Staff Software Engineer (Remote)

The Home Depot, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead a team building customer- and associate-focused software products. You will shape architecture, select tools, ensure security, and monitor production systems while mentoring junior engineers.

You will collaborate with the Product Team in agile processes, design scalable solutions, and drive performance and resilience across production environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with front end tech (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript) and at least one OO language (Java).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with cloud computing, CI/CD, and modern software design patterns.
• Experience implementing security for user/services auth and authorization.
• Experience creating and running unit, functional, destructive, and performance tests.

Responsibilities

• Delivery: Develops, tests, deploys, and maintains software with a focus on customer value.
• Learns and grows: Seeks growth opportunities through formal and informal channels.
• Plans and aligns: communicates with stakeholders and ensures user stories are ready for development and testing.
• Supports and enables: guides junior engineers and identifies improvement areas.

Skills

Front end tech: HTML, CSS, Javascript/

Java

Databases: SQL/NoSQL

Cloud computing

CI/CD

Software design patterns

Unit/functional/performance tests

Security frameworks

Version control

High availability and DR

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

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

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

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. - $120,000.00 - $190,000.00