Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform & AI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Target Corp in Brooklyn Park, MN seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Developer Platform. You will build a full‑stack platform using Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript to scaffold configured codebases with solid patterns and security standards.

Enjoy ownership of architectural decisions and drive AI‑assisted developer workflows within a large engineering org. You’ll lead design reviews, mentor peers, and help shape the platform roadmap across new infrastructure domains.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend fundamentals — proficient in JVM languages (Kotlin/Java).
• Experience designing and shipping production REST APIs.
• PostgreSQL or other relational database experience.
• Comfort navigating and contributing to distributed, multi-service codebases.
• Writes and organizes code across multiple languages, including distributed programming.
• Delivers high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure solutions.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and developer platform tooling.
• Strong critical thinking skills — navigates ambiguity with confidence, asks the right questions, identifies what's needed to move work forward.
• Clearly communicates technical concepts to partners and teammates.
• Designs testing methods and resolves complex technical issues with minimal assistance.

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.
• Lead functional design and architecture discussions with understanding of process flows and system diagrams.
• Participate in construction, automation, and implementation activities ensuring architectural and operational requirements are met.
• Provide technical oversight and coach others to resolve complex issues.
• Lead disaster recovery activities and contribute to DR planning.
• Embed data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and use.

Skills

Kotlin/Java

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Communication

Problem solving

JVM languages

React/TypeScript

Python

AI tooling

Education

4-year degree or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Git

Job description

Target Corp in Brooklyn Park, MN seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Developer Platform. You will build a full‑stack platform using Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript to scaffold configured codebases with solid patterns and security standards.

Enjoy ownership of architectural decisions and drive AI‑assisted developer workflows within a large engineering org. You’ll lead design reviews, mentor peers, and help shape the platform roadmap across new infrastructure domains.