2027 Summer Internship - Software Engineering

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 17 - July 30, 2027, 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