Staff Software Engineer - AI-Driven Platform Lead

The Home Depot; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

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

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.