STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER (AI)

The Home Depot

United States

Remote

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead a team in building production applications loved by customers and associates. You will guide architectures, help select tools, ensure security and performance, and document foundational components for reuse.

You'll mentor junior engineers, participate in agile cycles with the Product Team, and drive reliability, scalability, and modernization of critical systems in a dynamic retail tech environment.

Qualifications

3-5 years of relevant work experience.
Extensive experience with front end technology such as HTML, CSS, and Javascript/Typescript frameworks, an object-oriented programming language (preferably Java)
Experience in Relational or NoSQL database technology
Experience with cloud computing techniques, CI/CD tools, modern software design patterns
Experience with data modeling (Relational and NoSQL)
Experience with security frameworks for authorization/authentication
Experience with unit/functional/destructive/performance testing
Experience with debugging and root cause analysis
Experience with version control systems
Experience in designing systems for high availability, disaster recovery, performance, security
Exposure to AI-driven development, automation, or intelligent systems to improve productivity
Ability to lead technical efforts and communicate with senior leadership

Responsibilities

Lead delivery, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software with a focus on delivering customer value
Develop test suites (functional, destructive, etc.) for rapid production deployment
Collaborate with Product Team to ensure user stories are developer-ready, understandable and testable
Mentor junior engineers and lead technical discussions to improve team capabilities

Skills

Front-end development

Java

Database design

Cloud computing

CI/CD

Testing

Version control

System design

Security

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-driven development

Stakeholder communication

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:

The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for leading a team of engineers building and designing a product that our customers and associates love. As a Staff 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, Staff Software Engineers will assist in product and tool selection, configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning and production monitoring.
Staff Software Engineers contribute to foundational code elements that can be reused as well as architectural diagrams and other product-related documentation.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a core player on the product team and are expected to build and grow the skillsets of the more junior 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 a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens; Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances; Develops test suites (functional, destructive, etc) to enable success, rapid deployment of code to production; Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm; Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances
10% Learns and Grows - Actively seeks ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels; Learns through successful and failed experiment when tackling new problems
20% Plans and Aligns - Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful; Delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences; Works the Product Team to ensure user stories are developer ready, easy to understand and testable; Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people; Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
20% Supports and Enables - Fields questions from product and engineering teams; Helps grow junior engineers by providing guidance on modern software development frameworks, and leading technical discussions; Notes gaps on the team and provides suggestions for changes to make the team more productive

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This position typically reports to Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager
This position typically 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:

3-5 years of relevant work experience
Extensive 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 in effective data modeling with both Relational and NoSQL databases
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
Experience in designing systems for High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Performance, Efficiency, and Security
Exposure to developing technical roadmaps including work estimation, refactoring and modernizing legacy systems.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and driving adoption of tools, processes, or platforms across multiple teams.
Familiarity with AI-driven development, automation, or intelligent systems that improve engineering productivity, testing, and operational efficiency.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts, influence engineering teams, and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and leadership.

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: