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• Overview

  Home Depot is hiring a Automation Engineer in Fort Wayne, IN.

• Role description

  Code that ships to millions starts as a pull request on someone's screen, and at Home Depot we want that someone to be our next Automation Engineer. What you're signing up for is $70,000 - $101,000, a freelance cadence, technology ownership, and a Home Depot team that rewards nerve.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Translate proudly-imperfect business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
  • Harden Home Depot's Attention Management auth so the IN audit comes back clean
  • Resurrect flaky Agile Testing tests until the Fort Wayne, IN suite is trustworthy again
  • Stress-test Regression Testing systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked
  • Reproduce the nimble bug from the Fort Wayne field report, then make it impossible again
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Allure Report-based applications

  What You'll Bring

  • Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
  • 5+ years putting Agile Testing to work in a technology setting
  • A track record of hands-dirty delivery in a freelance structure
  • A collaborative mindset and genuine enthusiasm for teamwork

  Home Depot spent 3 years in the trenches of technology so its clients across Fort Wayne, IN wouldn't have to. Every voice in the IN office gets airtime, especially the ones still finding their volume.

  This position offers $70,000 - $101,000, comprehensive benefits, and genuine room to advance into leadership within technology.

  Current and accurate as of this visit, the freelance opening stands ready.

  Apply online in minutes and join a team that values your Allure Report.

• Required skills

  • Test Planning
  • SQL
  • Jenkins
  • Regression Testing
  • Exploratory Testing
  • Agile Testing
  • Allure Report
  • Attention Management
  • Leadership

• Benefits & perks

  • Commission structure
  • Open source contribution time
  • Global mobility program
  • Casual dress code
  • On-site childcare
  • Financial hardship assistance fund
  • Company swag and merchandise
  • Payroll advance options
  • Company Outings
  • Travel opportunities

• Apply before 2026-08-15

  Submit your application for this Freelance technology position.