Engineer - US

Target; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybride; USD 75 000 - 136 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid sick leave

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Résumé du poste

Target is seeking an Engineer to join the Marketing Ad Planning (MAP) platform. You will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that power advertising campaign planning and lifecycle operations across the marketing ecosystem.

You will collaborate with Marketing, Product, and Engineering to deliver reliable, scalable capabilities. The role emphasizes high-quality, well-tested software, with a hybrid/onsite work arrangement at Target North Campus and virtual days as required.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering foundation with strong data structures and design principles.
• Experience building backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with microservices and event-driven architectures.

Responsabilités

• Develop backend services and APIs for campaign data management and lifecycle operations.
• Work with distributed systems to enable data exchange across marketing systems.
• Participate in code reviews and engineering ceremonies to uphold quality and architecture.
• Contribute to platform reliability, performance, and scalability.

Connaissances

Java

Kotlin

Groovy

Formation

4-year degree or equivalent

Outils

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

Git

Vela

Description du poste

The pay range is $75,400.00 - $135,700.00
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.

As an Engineer, you serve as a technical specialist delivering the engineering that powers the product. You develop keen insight into the technical architecture and design to deliver robust and scalable software components. You constantly demonstrate the depth of your expertise by solving engineering problems. You are passionate about the quality of software and balance between speed of delivering new features and robustness of the software components you implement. You can handle operational issues with little or no oversight. You actively review code to ensure the software quality and functional accuracy is maintained across the team. You are keen to learn the design and architecture of the product and participate in ceremonies that can influence both.

About Marketing Ad Planning (MAP)

The Marketing Ad Planning (MAP) team builds and maintains a scalable, multi-tenant platform that powers advertising campaign planning and management across Target's marketing ecosystem. Our platform provides foundational capabilities for managing campaign data, configurations, and lifecycle operations, enabling multiple business teams to efficiently plan and execute advertising campaigns.

We focus on building reliable, scalable, and extensible services that support evolving business needs and integrate seamlessly with internal marketing systems and advertising platforms.

Your Impact

As an Engineer on the Marketing Ad Planning (MAP) platform team, you will contribute to building and maintaining a scalable, multi-tenant advertising campaign management platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across Marketing, Product, and Engineering to deliver reliable, scalable, and extensible capabilities that support campaign planning and activation across multiple business areas.

You will contribute to designing, developing, and enhancing backend services and APIs that support campaign data management, validation, and lifecycle operations. You will work with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integrations to enable seamless data exchange between internal marketing systems and downstream activation platforms. You will help improve platform reliability, performance, and scalability while contributing to technical design and architecture discussions.

You will apply and continue to develop your engineering skills by solving technical problems and delivering high-quality software. You will balance the delivery of new capabilities with writing reliable, maintainable, and well-tested code. You will troubleshoot and resolve operational issues with little or no oversight, participate in code reviews, and contribute to maintaining software quality across the team. You will continue to deepen your understanding of the product, system design, and architecture while actively participating in engineering discussions and team ceremonies.

Core responsibilities are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Technology Environment

Relevant experience with the following technologies is recommended; experience with comparable enterprise technologies is also valuable.

• Backend: Java, Kotlin, Groovy
• Frameworks: Spring Boot
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Data and Integration: Kafka
• CI/CD: Git, Vela

About You

4-year degree or equivalent practical experience

• 1+ years of software development experience with at least one full-cycle implementation
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java or Kotlin
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, application architecture, system design, and distributed systems
• Familiarity with microservices, RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and modern software development practices
• Experience developing reliable, maintainable, and well-tested software applications
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, solve problems, and contribute to improving system reliability and performance
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with engineering teams, product partners, and other stakeholders
• Willingness to learn new technologies and continuously develop technical and domain expertise

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 North Campus 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.

Benefits Eligibility

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Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

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 [e-mail]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.