Engineer
Target · Posted Nov 6
General merchandise, apparel, grocery, and home goods retail services
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About the role
Target is a retail company whose teams build software solutions that support product and business goals. This engineering role focuses on designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining reliable, secure, scalable software using modern engineering practices, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD. The Engineer will also own production health through monitoring, observability, incident response, and root cause analysis.
What you will do
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain reliable, secure, scalable, and maintainable software using established engineering practices.
- Apply programming fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to solve technical problems, seeking guidance when appropriate.
- Write clean, modular, reusable, and testable code; participate in code reviews, design discussions, and automated testing.
- Quickly learn, evaluate, and apply unfamiliar technologies, platforms, frameworks, and tools to solve product and engineering problems.
- Translate product and business requirements into technical approaches and rapidly develop prototypes or proofs of concept to validate feasibility, learn, and inform solution decisions.
- Experiment with new technologies and approaches, using learnings to improve existing solutions or identify new opportunities.
- Use AI-assisted engineering tools for problem solving, development, debugging, testing, prototyping, and documentation while critically evaluating outputs for accuracy, security, quality, and responsible use.
- Understand product and business needs and contribute to improvements in functionality, performance, reliability, usability, and user experience.
- Develop an understanding of system architecture, APIs, databases, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, dependencies, and CI/CD.
- Own the production health of delivered features through monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
- Apply secure coding and defensive engineering practices to identify and remediate security risks.
- Collaborate effectively with engineers, product teams, and stakeholders; communicate clearly, document solutions, seek feedback, and continuously improve.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 4-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2 to 3 years of software development experience.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language with knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Understanding of APIs, databases, distributed systems, cloud fundamentals, version control, CI/CD, and software development lifecycle practices.
- Experience with testing, debugging, code reviews, and writing maintainable, testable code.
- Familiarity with monitoring, troubleshooting, incident management, production support, and secure coding practices.
- Demonstrated curiosity and ability to quickly learn and work with unfamiliar technologies, platforms, frameworks, and tools.
- Ability to translate requirements into working prototypes or proofs of concept, evaluate feasibility and iterate based on learnings.
- Ability to understand product and business needs and identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
- Strong problem-solving, ownership, collaboration, and communication skills.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Target
Target Corporation operates an extensive chain of general merchandise and discount retail department stores across the United States. The company provides a broad assortment of owned and national brand products, including apparel, electronics, beauty items, groceries, and home goods. Through its physical stores and digital platforms, Target focuses on delivering style, design, and value to help consumers discover the joy of everyday life.
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 415000+ employees
- Founded
- 1902
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Chair of the Board
Jim Lee
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Prat Vemana
Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Product Officer
Mark Weinstein
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Guest Experience Officer
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