The Home Depot
Senior Principal Software Engineer - Generative AI & Mobile Platforms (Remote)
$170K–$280K
GEORGIA - VIRTUAL - GA01 · Remote/Virtual · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 7 years of relevant work experience; preferred qualifications describe 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 4+ years leading architecture in a Principal or Senior Principal capacity.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a field related to the job.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
About the job
Leads the architecture and modernization of The Home Depot’s mobile platform while driving AI-first software development practices across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Architect reusable mobile platform components and guide portfolio-level technology strategy and adoption.
- Lead and mentor engineering teams, resolve complex technical issues, and coordinate alignment across teams.
- Establish and promote AI-enabled development practices and oversee platform reliability, performance, and cloud cost efficiency.
What they ask for
- Expertise in at least two technologies used by THD IT.
- Experience with common retail business processes and Agile/Lean development environments.
- Legally permitted to work in the United States and at least 18 years of age.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a job-related field, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience leading architecture for major consumer-facing mobile apps; modernization experience involving SDUI, KMP, or GraphQL BFF.
- Hands-on experience with GenAI APIs, LLM prompt engineering, and code-generation tools or agents.
Pay
$170,000.00 - $280,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), Server-Driven UI (SDUI), Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), iOS (Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI), GraphQL (Netflix DGS), Spring Boot 3.5, Java 21, REST APIs
AI focus
Establish and lead an AI Tiger Team; influence AI use across the software development lifecycle, including practical use of GenAI APIs, LLM prompt engineering, and code-generation tools or agents.
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