[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @The Home Depot

Role Description

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.

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.
• 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 with 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.

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.
• 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, CI/CD tools, and modern software design patterns.
• Experience in effective data modeling with both Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with security frameworks for user and services 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 version control systems.
• Experience in designing systems for High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Performance, Efficiency, and Security.
• Exposure to developing technical roadmaps including work estimation, refactoring, and modernizing legacy systems.

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.

Certifications

• None

Competencies

• Global Perspective
• Manages Ambiguity
• Nimble Learning
• Self-Development
• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Situational Adaptability
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Interpersonal Savvy

Salary Information

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.