Staff Software Engineer (Remote)

The Home Depot

Atlanta (GA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

41 hours ago

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Job summary

The Home Depot in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Cloud FinOps platform, driving cloud cost optimizations across a multi-cloud estate and delivering products loved by customers and associates.

You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, participate in product and tool selection, and ensure production-ready delivery with secure, resilient, and observable systems.

Qualifications

3-5 years of relevant work experience.
Backend: Go; Frontend: React, TypeScript; Data: BigQuery (SQL over FOCUS billing exports and daily resource snapshots).
Pipelines: Python on Cloud Run, scheduled with Cloud Workflows.
Infrastructure: Terraform, GKE, GCP IAM and workload identity.
Clouds: GCP and Azure.

Responsibilities

Delivery and execution: develop, test, deploy and maintain software with a focus on value; build test suites; push for rapid production deployment.
Learns and grows: pursue formal and informal development to tackle new problems.
Plans and aligns: collaborate with Product Team to ensure user stories are developer-ready and testable; communicate across audiences.
Supports and enables: mentor junior engineers and propose improvements to increase team productivity.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

React

TypeScript

BigQuery

SQL

Python

Cloud Run

Cloud Workflows

Terraform

GKE

GCP IAM

Workload Identity

GCP

Azure

Job description

Position Purpose

The Staff Software Engineer will work on the Cloud FinOps team to build the platform that drives cloud cost optimizations across our multi-cloud estate. 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.

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Position Purpose

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
Backend: Go
Frontend: React, TypeScript - Data: BigQuery (SQL over FOCUS billing exports and daily resource snapshots)
Pipelines: Python on Cloud Run, scheduled with Cloud Workflows
Infrastructure: Terraform, GKE, GCP IAM and workload identity
Clods: GCP and Azure

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