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 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.
About Target Tech:
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.
About Pyramid:
Human Resources is a portfolio within Target Tech that powers the full team member lifecycle—from hire to retire. HR Product Engineering designs and delivers modern, scalable technology that supports experiences across Workforce Management, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Enterprise Staffing, Team Member Experience, Strategic Workforce Planning. Our teams partner closely with HR business leaders to solve complex challenges through automation, data insights, and user-centric digital solutions that serve 400,000+ team members across stores, supply chain, and headquarters.
About Team:
As part of Target’s Workforce Management portfolio, this team delivers enterprise-scale solutions that power timekeeping, forecasting, and scheduling for more than 400,000 hourly team members. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead product teams focused on implementing and extending UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) Workforce Management capabilities, including forecasting, scheduling, and core timekeeping.
In parallel, the team builds strategic extensions beyond the UKG platform to meet Target’s scale and experience needs. This includes internally developed solutions such as SmartClocks, a custom, open-source-based time capture platform designed for high-volume, real-time store operations. The team combines UKG capabilities with custom engineering, including Java and Spring Boot services, to enable seamless integrations, enhance user experiences, and deliver differentiated capabilities. This leader will help shape architectural direction, ensure interoperability across systems such as Workday, and contribute to a modern, decoupled workforce management ecosystem.
About SEM:
The Sr. Engineering Manager (SEM) leads a team of engineers responsible for building, integrating, and operating Workforce Management solutions that support critical functions such as time capture, labor forecasting, and workforce scheduling. This includes ownership of both UKG platform capabilities and custom-built extensions, such as SmartClocks and supporting services, to deliver a cohesive and scalable end-to-end solution. This role operates in close partnership with other engineering leaders across the Workforce Management domain, collectively delivering integrated, end-to-end solutions at enterprise scale.
This role operates within a broader, ongoing modernization of Target’s Workforce Management platform and ecosystem. The SEM is expected to deliver scalable, well-integrated solutions aligned with evolving architectural direction. Success in this role requires balancing UKG platform capabilities with targeted open-source development, exercising strong technical judgment on where to extend versus adopt, and delivering reliably in a complex, highly integrated environment. The SEM partners closely with Product, HR stakeholders, and vendor teams, and represents the team in cross-functional planning and architecture discussions. This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape how workforce technology evolves at enterprise scale.
Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
About you:
• Four-year degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in software development and team management
• Expertise in Java programming languages
• Experience evaluating new technologies and participating in decision-making, considering factors such as viability within Target’s technical environment, compliance requirements, approved tech status, maintainability, and cost of ownership
• Proven ability to deliver high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure solutions with broad impact
• Experience leading functional design and architecture discussions, with an understanding of process flows and system diagrams to support design decisions
• Provides technical oversight and coaching to others in resolving technical issues
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
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience in software development and team management
- Expertise in Java programming languages
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.
