[Remote] Software Engineer Manager (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Home Depot is a leading home improvement retailer, and they are seeking a Software Engineer Manager to drive strategic technology decisions and support the growth of engineering talent. This role involves building scalable systems, collaborating with vendors, and guiding the adoption of AI/ML solutions to enhance decision-making and automation.ResponsibilitiesCollaborates and pairs with product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutionsDrives strategic technical decisions and influences architecture to build highly scalable, performant, and resilient systemsDesigns and implements solutions incorporating AI/ML capabilities to improve automation, forecasting, and business outcomesBuilds and enhances systems supporting retail pricing, promotions, and optimization, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and performanceDocuments, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are metWrites custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test casesWorks with vendors and partners for the successful implementation of critical tooling and platformsCreates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactivelyContributes to enterprise-wide tools to drive destructive testing, automation, and engineering empowermentEvaluates new technologies, including AI/ML platforms and tools, for adoption across the enterpriseParticipates in and leads review board sessions to drive consistency across the enterpriseFills in on product teams for engineers who are out of the officeFields questions from business, engineers, product teams, or support teamsMonitors tools and participates in conversations to encourage collaboration across product teamsProvides application support for software running in productionActs as a technical escalation point for the engineers on the team, especially for complex system and pricing-related issuesProvides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to Software EngineersActively develops team capabilities in modern engineering practices, AI/ML adoption, and system designAttracts, retains, and develops top talent to build a world class Software Engineering TeamConducts annual and mid-year reviews by reviewing individual development plans and team feedbackFosters collaboration with team members to drive consistency across product teams, and finds opportunities to expose engineers to career interestsActs as a proponent of modern software development practices and data-driven decision-makingGuides team members in strategic thinking, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks within and across product teamsBuilds a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence focused on scalable systemsParticipates in and contributes to 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 organizationsBuilds relationships with technology leaders at other companies to learn best practices and elegant solutions to common problemsStays current with advancements in AI/ML, retail pricing technologies, and large-scale distributed systemsSkillsMust be eighteen years of age or olderMust be legally permitted to work in the United StatesMastery of an object oriented programming language (preferably Java)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 job7 years of work experience7-9 years of relevant work experienceMastery of a modern programming language (preferably java & Python)Experience productionizing statistical models, AI/ML systems, and Generative AI solutions at enterprise scaleExperience working with or integrating AI/ML models and data-driven systemsExperience with retail pricing systems, promotions, or price optimization platformsMastery of a modern web application framework such as Ruby on Rails, Spring MVC, and Node.jsMastery of writing SQL queries against a relational database and No SQL databasesExperience championing AI agents to improve developer productivity, accelerate delivery, and enhance team effectivenessExperience managing large-scale solution delivery in highly matrixed and cross-functional environmentsMastery of modern product development processes and pipelinesProficient in effective troubleshooting and issue resolution techniquesProficient in effective system monitoring and log analysis techniquesCapable of understanding complicated systems quicklyExperience in guiding more junior team members through Software Engineering fundamentals in a professional settingExperience managing and growing team members in a professional settingExperience balancing workloads across teamsExperience managing vendor relationshipsExperience with translating high level strategy to tactical executionExperience building and scaling distributed, high-availability systemsCompany OverviewThe Home Depot is a retailer of hardware, consumer goods, and DIY supplies both online and offline while providing home delivery services. It was founded in 1978, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.homedepot.com.