Senior Engineer - Hybrid Backend (Java/Kafka)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Target in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Price Publish team. You’ll help design and implement architecture for pricing updates, build robust, scalable services, and guide code quality through reviews.

You will work across the U.S. and India, contribute to PDEv2 modernization, and shape high‑volume REST APIs, Kafka pipelines, and data stores, with a focus on performance and reliability.

This hybrid role offers comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong experience with Java and Kotlin in enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to design scalable backend services.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and lifecycle management of services and APIs.
• Conduct code reviews and architecture discussions to ensure quality.
• Mentor and coach other engineers and drive best practices.
• Collaborate across multiple teams in the US and India to delivery.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Kafka

REST APIs

Distributed backend

SQL databases

NoSQL Cassandra

Code review

Architectural design

Agile

Education

4-year degree or equivalent experience

Tools

RocksDB

Job description

Target in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Price Publish team. You’ll help design and implement architecture for pricing updates, build robust, scalable services, and guide code quality through reviews.

You will work across the U.S. and India, contribute to PDEv2 modernization, and shape high‑volume REST APIs, Kafka pipelines, and data stores, with a focus on performance and reliability.

This hybrid role offers comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.