About us:
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 specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertize in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.
Senior Engineer – Managed Containers
We are looking for a Senior Engineer – Managed Containers with strong platform engineering experience in designing, developing, and operating cloud-native applications and microservices on Kubernetes-based platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate about building scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native solutions and has hands-on experience with modern application frameworks, Kubernetes, automation, and DevOps practices.
Required Skills
Strong software development experience with Java/Kotlin and frameworks such as Micronaut or Spring Boot.
Experience with Go (Golang) and/or Groovy/Ratpack is a plus.
Strong understanding of microservices architecture, API design, and distributed systems.
Experience implementing GitOps practices using tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and operating applications on Kubernetes.
Experience with caching technologies and SQL databases.
Experience with public cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP); experience with AWS or Azure is also valued.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Kubernetes deployment tools, including Terraform, Helm, and/or Kustomize.
Experience with observability solutions, including metrics, logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing.
Strong problem-solving skills with experience troubleshooting production applications and distributed systems.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native applications and platform services.
Build, deploy, and operate containerized workloads on Kubernetes platforms.
Develop APIs and microservices using Java, Kotlin, and/or Go.
Implement and support GitOps-based deployment workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
Troubleshoot and resolve application and platform issues in production environments.
Improve application reliability, observability, performance, and scalability.
Contribute to infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native tooling.
Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and product engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions.
Follow engineering best practices for security, resiliency, automation, and operational excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
Skills Required
- Strong software development experience with Java and/or Kotlin
- Experience with Micronaut or Spring Boot frameworks
- Experience with Go (Golang) and/or Groovy/Ratpack
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture, API design, and distributed systems
- Experience implementing GitOps practices using Argo CD or Flux
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
- Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and operating applications on Kubernetes
- Experience with caching technologies and SQL databases
- Experience with public cloud platforms (preferably Google Cloud Platform; AWS or Azure valued)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Kubernetes deployment tools including Terraform, Helm, and/or Kustomize
- Experience with observability solutions: metrics, logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing
- Strong problem-solving skills with experience troubleshooting production applications and distributed systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud/platform/infrastructure engineering
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.
