With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Sr. Software Engineer is responsible for independently developing and consistently redesigning/refactoring a product to adapt to our customers' and associates' needs. As a Sr. 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, Sr. Software Engineers may be involved in product and tool selection, configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning, and production monitoring, as well as mentoring less experienced 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 on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm; Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances; Develops test suites (functional, destructive, etc) to enable success, rapid deployment of code to production; Takes a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens
• 20% Learns and Grows
• Learns through successful and failed experiments when tackling new problems; Actively seeks ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels
• 20% Plans and Aligns
• Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful; Works the Product Team to ensure user stories are valuable, developer ready, easy to understand and testable; Delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences; Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
• 10% Supports and Enables
• Helps grow junior engineers by providing guidance on modern software development frameworks, and leading technical discussions

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position typically reports to the Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager
• This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• No travel required.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position, and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2–4 years of relevant work experience in software development or quality engineering.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.
• Proficiency in an object-oriented programming language (preferably Java) and scripting languages like Python.
• Familiarity with relational or NoSQL database technologies and cloud computing techniques.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and modern software design patterns.

Automation & Testing Expertise:

• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks for web and backend systems using tools like Selenium, Playwright, or similar.
• Build and own front-end (UI) automation validating functionality, cross-browser compatibility, and user experience.
• Develop API and service-level automated tests using Postman, REST Assured, SoapUI, or equivalent frameworks.
• Write clean, maintainable automation code applying object-oriented design and test patterns.
• Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and execute performance, load, and stress tests using JMeter, Gatling, Neo Load, or Load Runner.

Quality & Collaboration:

• Experience with security frameworks for user and service authorization/authentication.
• Ability to create and execute unit, functional, destructive, and performance tests.
• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills for test failures and production issues.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Partner closely with software engineers and product teams to drive testability, quality standards, and early defect prevention.
• Leverage AI-assisted testing tools and techniques to improve test coverage and optimize regression suites.
• Track and report quality metrics using Jira, Test Rail, Zephyr, or similar test management tools.

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills, and abilities are typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

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

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 $80,000 - $180,000