Senior AI & Backend Engineer

Target Corp; Brooklyn Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Target Corp seeks a Senior Engineer for the Circle Card team to design robust AI-ready backend services and scalable APIs. You will drive architecture, code quality, and collaboration with product teams to deliver high-value AI capabilities.

You will work in a hybrid environment at Target HQ MN, contributing to airline-level reliability while mentoring engineers and shaping technology choices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering in enterprise-scale apps.
• Hands-on AI/ML application design and deployment experience.
• Experience with Kotlin/Java microservices and modern CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable AI-ready services and APIs.
• Lead architecture reviews, code reviews, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate AI capabilities into products.

Skills

leadership

communication

collaboration

problem solving

Education

4-year degree or equivalent

Tools

Kotlin

Java

Micronaut

Spring Boot

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Target Corp seeks a Senior Engineer for the Circle Card team to design robust AI-ready backend services and scalable APIs. You will drive architecture, code quality, and collaboration with product teams to deliver high-value AI capabilities.

You will work in a hybrid environment at Target HQ MN, contributing to airline-level reliability while mentoring engineers and shaping technology choices.