Data Engineer, BlackLocus division

Role Summary

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

The Home Depot is able to offer virtual employment of this position in the following states:

AK, AZ, CA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

This position typically reports to Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager

This position has 0 Direct Reports

Minimum Years of Work Experience

1

Preferred Years of Work Experience

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience

None

Preferred Leadership Experience

None

Responsibilities

Position Purpose

Acquired by The Home Depot in 2012, we operate with autonomy as a product lab supporting the larger enterprise. BlackLocus is seeking creative, thoughtful coders to join our development team. Our people solve interesting, challenging problems while working closely with data scientists, product, and business analysts. We build tools to make business actions simple even from large data sets. Our data mining, AI solutions pipelines and user-facing applications are built primarily in Java, Python, Golang and JavaScript. Our services and tools are entirely cloud-deployed.

BlackLocus Data Engineers are responsible for the active development of enterprise-facing software tools to automate retail merchandising decisions across pricing, assortment and omnichannel experiences. As a Data Engineer, you will be part of a dynamic team with engineers, data scientists, and product leaders of all experience levels who help each other build and grow technical and leadership skills while creating, deploying, and supporting production applications. Data Engineers primarily focus on the BlackLocus data orchestration platform that supports applications and external facing data-related solutions.

• 60% Delivers and Executes - Assists in developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software; Follows best practices established by the organization and participates in improvement conversations; Consistently helps the team achieve results, even under tough circumstances
• 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 - Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives; Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

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.
• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with to a general-purpose programming language (preferably Python)
• Experience with SQL (preferably mySQL, PostgreSQL, and/or BigQuery)
• Exposure to source code version control
• Exposure to noSQL database technology
• Exposure to cloud computing techniques
• Exposure to CI/CD tools
• Exposure to microservice-based architecture

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
• Certifications
• None

Competencies

• Global Perspective
• Manages Ambiguity
• Nimble Learning
• Self-Development
• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Situational Adaptability
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Interpersonal Savvy

Benefits offered include health care benefits, 401K, ESPP, paid time off, and success sharing bonus. For a full list of the various benefits The Home Depot offers, visit .

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 $50,000.00 - $130,000.00
• No travel required.
• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.