engineering empowermentEvaluates new technologies for adoption across the enterpriseParticipates in and leads review board sessions to drive consistency across the enterpriseFills in on product teams for engineers who are out of the office.

10% Support & Enablement

Fields questions from engineers, product teams, or support teamsMonitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teamsProvides application support for software running in productionActs as a technical escalation point for the engineers on the team.

50% People

Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to Software EngineersAttracts, retains, and develops top talent to build a world class Software Engineering TeamConducts annual and mid-year reviews by reviewing individual development plans and team feedbackFosters collaboration with team members to drive consistency across product teams, and finds opportunities to expose engineers to career interestsActs as a proponent of modern software development practicesGuides team members in strategy, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks within and across product teamsParticipates 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 organizationsBuilds 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

5-7 years of relevant work experience. 5 years of experience with GCP applications, backend java, and strong leadership on complex enterprise projects. Mastery of a modern scripting language (preferably Python). Mastery of a modern web application framework such as Ruby on Rails, Spring MVC, and Node.js. Mastery of writing SQL queries against a relational database. Mastery of modern product development processes and pipelines. Proficient in effective troubleshooting and issue resolution techniques. Proficient in effective system monitoring and log analysis techniques. Capable of understanding complicated systems quickly. Experience in guiding more junior team members through Software Engineering fundamentals in a professional setting. Experience managing and growing team members in a professional setting. Experience balancing workloads across teams. Experience managing vendor relationships. Experience with translating high level strategy to tactical execution.

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 needsBalances Stakeholders: Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholdersBuilds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goalsBusiness Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goalsCollaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectivesCommunicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiencesDevelops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goalsDrives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectivesDrives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to actionManages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clearOrganizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamicsSituational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

Pay Range for Residents in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Nevada, New York City, Ithaca (NY), Westchester County (NY), and Washington

The pay range for this position is between $140,000.00 - $240,000.00.