Staff Software Engineer, Delivery (REMOTE)

The Home Depot is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Delivery who will serve as a technical leader on a product-aligned engineering team. This role is responsible for designing, building, and delivering scalable software solutions while providing hands-on development and influencing architecture and engineering standards. Responsibilities: 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; 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; 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; 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 Qualifications: Must be eighteen years of age or older; Must be legally permitted to work in the United States; 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience delivering production‑grade applications in complex environments; Strong full‑stack development experience, with deeper expertise in modern front‑end technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks, HTML, CSS) and backend development using Java, Spring, and RESTful services; Experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud‑native applications using Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or comparable cloud infrastructure; Hands‑on experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub Actions, automated testing, and release automation; Proven experience implementing comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, integration, functional, and performance testing, with a focus on test automation; Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability practices to ensure production stability, performance, and rapid incident response; Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, including data modeling, performance optimization, and scalability considerations; Experience implementing security best practices for authentication, authorization, and service‑to‑service communication; Demonstrated ability to debug and resolve complex issues using modern troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis techniques; Experience collaborating in large, shared codebases using modern version control systems; Proven experience designing systems that meet enterprise requirements for high availability, disaster recovery, performance, efficiency, and security; Exposure to contributing to technical roadmaps, including effort estimation, refactoring initiatives, and modernization of legacy systems; Experience leveraging or evaluating AI‑enabled solutions to improve engineering efficiency, delivery velocity, or system capabilities; Ability to influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and lead through collaboration rather than authority; 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; Minimum of 3 years of work experience Required Skills: Full-stack development, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Java, Spring Framework, RESTful APIs, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud-native applications, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Automated testing, Test automation, Unit testing, Integration testing, Functional testing, Performance testing, Monitoring, Alerting, Relational databases, NoSQL databases, Data modeling, Performance optimization, Scalability, Security best practices, Authentication, Authorization