Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.
About the Role
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.
As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a technical expert within the team, owning systems and delivering engineering solutions that power the product. You develop deep insight into system architecture and design, translating complex and ambiguous requirements into scalable, reliable solutions. You demonstrate your expertise through strong technical decision-making, ownership of systems in production, and influence on engineering practices.
You will work as part of the Reliability Engineering & Enablement (REE) team, which builds and operates the platform, integrations, and data capabilities behind ServiceNow at Target. Our team focuses on improving reliability, enabling enterprise data access, and modernizing the platform into a scalable, event-driven, and AI-enabled ecosystem.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing and building backend services, integrations, and platform capabilities while improving system reliability and enabling long-term modernization.
Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
Core Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate scalable backend services, APIs, and integrations
- Own systems end-to-end, including design, implementation, deployment, and production support
- Translate ambiguous platform and reliability requirements into clear technical solutions
- Improve system reliability through observability, incident response, and proactive system improvements
- Design and implement integration patterns (APIs, event-driven systems, data workflows)
- Contribute to platform modernization efforts, including decoupling and service extraction
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and influence engineering standards
- Collaborate across teams to align solutions with broader platform and enterprise goals
- Leverage modern engineering tools, including automation and AI-assisted development, where appropriate
About You
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience
- 3–5+ years of software development experience
- Strong proficiency in backend development (Golang, JavaScript, or similar)
- Experience designing and building APIs and distributed systems
- Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into technical designs and deliver solutions independently
- Experience owning systems in production, including troubleshooting and reliability improvements
- Strong understanding of system design tradeoffs (performance, scalability, maintainability)
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with ability to influence technical decisions
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with event-driven architectures or distributed systems
- Experience with cloud platforms and data systems (e.g., GCP, databases, pipelines)
- Familiarity with observability practices (SLOs, metrics, logging, tracing)
- Experience modernizing legacy systems or integration-heavy platforms
- Exposure to AI/automation workflows (e.g., MCP, agentic systems)
- Experience with ServiceNow or enterprise platform integrations
This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.
Benefits Eligibility
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In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.
Skills Required
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience
- 3-5+ years of software development experience
- Strong proficiency in backend development (Golang, JavaScript, or similar)
- Experience designing and building APIs and distributed systems
- Experience owning systems in production, including troubleshooting and reliability improvements
Target Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Target and has not been reviewed or approved by Target.
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Healthcare Strength — Health benefits are accessible to hourly team members at relatively low hour thresholds and include no‑cost, 24/7 virtual medical care and expanded mental‑health support. This breadth is positioned as a relative strength compared to typical retail offerings.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match with immediate vesting and options like Roth 401(k) and stock purchase. These features strengthen long‑term savings for a wide range of roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid family leave, backup care, and reimbursements for adoption and surrogacy. These resources complement paid time off and holidays for eligible team members.
Target Insights
What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more. Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
