Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning (Remote) at Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
$90,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role on a team that builds recommendation and product discovery systems, integrating machine learning pipelines, LLMs, and agentic AI workflows. Day-to-day work spans designing distributed microservices, building and maintaining data pipelines, and incorporating generative AI capabilities — including retrieval-augmented generation and multi-agent frameworks — into a production platform. The role also involves mentoring junior engineers and contributing to system design decisions.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,150–11,000
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
All technical skills appear exclusively under 'Preferred Qualifications' — the posting has no required technical skills section beyond age and work authorization. Every named technology is therefore preferred, not a hard gate.
The minimum experience requirement is 3 years (stated under 'Minimum Years of Work Experience'); the preferred range is 3–5 years. This is consistent with a Mid-level role despite the 'Senior' title.
The advertised title is 'Senior Software Engineer', but the 3-year minimum experience floor and preferred 3–5 year range support a Mid-level classification. The seniority bands diverge accordingly.
The degree requirement states 'bachelor's degree or equivalent degree' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is treated as no hard degree requirement.
Search ML (ranking, relevance tuning, embeddings) is explicitly flagged as 'nice to have' within the preferred qualifications list.
Java, Scala, and Python are listed as interchangeable ('strong in at least one of'); Java is used as the primary with Scala and Python as alternatives. Similarly, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn are listed together as a framework group.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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