The Home Depot has over 3500 engineers averaging nearly 6000 git commits per day, with 91% of software written in-house. They have invested $11.1 billion over 4 years, hiring over 1000 new engineers to transform the company from projects to products and experiences. They focus on living their culture and values by investing in associates through cohorts, ongoing education, and onboarding to create an attractive environment for engineers while accomplishing great things like award-winning mobile apps and changing associates' lives.

1. The Home Depot

3.  Over 3500 engineers
 Averaging nearly 6k git
commits a day
 91% of software written
in-house
THE HOME DEPOT
A modern software company

4.  $11.1B investment
 1000+ new engineers hired
 Products and experiences instead
of projects
Transforming Our Company
4-Year Journey

5. Living Our Culture & Values
Taking care of our people

6.  Investing in our Associates
 Cohorts
 On-going education
 On-boarding

7. DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE
“Making the easy thing and right thing the same thing”
 Product-based approach
 Remove constraints
 Provide the tools they want
(Google, Azure, Pivotal, Github)
 Encourage collaboration

8.  Award-winning mobile
retail (Forrester 2017,
Forrester 2019)
 500+ prod changes a week
 Higher quality software
 Creating an environment
that is attractive to over
1000 new engineers
 Changing the lives of our
associates
ACCOMPLISHING GREAT THINGS
Living our culture and values
PRODUCT LOCATOR
Find products quickly in the store
and check inventory
SHOP SMARTER
See detailed product information,
watch in-app videos and more

9. THANK YOU!