Sr Software Engineer, Supply Chain Delivery (Remote)

The Home Depot; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to independently develop and continuously redesign a product to meet customer and associate needs.

You will join a dynamic team and contribute to architecture, security, and production monitoring while mentoring colleagues and driving high-quality software. Responsibilities include delivering production-grade software, collaborating in Agile processes, and shaping technical directions across teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript frameworks.
• Proficiency in an object-oriented language (preferably Java) with frameworks like Spring Boot or Quarkus.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting production-scale distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience designing and integrating high-throughput APIs using RESTful services, gRPC, and asynchronous patterns.
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS) and Kubernetes or similar container platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain software with a focus on delivery and value.
• Collaborate with team members in Agile processes to ensure user stories are valuable and testable.
• Support and mentor junior engineers and lead technical discussions across teams.
• Participate in security, resilience, performance tuning, and production monitoring tasks.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

REST/gRPC

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security practices

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

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 software engineering or development experience.
• Experience developing modern web applications using front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript frameworks.
• Proficiency in an object-oriented programming language, preferably Java, with experience using frameworks such as Spring Boot or Quarkus.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting production-scale distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience designing and integrating high-throughput APIs using RESTful services, gRPC, and asynchronous communication patterns.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and pub/sub messaging platforms, such as Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL database technologies, including solutions such as Spanner, AlloyDB, or PostgreSQL.
• Experience developing and deploying applications within modern cloud environments, such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS.
• Experience with cloud application and container platforms such as Kubernetes, PCF, or Cloud Foundry.
• Knowledge of modern software architecture and design patterns, CI/CD practices, and version control systems.
• Experience implementing security frameworks and practices for user and service authentication and authorization.
• Experience creating and executing unit, functional, destructive, and performance testing.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience leading projects or driving technical initiatives across cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to connect technical solutions to business needs.
• Demonstrated commitment to continued technical growth and expanding software engineering expertise.

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

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 $80,000.00 - $180,000.00