Software Engineer II – Backend

The Home Depot

. Independently develop and assist in designing products for customers and associates .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeRemote • Georgia • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $90,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing secure, reliable, and scalable software solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Proficient in writing custom code, automating infrastructure, and ensuring quality standards in software development.

Highest-signal resume keywords

SQL Query WritingJava ProgrammingCI/CD Tools ExperienceMicroservice-Based ArchitectureCloud Computing Techniques

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Hard Skills

HTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptRelational Database TechnologyNoSQL Database TechnologyVersion Control SystemsObject-Oriented ProgrammingDebugging TechniquesUnit Testing

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingDocumentationAgile Processes

Tools & Technologies

GitHub CopilotGemini EnterpriseClaude CodeCommercial Off-The-Shelf Solutions

Industry Keywords

Software DevelopmentUser StoriesDestructive TestingProduction ResiliencySecurity Frameworks

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaJavaScriptNoSQLSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Independently develop and assist in designing products for customers and associates
Create, deploy, and support production applications
Collaborate and pair with UX, engineering, and product management team members
Create secure, reliable, and scalable software solutions
Document, review, and ensure quality and change control standards are met
Work with the Product Team to ensure developer-ready, understandable, and testable user stories
Write custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases
Write custom code or scripts for destructive testing and production resiliency
Perform program configuration, modification, and setup activities on large projects
Configure commercial off-the-shelf solutions to align with business needs
Create dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to proactively address issues
Participate in learning, agile processes, team planning, and collaboration

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be eighteen years of age or older
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
Bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job
Minimum 2 years of work experience
Experience in writing SQL queries against a relational database
Experience in version control systems and source code version control
Experience in front end technology such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
Experience in an object-oriented programming language, preferably Java
Experience in relational or NoSQL database technology
Experience in cloud computing techniques
Experience in CI/CD tools
Experience in AI-assisted software development using tools such as GitHub Copilot, Gemini Enterprise, or Claude Code
Experience in microservice-based architecture
Experience with modern debugging and root cause analysis techniques
Exposure to security frameworks for user and services authorization and authentication
Exposure to creating and executing unit, functional, destructive and performance tests

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote/Virtual work arrangement
No travel required