Software Engineer Internship

Software Engineering

(Remote)

Internship Overview:  

The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11 – week period from May 18 - July 31, 2026, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Pro, Home Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers. 

What makes a Great Intern:

• Action Oriented: Intern takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm

• Manages Ambiguity: Intern effectively navigates and thrives in uncertain situations while using sound judgment to make decisions without having the full picture. Is able to move work forward without all the details

• Collaboration: Intern contributes to the group’s efforts and steps forward to help as needed. Seeks input from others

• Nimble Learning: Intern actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder

• Communication: Intern develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audience

• Customer Focus: Intern builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions

• Drives Results: Evaluates information to make logical decisions and achieve results despite potential challenges or setbacks.

Description of the Major/Subject Area

A Software Engineer Intern is responsible for joining a product team and contributing to the software design, software development, and overall product lifecycle for a product that our users will love. As a Software Engineer Intern, you will work under the guidance of a more senior engineer on an existing product team to ship production code. 

Tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities include: 

• Planning & Analysis:

• Uses critical thinking to approach problems and create solutions

• Collaborates with senior leaders on assignments

• Delivery & Support:

• Collaborates and pairs with other product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions

• Works under the direction of a more senior engineer to build a well-rounded skillset

• Configures commercial off the shelf solutions to align with evolving business needs

• Creates automation scripts for both infrastructure and test cases

• Learning:

• Participates in learning activities around modern software design and development core practices (communities of practice)

• Proactively views articles, tutorials, and videos to learn about new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations

• Reviews and discusses code from more senior engineers to understand best practices and design patterns

• Increases business acumen by learning about other parts of the business

Preferred Qualifications

• Currently pursuing relevant advanced degree

• 0-1 years of relevant work experience

• Interest in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern software design and development team

• Exposure to a web-front-end technology and framework such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS, and Jquery

• Exposure to version control systems (preferably Git)

• Previous experience working in group environments or utilizing paired programming

• Preferred GPA 3.0 or above

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time) 

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles for interns: 

• Software Engineer