Staff Software Engineer, Supply Chain Warehouse Execution Systems (REMOTE)

Home Depot; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement retailer in the United States is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead software development for supply chain management. The ideal candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in software engineering, expertise in front-end and back-end technologies, and strong leadership skills. This position offers an opportunity to mentor junior engineers and influence software decisions. Compensation ranges from $125,000 to $240,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of relevant work experience.
• Deep understanding of warehousing and logistics.
• Experience with front-end and back-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain software.
• Guide decisions around product and tool selection.
• Mentor junior engineers and help them grow.

Skills

Software development

Team leadership

Problem solving

Effective communication

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

React

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

BigTable

Cassandra

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

As a Staff Software Engineer in Supply Chain, you will play a critical role in developing software that empowers warehouse associates with visibility into warehouse management and execution systems, including conveyor routing, sortation, order streaming, goods-to-person solutions, and task and labor optimization.

In this role, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for designing, building, and maintaining products that warehouse associates rely on every day. You’ll work alongside a dynamic group of engineers at all experience levels, fostering collaboration, technical growth, and leadership development while creating, deploying, and supporting production applications. Beyond development, you will also guide decisions around product and tool selection, configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning, and production monitoring.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will contribute to reusable foundational code, architectural diagrams, and other product documentation. You’ll serve as a core member of a balanced team, mentoring junior engineers, and helping them expand both their technical expertise and leadership skills.

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 experiments 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 the 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:

• 5-8 years of relevant work experience
• Has a deep understanding of warehousing and logistics, and understands how their software impacts the performance and processes of operation teams
• Experience developing execution, dashboard, and reporting systems for warehouse management and sortation systems, merge systems, goods to person systems, order streaming/work release systems, automation, robotics, and warehouse execution systems
• Experience with front-end and back-end technologies, including React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks, object-oriented programming languages (preferably Java), Spring Boot, and Node.js.Relational or NoSQL database technology, cloud computing techniques, edge computing, CI/CD tools, and modern software design patterns
• Experience with security frameworks for user and service 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 a version control system NoSQL:Proficiency with BigTable, Cassandra, or HBase Big Data Platforms:Experience with BigQuery
• Hands-on experience building AI copilots or autonomous task agents that improve engineering productivity or operational throughput.

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 $125,000 - $240,000