Sr Engineer

About Us:

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America’s leading retailers. Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 5,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

Tech Overview:

Every time a guest enters a Target store or browses Target.com, they experience the impact of Target’s investments in technology and innovation. We’re the technologists behind one of the most loved retail brands, delivering joy to millions of our guests, team members, and communities.

Join our global in-house technology team of more than 4,000 engineers, data scientists, architects, coaches, and product managers striving to make Target the most convenient, safe, and joyful place to shop. We use agile practices and leverage open-source software to build best-in-class technology for our team members and guests—all while focusing on diversity and inclusion, experimentation, and continuous learning.

Pyramid Overview:

We create enterprise-scale technology solutions for Target, unlocking value for our team members, guests, and suppliers.

• Team Members rely on us to manage $108B+ in revenue, support a workforce of 450K+ (pay and benefits), enable 3M+ candidates applying to Target, provide access to every Target facility, and resolve challenges through our service centers.
• Guests rely on us every day for fast and efficient support with inquiries such as credit card statements, product discovery, price matching, returns, and more. We ensure guests can leverage their Circle Card to access exclusive benefits. Guests and B2B clients also depend on us to purchase gift cards for special occasions.
• Suppliers rely on us for financial management, sourcing and procurement processes, compliance and risk assessment, coordination of field engineer visits, and support for Target+ and Roundel partners. We also help drive revenue growth by accelerating vendor acquisition and onboarding.

Role Overview:

As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist within the engineering team supporting the product. You contribute to application architecture and help translate abstract architectural concepts into concrete designs, influencing implementation decisions.

You demonstrate expertise in applying appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are highly proficient in programming and actively contribute to product development. While you are capable of independently designing and implementing architecture, you prioritize collaboration by influencing peers through design proposals, feedback, and technical discussions.

You exhibit strong problem-solving skills and support the team in triaging and resolving operational issues, while proactively eliminating recurring problems.

Use your skills, experience, and talents to contribute to innovative thinking and ambitious goals.

You will:

• Apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within your domain
• Evaluate new technologies based on viability, maintainability, and cost of ownership
• Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities
• Contribute to product ownership, including financials and forecasting
• Lead design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership for services
• Conduct code reviews, design reviews, testing, and debugging
• Lead functional and architectural discussions using process flows and system diagrams
• Participate in development, automation, and implementation activities ensuring best practices
• Provide technical leadership and mentor others in solving complex issues
• Lead disaster recovery efforts and contribute to planning
• Embed data quality practices across data lifecycle processes

Core responsibilities of this role are outlined above; responsibilities may evolve based on business needs.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree (4-year) or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of software development experience
• Strong domain knowledge of Target’s technology capabilities and awareness of competitor offerings
• Experience with building custom solutions by creating system architecture, designing solutions, build, test, deployment and production support
• Ability to design testing strategies and resolve technical issues with minimal supervision
• Strong proficiency in core development platforms within your domain
• Ability to build strong team commitment toward shared priorities
• Clear communication of Agile concepts within the product team
• Understanding of the impact of your work on team outcomes and guest experience
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, including distributed systems, with an understanding of various frameworks and paradigms
• Ability to deliver high-performance, scalable, secure, and reliable solutions
• Experience applying data standards, policies, and procedures
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging technologies