Sr. Software Engineer (Remote)

The Home Depot

Austin (TX)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer in Austin to independently design, refactor, and deliver production software that meets customer and associate needs.

You will join a dynamic team, mentor less experienced engineers, and contribute to product and tooling decisions, security, and performance. The role emphasizes leadership across development, testing, and deployment in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
3+ years of relevant software development experience.
Strong command of frontend tech (HTML/CSS/JS/TS) and an OO language such as Java.

Responsibilities

Develop, test, deploy, and maintain software with measurable value.
Mentor junior engineers and participate in agile ceremonies.
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine user stories.
Contribute to design, security, reliability, and performance of production apps.

Skills

HTML/CSS/JS/TS

Java

Relational/NoSQL DBs

Cloud computing

CI/CD tools

Design patterns

Auth security

Unit/functional tests

Root cause analysis

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree

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.

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

2-4 years of relevant work experience
Experience with front end technology such as HTML, CSS, and Javascript/Typescript frameworks, an object-oriented programming language (preferably Java), Relational or noSQL database technology, cloud computing techniques, CI/CD tools, modern software design patterns
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