Senior Principal SWE - Generative AI & Mobile Platforms

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. ### Position Purpose: As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will serve as the chief technical architect and visionary leader for our Mobile App Renovation Strategy (MARS). You will define the future of our high-performance, modular, and intelligent mobile ecosystem. This role demands a world-class engineer who is deeply technical,possessesan extensive background in native mobile development and server-side orchestration, and can champion innovative AI-first software development. You will report directly to senior technology leadership and lead cross-functionalfeatureand platform teams to build our next-generation architecture.We are seeking a visionary leader who will not only build the platform but will also aggressively drive AI-first software development. You will establish, steer, and inspire our AI Tiger Team and directly influence how engineering teams utilize artificial intelligence throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). ### Key Responsibilities: * 50% Delivery and Execution - Leads portfolio level Principal meetings to maintain alignment, consistency and knowledge sharing; Creates and architects foundational code elements that can be reused across a portfolio; Develops POCs with new technologies and paves the way for portfolio adoption; Tracks and monitors efficient usage of cloud resources and drives cost reduction opportunities and enhancements * 10% People - Acts as a point of escalation for teams facing extremely complex challenges; Presents at and attends conferences and learns how to apply new technologies and concepts; Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports; Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback; Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent * 15% Strategy and Planning - Works with a Distinguished Engineer to define technology solutions (open source or vendor) teams should be exploring and/or leveraging; Works across local teams to unify strategy and alignment; Identifies and removes potential roadblocks & bottlenecks across large cross-functional projects and initiatives; Participates in and influences development of technology roadmaps within a given portfolio; Drives thought leadership and innovation within a given portfolio * 25% Support and Enablement - Point of escalation for high-priority issues and outages as they arise; Fields questions from project, product, and support teams; Helps solve technology disputes across local teams; Works with vendors to help identify and implement feature enhancements in software products; Evangelizes successful usage of tooling and technology with local teams ### Direct Manager/Direct Reports: * This position reports to various individuals * This position has 4-6 direct reports ### Travel Requirements: * Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time. ### 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. * Expertise in at least two technologies used by THD IT * Experience with common business processes used in the retail industry * Experience in Agile/Lean development environments * 7 years of relevant work experience * The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent in a field of study related to the job * Typically requires overnight travel less than 15% of the time ### Preferred Qualifications: * 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4+ years leading architecture in a Principal or Senior Principal capacity for a major consumer-facing mobile application. * **Transformation Track Record:** Proven track record of executing a major technology renovation or modernization strategy (preferably containing SDUI, KMP, and GraphQL BFF elements). * **Distributed Systems Mastery:** Expert knowledge of microservices, server-side GraphQL patterns, and high-performance, multi-layered JVM in-memory caching. * **AI Expertise:** Practical, hands-on experience using GenAI APIs, LLM prompt engineering, and code-generation tools/agents to accelerate development. * **Leadership & Influence:** Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with a proven history of writing technical white papers, presenting architecture to executive leadership, and driving technical alignment across large engineering organizations (50+ engineers). ### Tech Stack * **Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP):** Architecting shared business logic layers. * **Server-Driven UI (SDUI):** Designing extensible layout engines to dynamicize screen rendering. * **Native Platforms:** Proficient in Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) and iOS (Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI). * **GraphQL & Federation:** GraphQL (Netflix DGS) and GraphQL Federation layers. * **Backend Stacks:** Spring Boot 3.5, Java 21, REST APIs, and microservices integrated with core services like SearchNav, ProductGateway, and TypeAhead * Automated unit and integration testing using JUnit 5, XCTest, MockK, Espresso, and XCUITest. * Visual regression testing with Paparazzi and Shot. * Mobile-specific delivery pipelines including Bitrise, Fastlane, TestFlight, and Firebase App Distribution. * Automated security practices including Static (SAST) and Dynamic (DAST) Application Security Testing. * Performance instrumentation using New Relic, GCP Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, and distributed tracing spanning hybrid mobile-to-backend journeys. ### Authoring & Personalization * Contentful (CMS), Adobe Target, and centralized remote configuration. * **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: * 7 ### Preferred Years of Work Experience: * No additional years of experience ### Minimum Leadership Experience: * None ### Preferred Leadership Experience: * None ### Certifications: * None ### Competencies: * Courage * Drives Vision and Purpose * Global Perspective * Nimble Learning * Self-Development * Attracts Top Talent * Builds Effective Teams * Collaborates * Cultivates Innovation * Drives Engagement * Manages Complexity * Situational Adaptability * Communicates Effectively * Develops Talent * Drives Results **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 $170,000.00 - $280,000.00 Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)