Environmental Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 71,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor guidance

Life outside Target benefits

Job summary

Target in Buffalo, NY is hiring an Environmental Engineer to investigate and fix bugs, improve legacy Nginx modules, and drive Cypress-based migrations. You will split large initiatives into tangible Cypress increments and establish observability across the Buffalo platform.

You will be measured against a mid-level performance bar, with a mentor and life-outside-Target benefits. The role offers a salary range and a supportive team behind you.

Qualifications

• Self-driven and able to work with minimal oversight.
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards.
• Experience thriving in a performance-driven, deadline-driven setting like Target.
• A point of view on Target's space, sharpened by your own reading.
• Calm under the scrappy-but-steady chaos a mid-level role tends to generate.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools.
• Revise legacy Nginx modules and improve their quality.
• Break large initiatives into Cypress increments Buffalo can deliver.
• Spot the Git anti-pattern in reviews before it spreads.
• Establish observability so Target sees failures before NY customers.
• Lead the Cypress migration to retire Target's legacy stack.
• Ship incremental improvements to Target's Buffalo platform on a regular cadence.

Skills

Self-motivated

Independent work

Tech best practices

Deadline-driven

Mid-level Target experience

Time management

Outcome-oriented

Tools

Nginx

Cypress

Observability tools

Job description

Target is wiring up its next product line, and the Environmental Engineer we hire in Buffalo, NY gets to choose half the tools. Net it out: freelance, $71,000 - $98,000, 3 years, ownership of the technology outcome, and a Target team that has your back.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Reach into legacy Nginx modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Break large technology initiatives into Cypress increments Buffalo can actually deliver
• Spot the quietly-ambitious Git anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Target
• Stand up observability so Target sees failures before customers in NY do
• Lead the Cypress migration that finally retires Target's unhurried legacy stack
• Ship incremental improvements to Target's Buffalo platform on a regular cadence

What You'll Bring

• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards
• Experience thriving in a performance-driven, deadline-driven setting like Target
• A point of view on Target's space, sharpened by your own reading
• Calm under the scrappy-but-steady chaos a mid-level role tends to generate
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• Comfort being measured against a clear mid-level bar

Founded in Buffalo, NY during a downturn, Target grew empowering and lean while flashier technology rivals burned out. Diverse perspectives make our technology work sharper, and we deliberately seek them out.

For this Environmental Engineer role we offer $71,000 - $98,000, a mentor who has walked the path, and benefits designed for life outside Target.