Vancouver, Washington
Senior Software Engineer Job Opening in Vancouver, Washington - Position Purpose
Working at the world's fourth largest retailer mixes the best of many worlds: cutting-edge technologies meet real business needs meets real customers who spend billions of dollars at our stores in North America.
What is it like to work at The Home Depot QuoteCenter?
We were a startup once upon a time and much of our startup culture still exists: the agility of a small operation, the impact that comes with being a leader in our industry. Our engineers use the latest open source technologies to build new products that facilitate 9-figure project sales at The Home Depot. We invest proactively in our people. We sponsor engineer events, including Fringe, NodePDX and PADNUG, and our engineers headline workshops to teach Portland-area web engineers how we use cutting-edge technology to solve real world problems. The mission of the QuoteCenter product team is to radically reimagine the shopping experience at Home Depot utilizing the latest web technologies and data tools.
What problems will you be solving in this role?
There are multiple problems to solve in this role:
Growing our supplier network with an event-driven vendor portal application
Sickeningly fast search in our e-commerce catalog
What tools do we use?
C#, , ElasticSearch, Kafka, SQL Server, Microservices
How will we interview for this role?
Aptitude is our first and most important desired attribute. We need problem-solvers who make a living as coders. We need engineers who can learn new tools and languages because our technology stack has a habit of evolving quickly in response to real business needs. Our technology stack is a toolbox from which we draw different tools to solve problems. Sometimes we add new tools to that toolbox.
What is expected of a Senior Software Engineer at QuoteCenter?
Senior software engineers are looked to for leadership on large and small projects. We need senior software engineers to:
Exhibit influence derived from past leadership experience
Demonstrate work ethic that motivates and encourages others on their team
Mentor less-experienced members of their team
Prepare to become a lead if the opportunity presents itself- Self-direct: able to lead a pair
Bring depth - be very skilled in certain parts of the technology stack
Bring breadth - not isolated to a single segment of the technology stack
QuoteCenter's engineers have the challenge (and fun) of taking on a wide variety of problems and directly affecting users and the business.
Job Type: Full-time
Required experience:
Web Development: 3 years
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