Principal Software Engineer

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The Home Depot

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The Home Depot is a leading home improvement retailer, offering a wide range of building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and related services. The company operates both physical stores and an online platform, providing comprehensive solutions for DIY enthusiasts, professional contractors, and homeowners. The Home Depot is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, providing employment opportunities and benefits to a diverse workforce. Additionally, the company places a high emphasis on customer service and associate engagement to maintain its position as a trusted leader in the home improvement industry.

retail • home improvement • customer service

10,000+ employees

Founded 1978

🛒 Retail

👥 B2C

💰 Debt Financing on 2007-07

📋 Description

• The Software Engineer Principal is responsible for joining a product team and contributing to the software design, software development, and overall product lifecycle for a product that our users love. • The engineering process is highly collaborative. • Software Engineer Principals field questions from other product teams and encourage cross-team collaboration. • They also play an active role working with 3rd party vendors as well as the open-source community. • Software Engineer Principals create foundational code elements that can be reused as well as architectural diagrams and other product-related documentation. • They also define service level objectives for products.

🎯 Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older. • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States. • Mastery of an object oriented programming language (preferably Java) • Mastery of a modern scripting language (preferably Python) • Mastery of a modern web application framework such as Ruby on Rails, Spring MVC, and Node.js • Mastery of writing SQL queries against a relational database • Mastery of a version control systems (preferably Git) • Proficient in a front-end technology and framework such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS, and JQuery • Proficient in a Linux or Unix based environment • Proficient in a CI/CD toolchain • Proficient in destructive testing methodologies and tools • Proficient in a cloud computing platform and the associated automation patterns they provide • Proficient in production systems design including High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Performance, Efficiency, and Security • Proficient in defensive coding practices and patterns for high-availability • Proficient in modern microservice-based architectures and methodologies • Proficient in successful application of design patterns • Proficient in test-driven development and effective unit test creation • Proficient in a NoSQL database • Proficient in query optimization and troubleshooting • Proficient in effective data modeling within both SQL and NoSQL databases • Experience in working with 12-factor methodology and understanding its benefits, and able to demonstrate appropriate patterns to more junior team members • Proficient in designing and implementing RESTful web services