Principal Software Engineer – Online Experience

The Home Depot

. Shape architecture for customer-facing homedepot.com experiences across four Online Experiences product teams .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • United StatesLead💰 $140,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates mastery in object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript/TypeScript, along with expertise in modern web application frameworks like Node.js. Proficient in creating secure, scalable software solutions and automating infrastructure while ensuring production reliability and performance optimization.

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Object Oriented ProgrammingJava MasteryNode.js FrameworkSQL Query MasteryProduction Systems Design

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Hard Skills

JavaPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsSQLHTMLCSSReactJSMicroservice Architecture

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringProblem SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

GitCI/CDLinux/UnixNoSQL DatabasesRESTful APIsGraphQL APIsGenerative AIAI-Assisted Tools

Industry Keywords

Software DesignProduct LifecycleService Level ObjectivesDestructive TestingFront-End Performance Optimization

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGraphQLJavaJavaScriptLinuxNode.jsNoSQLPythonReactSQLTypeScriptUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape architecture for customer-facing homedepot.com experiences across four Online Experiences product teams
Set technical direction and make architecture decisions affecting customers
Contribute to software design, development, and the full product lifecycle
Collaborate and pair with UX, engineering, product management, support, and other product teams
Create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions and reusable foundational code
Create architecture diagrams, documentation, dashboards, logging, alerting, and production responses
Define Service Level Objectives and monitor product reliability
Automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases
Perform destructive testing and improve production resiliency
Identify and fix unsecured code areas
Create API specifications and contracts for shared data
Review production performance and capacity across code, infrastructure, data, and message processing
Provide production application support, triage high-priority issues and outages, and collaborate with vendors and the open-source community
Lead and participate in communities of practice and learn and apply new technologies
Build and grow junior engineers' skills

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be eighteen years of age or older
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
Mastery of an object oriented programming language, preferably Java
Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in a related field
Minimum 6 years of work experience
Mastery of a modern programming language such as Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript
Mastery of a modern web application framework such as Node.js
Mastery of SQL queries against a relational database
Mastery of a version control system, preferably Git
Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, ReactJS, Linux/Unix, CI/CD, testing, cloud computing, production systems design, microservice architectures, design patterns, NoSQL databases, query optimization, data modeling, RESTful and GraphQL APIs
Experience with 12-factor methodology
Experience building or integrating generative AI and LLM-based services
Experience using AI-assisted tools across the product development lifecycle
Experience with front-end performance optimization and production observability/monitoring

Benefits

Comp & perks

Overnight travel typically less than 10% of the time