Senior Engineer - Target.com Web Enablement

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Hybrid work

Job summary

Target in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Engineer within Digital Enablement to build and support platforms and tools that empower teams to deliver reliable, scalable digital experiences.

You will translate architectural concepts into practical, resilient solutions, lead design decisions, mentor peers, and help ensure automation, observability, and security across production systems.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of software engineering experience, building production-grade APIs and tooling.
• 2+ years designing RESTful or gRPC APIs, preferably in Go and/or TypeScript.
• 2+ years of CI/CD pipelines experience, including GitHub Actions workflows.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure; containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services.
• Lead and conduct code review, design review, testing, and debugging at the application level.
• Provide technical oversight and coach others to resolve complex issues.
• Lead disaster recovery activities and contribute to planning.
• Embed data quality protocols across data acquisition, processing, storage, and use.

Skills

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Go

TypeScript

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Git

Observability

Edge/CDN (Fastly)

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Fastly CDN

Job description

The pay range is $98,000.00 - $176,000.00 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 a Senior Engineer within Digital Enablement

you specialize in building and supporting the platforms and tools that enable teams to deliver reliable, scalable digital experiences. You translate architectural concepts into practical, resilient solutions and apply strong engineering patterns to improve system reliability and operational efficiency. You influence design and implementation decisions, provide technical guidance to partner teams, and help diagnose and resolve complex issues in distributed systems. You leverage automation and best practices to prevent repeat problems and strengthen the overall stability of Target's digital ecosystem. Our team partners closely with engineers across the enterprise to provide modern deployment tooling, observability frameworks, and best practice reliability practices that empower teams to innovate quickly while maintaining a highly resilient production environment. Use your skills, experience, and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals.

About this Team:

The Digital Enablement team builds and supports the foundational platforms, tools, and reliability frameworks that empower Target's digital product teams to deliver high-quality guest experiences at scale. We focus on improving engineering efficiency, operational excellence, and system reliability across the digital ecosystem. We work at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and site reliability driving standards, automation, and proactive problem solving to ensure Target's digital platforms remain fast, stable, and scalable.

• Use your technology acumen to apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within specialized area(s) of the technology domain.
• Evaluate new technologies and participate in decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Target's technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership.
• Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies.
• Manage total product, financials, and forecasting.
• Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services.
• Lead and conduct code review, design review, testing, and debugging activities at the application level.
• Lead functional design and architecture discussions with understanding of process flows and system diagrams to enable design decisions.
• Participate in routine and non-routine construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements and best practices met.
• Provide technical oversight and coach others to resolve complex and severe technical issues.
• Lead disaster recovery activities and contribute to disaster recovery planning.
• Embed data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and operational use.

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

About you:

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience 4+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on building and maintaining production-grade APIs and developer tooling
• 2+ years of experience designing and building RESTful or gRPC APIs, preferably in Go and/or TypeScript
• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices, including authoring GitHub Actions workflows
• Hands-on experience building backend services, CLIs, or platform tooling that improve developer productivity or support large-scale web deployments
• Experience working with major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience containerizing applications and deploying them on orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker
• Basic understanding of CDN concepts including caching, traffic routing, and edge configuration (e.g., Fastly, Cloudflare, or similar)
• Familiarity with observability practices including log aggregation, metrics, and distributed tracing
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows (branching strategies, code review, etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to drive technical decisions and mentor peers
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep experience writing production services or tooling in Go and TypeScript/Node.js
• Experience building or maintaining GitHub Actions — custom actions, reusable workflows, or large-scale CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with CDN platforms such as Fastly, including VCL or edge logic configuration
• Experience designing APIs or SDKs consumed by other engineering teams (internal platform/DX focus)
• Familiarity with progressive deployment strategies such as canary, blue/green, or red/black deployments
• Experience with secrets management, certificate lifecycle, or supply chain security practices
• Exposure to e-commerce platform architecture or high-traffic web systems at scale
• Interest in or experience with emerging developer experience tooling, AI-assisted development workflows, or internal platform engineering

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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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.

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. We'll contact you if you're selected for next steps. In the meantime, follow us at A Bullseye View for the latest news.

Our Benefits We care about and invest 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.