The Home Depot

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With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: The Sr. Software Engineer- Quality Engineering (QE) is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions that power critical business processes. This role combines deep expertise in test management, automation, and release readiness with a strong understanding of Agile and the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The QE Engineer leverages both manual and automated testing strategies—including AI-driven approaches—to deliver robust, scalable, and reliable Home Services applications, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and business value. Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans and strategies to ensure the quality and reliability of applications. Design, manage, and automate test cases for a wide range of testing types, including functional (unit, integration, regression, smoke), non-functional (performance, compatibility), and specialized (API, mobile, exploratory) testing. Build and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts using tools such as Selenium and Playwright and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Github Actions) for continuous quality assurance. Conduct API testing using tools like Postman and Rest Assured to validate RESTful and GraphQL endpoints, ensuring robust backend service quality. Perform performance and load testing using JMeter or Neoload to validate system scalability and reliability under varying workloads. Lead and coordinate release readiness activities, including pre-release validation, post-release monitoring, and post-release validation to ensure smooth and predictable deployments. Maintain strong communication and collaboration skills to support agile development practices and ensure alignment across the software development lifecycle. Share knowledge and best practices with team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, business analysts, and cross-functional teams to align testing efforts with business goals and technical requirements. 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 experiment 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 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: 3-5 years of relevant work experience Experience in test management, including planning, strategy, test case design, data management, automation, execution, defect lifecycle, and reporting. Proficiency in a broad range of testing types: functional, non-functional, and specialized (API, mobile). Experience with programming skills in Java, JavaScript TypeScript or Python. Hands-on experience with API testing tools (Postman, Rest Assured). Experience with automation testing tools (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium). Familiarity with Git and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Github Actions). Experience with version control system. Experience with release management, including release readiness, validation, and monitoring. Strong communication, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Experience with Salesforce and AI driven automations is a plus. 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: 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 $50,000 - $130,000 As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate over 2,200 retail stores across North America. All of our associates have one thing in mind — helping our customers build and improve their homes and businesses.