Sr Engineer - Developer Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Job summary

Target is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Developer Platform team in Minneapolis, MN. You’ll work on a full-stack system (Kotlin, Python, TypeScript) that scaffolds configured codebases and enforces security standards and integrations.

You’ll own architectural decisions, contribute to a roadmap spanning AI-assisted workflows and new infrastructure domains, and collaborate with engineers across a large-scale organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend fundamentals; JVM languages (Kotlin/Java).
• Experience designing and shipping production REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and developer platform tooling.
• PostgreSQL or other relational database experience.
• Comfort navigating and contributing to distributed, multi-service codebases.
• Strong critical thinking skills and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Build and support a platform powering thousands of engineers that scaffolds configured codebases with security standards and integrations.
• Design abstractions for new infrastructure integrations and platform features.
• Develop AI-native agent interfaces that enable generating projects from IDEs or coding assistants.
• Own architectural decisions and contribute to a roadmap for AI-assisted workflows and broader infrastructure domains.

Skills

5+ years

Backend fundamentals

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Critical thinking

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.

Senior Software Engineer — Developer Platform

Team: Developer Productivity & Platform Engineering

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

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.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Developer Platform team. You'll work on a platform used by thousands of engineers: a project generation system that scaffolds fully configured codebases in seconds, with approved patterns, security standards, and platform integrations built in. The platform you build and support powers the developer experience, enabling teams to move faster and focus on features that matter, not boilerplate.

You’ll work on a full-stack system built across Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript along with defining AI agents and skills. The work ranges from designing the abstractions that make new infrastructure integrations seamless, to building the AI-native agent interfaces that let engineers generate projects directly from their IDEs or coding assistant tools.

The platform is growing fast. You'll have real ownership over technical decisions and contribute to a roadmap that's expanding into new infrastructure domains, AI-assisted developer workflows, and deeper integrations across a large-scale engineering organization.

Required

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong backend fundamentals. Proficient in JVM languages (Kotlin/Java)
• Experience designing and shipping production REST APIs
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and developer platform tooling
• PostgreSQL or other relational database experience
• Comfort navigating and contributing to distributed, multi-service codebases
• Strong critical thinking skills. You ask the right questions, navigate ambiguity with confidence, and know how to identify the information you need to move work forward

Nice To Have

• React/TypeScript frontend experience
• Python experience
• Experience with AI tooling, LLMs, or the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Familiarity with template engines (Jinja2, Cookiecutter, or similar)
• Background in developer experience, internal tooling, or 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.

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.