Software Engineer Principal (Remote)
Company: The Home Depot
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: January 26, 2023
Job Description:
Position Purpose: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. In addition to pairing, 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. In addition, Software Engineer Principals may be involved
in product configuration, performance tuning and testing as well as
production monitoring. As a Software Engineer Principal, you will
be an extremely knowledgeable Engineer on the product team and are
expected to build and grow the skillsets of the more junior
engineers. There is also an expectation that the Software Engineer
Principal will demonstrate expertise around modern software design
and development. Key Responsibilities:
- 70% Delivery & Execution
- Collaborates and pairs with other product team members (UX,
engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable,
scalable software solutions
- Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change
control standards are met
- Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure,
monitoring services, and test cases
- Writes custom code or scripts to do destructive testing to
ensure adequate resiliency in production
- Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses
to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively
- Contributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive
testing, automation, or engineering empowerment
- Identifies product enhancements (client-facing or technical) to
create a better experience for the end users
- Identifies unsecured code areas and implements fixes as they
are discovered with or without tooling
- Identifies, implements, and shares technical solutions that can
be used across the organization
- Creates and architects foundational code elements that can be
reused many times by a product
- Creates meaningful architecture diagrams and other
documentation needed for security reviews or other interested
parties
- Defines Service Level Objectives for product to constantly
measure their reliability in production and help prioritize backlog
work
- 20% Support & Enablement:
- Fields questions from other product teams or support teams
- Monitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage
collaboration across product teams
- Provides application support for software running in
production
- Proactively monitors production Service Level Objectives for
products
- Works with vendors and the open-source community to help
identify and implement feature enhancements in software
products
- Works with other product teams to create API specifications and
contracts for shared data
- Proactively reviews the performance and capacity of all aspects
of production: code, infrastructure, data, and message
processing
- Triages high priority issues and outages as they arise
- 10% Learning:
- Participates in and leads learning activities around modern
software design and development core practices (communities of
practice)
- Learns, through reading, tutorials, and videos, new
technologies and best practices being used within other technology
organizations
- Attends conferences and learns how to apply new technologies
where appropriate Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Typically reports to the Software Engineer Manager or Sr.
Manager, Technology Director or Sr. Director. Travel Requirements:
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
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.
- Mastery of an object oriented programming language (preferably
Java)
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
Preferred Qualifications:
- 6-8 years of relevant work experience
- 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
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. Preferred Education:
- No additional education Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 6 Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience Minimum Leadership
Experience:
- None Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None Certifications:
- None Competencies:
- Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough
challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm
- Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the
marketplace to advance the organization's goals
- Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively
with others to meet shared objectives
- Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode
communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique
needs of different audiences
- Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the
organization to be successful
- Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under
tough circumstances
- Global Perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching
issues; using a global lens
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with
diverse groups of people
- Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are
not certain or the way forward is not clear
- Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and
sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve
problems
- Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when
tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as
learning fodder
- Optimizes Work Processes: Knowing the most effective and
efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous
improvement
- Self-Development: Actively seeking new ways to grow and be
challenged using both formal and informal development channels
- Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in
real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
Pay Rate: $240,000 - $140,000
Keywords: The Home Depot, Alpharetta , Software Engineer Principal (Remote), IT / Software / Systems , Alpharetta, Georgia
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