Distinguished Engineer - Orange Apron Media

The Home Depot•GEORGIA - VIRTUAL - GA01, GA

8d•$200,000 - $300,000•Onsite

About The Position

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: Distinguished Engineers are recognized as experts in one or more domains within Home Depot and across the industry. They represent the senior technical experts within the organization and have a strong track record of growing and influencing others. Distinguished Engineers will connect teams to one another in a spirit of collaboration and will champion opportunities to make teams more efficient. As a Distinguished Engineer, you will be responsible helping to shape the go-forward direction of the organization; working with senior leaders, vendors, and partners to influence technology roadmaps and the adoption of new technologies across the enterprise. In addition, you will teach, mentor, and grow other domain experts within the organization.

Requirements

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Executive Technical Leadership: 12+ years of progressive engineering experience, with a proven track record as a Distinguished Engineer, Principal Architect, or Director-level technical leader overseeing large-scale, complex enterprise architectures.
Domain Expertise (MarTech, Retail Media, & Loyalty): Deep technical domain expertise in building and scaling high-throughput Marketing Technology stacks, Retail Media Networks (RMNs), and omnichannel loyalty platforms within a multi-billion $ retail or e-commerce ecosystem.
AI Strategy & Enablement: Demonstrated experience leading an organization through the adoption, scaling, and governance of AI/ML technologies (including GenAI, predictive personalization, and automated content generation) to drive customer engagement and ad-yield optimization.
Advanced People Leadership: Proven success as a people leader managing senior technical talent, with the unique ability to inspire, mentor, and elevate a team of high-performing Senior Principal Engineers
Enterprise Architecture & Governance: Expert-level mastery of enterprise architecture frameworks, governance, and industry best practices, ensuring decentralized engineering teams build scalable, resilient, and compliant solutions that align with broader corporate standards.
Data Infrastructure & Privacy Integration: Advanced knowledge of Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), data clean rooms, identity resolution, and real-time data streaming pipelines, combined with a strict adherence to modern data privacy regulations and security guardrails.
Cloud-Native & Distributed Systems: Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating cloud-native architectures (GCP, Azure, AWS) and microservices capable of supporting millions of daily active users and processing massive datasets.
Executive Influence & Strategic Alignment: Exceptional communication skills with a track record of bridging the gap between deeply technical engineering teams and executive business stakeholders (such as Product, Marketing, and Retail Operations) to turn business vision into technical reality.
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.

Nice To Haves

No additional education
None

Responsibilities

Works with senior leaders to shape the go-forward vision for the organization from a specific domain perspective
Works with vendors and partners on the successful strategy, planning, and implementation of critical tooling and platforms
Participates in and influences development of technology roadmaps across the enterprise
Evaluates new technologies for adoption across the enterprise
Drives thought leadership and innovation within the organization
Fields questions from product, project and support teams
Evangelizes successful usage of tooling and technologies with teams
Monitors tools and leads conversations to encourage collaboration across product teams
Learns, through reading, tutorials, relationships, and videos, new technologies and best practices being used in other organizations
Teaches, mentors, grows, and advises other domain experts in the organization (including direct reports, if applicable)
Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
Works with vendors and partners on the successful planning and implementation of critical tooling and platforms
Understands and articulates the value creation and business proposition to teams and functional partners
Participates in and leads review board sessions to drive consistency across the enterprise
Acts as a point of escalation for teams facing extremely complex challenges
Participates in and leads learning activities within the organization
Connects teams facing similar challenges and problems to encourage consistency
Presents at and attends conferences and learns how to apply new technologies and concepts
Capable of jumping into a variety of teams to resolve issues
Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports (if applicable)
Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback (if applicable)
Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent (applicable if incumbent has direct reports)