Staff Software Engineer

The Home Depot

. Lead a team of engineers building and designing customer- and associate-focused products .

Posted 9/28/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $90,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering teams to develop, deploy, and maintain customer-focused applications while ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Proficient in modern software development practices, including agile methodologies and CI/CD processes.

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Front End Technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript)Object-Oriented Programming (Java)Cloud Computing TechniquesCI/CD ToolsSecurity Frameworks for User and Service Authorization

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Hard Skills

HTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaRelational Database TechnologyNoSQL Database TechnologyData ModelingUnit TestingPerformance Testing

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipCollaborationTechnical GuidanceCommunication

Tools & Technologies

CI/CD ToolsVersion Control SystemsDebugging Tools

Industry Keywords

Agile ProcessesSoftware Development FrameworksHigh AvailabilityDisaster RecoveryPerformance Tuning

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaJavaScriptNoSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a team of engineers building and designing customer- and associate-focused products
Create, deploy, and support production applications
Assist with product and tool selection, configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning, and production monitoring
Contribute reusable foundational code elements, architectural diagrams, and product-related documentation
Develop, test, deploy, and maintain software
Develop functional, destructive, and other test suites to enable rapid production deployment
Work with the Product Team to ensure user stories are developer-ready, understandable, and testable
Collaborate with team members in agile processes
Field questions from product and engineering teams
Guide junior engineers on modern software development frameworks and lead technical discussions
Identify team gaps and suggest changes to improve productivity

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 related to the job
Minimum 3 years of work experience
Extensive experience with front end technology such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
Experience with an object-oriented programming language, preferably Java
Experience with relational or NoSQL database technology
Experience with cloud computing techniques
Experience with CI/CD tools and modern software design patterns
Experience in data modeling with relational and NoSQL databases
Experience with security frameworks for user and service authorization and authentication
Experience creating and executing unit, functional, destructive, and performance tests
Experience with modern debugging and root cause analysis techniques
Experience with version control systems
Experience designing systems for high availability, disaster recovery, performance, efficiency, and security
Exposure to developing technical roadmaps, including work estimation, refactoring, and modernizing legacy systems

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote/Virtual work arrangement
No travel required